Sun Prairie Little League: My Site News

Softball tournament team tryouts are scheduled for Friday May 31st.  

Girls born in 2002 or 2003 may tryout for our U10 tournament team on Friday May 31st from 5:00-6:15pm at the little league complex.  If you are interested in trying out for the U10 team please email John Hadley to reserve your spot at tryouts (jhads19@yahoo.com) 

Girls born in 2001 or 2000 may tryout for our U12 tournament team on Friday May 31st from 6:30 to 8:00pm at the little league complex.  If you are interested in trying out for the U12 team please email Maurice Reuter to reserve your spot at tryouts (softballreuters@gmail.com)

 U12 tournament dates: Stoughton June 8 – 9; Evansville June 22 – 23; Cardinal Classic July 19 – 21; Beaver Dam July 26 – 28: 

Please see the attached document (handout link below) for information on the 2013 tournament team selection process for baseball players ages 9-12 (9U-12U). Please note that the tryouts are scheduled for Saturday, May 25, to allow for adequate (i.e., several games) evaluation of players during league play and to have available multiple tryout make-up dates in case of inclement weather.  Registration is required  by May 23rd.  Follow the link below

Tournament Team registration (new logon required)

Handout

13U information: Use same registration as for 9U-12U. Register by May 23. Tryouts on Monday, May 27 (Memorial Day), 5pm at Sacred Hearts field. All players interested in playing for the 13U team are required to try out. 13U tournaments are as follows: June 22-23 Janesville, June 29-30 Watertown, July 6-7 Fond du Lac, July 13-14 Waunakee, July 19-21 Sun Prairie, and July 26-28 Sussex.

Sun Prairie Little League is sponsoring a second series of free baseball and softball clinics, again operated by Kevyn Feiner and Prairie Athletic Club. Coaches and players are encouraged to attend and polish their skills.

• Junior Baseball Players/Coaches (first 60 registrants): Saturday 6/8 9am - 11am at Sacred Hearts field
• Major Baseball Players/Coaches (first 60 registrants): Saturday 6/22 9am- 10:30am at SPLL complex 
• Minor Baseball Players/Coaches (first 60 registrants): Saturday 6/22 10:30am-12:00 at SPLL complex 
• Rookies Baseball Players/Coaches (first 60 registrants): Saturday 6/22 12:30pm-1:30 at SPLL complex 
• Girls Softball Majors & Minors (first 60 registrants): Saturday 6/22 1:30-3:00 at SPLL complex

Player registration is required. Click here to go to our new registration system (new logon required) . Registration closes 6/7 at noon for the 6/8 Junior Baseball clinic.  Registration closes 6/21 at noon for the 6/22 clinics.  

Coaches can sign up for a clinic by emailing wwwsunprairielittleleague@gmail.com with the clinic the wish to attend in the subject line.

Sun Prairie Little League is sponsoring a series of free baseball and softball clinics operated by Kevyn Feiner and Prairie Athletic Club. Coaches and players are encouraged to attend and polish their skills.

• Junior Baseball Players/Coaches (first 60 registrants): Saturday 5/18 9am - 11am at Feiner Field (118 S Thompson Rd)
• Major Baseball Players/Coaches at SPLL (first 60 registrants): Sunday 5/19 9am- 10:30am at SPLL complex 
• Minor Baseball Players/Coaches (first 60 registrants): Sunday 5/19 10:30am-12:00 at SPLL complex 
• Rookies Baseball Players/Coaches (first 60 registrants): Sunday 5/19 12:30pm-1:30 at SPLL complex 
• Girls Softball Majors & Minors (first 60 registrants): Sunday 5/19 1:30-3:00 at SPLL complex

Player registration is required.   Click here to go to our new registration system (new logon required)  Registration closes 5/17 at 11:30pm.  

Coaches can signup for a clinic by emailing wwwsunprairielittleleague@gmail.com with the clinic the wish to attend in the subject line. 

Empire Photography (www.empirephotos.com) is the valued photography sponsor of SPLL. Empire will be taking Team and Individual pictures on the following dates. Unless weather does not permit the photos to be taken, please be aware that there will be no make-up dates for photos:

ROOKIES: Wednesday, May 22

MAJOR SOFTBALL & BASEBALL: Saturday, June 1 (their mid-season tournament weekend)

MINOR SOFTBALL & BASEBALL: Saturday, June 8 (their mid-season tournament weekend)

JUNIOR SOFTBALL & BASEBALL: still TBD

Saturday, June 1 will be SPLL Night at the Madison Mallards baseball game. Game time is 6:05pm. More information and a portal to purchase tickets is now available, please see the flyer available on the Handouts page for more information --- $10 per ticket gets a Field Box seat and a Mallards hat, and the Mallards generously give back to SPLL $2 per ticket sold.

 Go to the Mallards link, also found on the Special Events tab [www.mallardsgroups.com]: After entering the first set of letters shown/requested in the ticket buying process, enter the code spll. At the bottom of the page, then click Buy and choose your seats from the green ones available

 With SPLL Night set for a Saturday night while school is still in session, we're hopeful that this date and time will allow for teams to come together and result in a large SPLL crowd and a fun night at the Duck Pond (Warner Park; 2920 North Sherman Avenue; Madison, WI 53704).

SP Softball and Baseball Spirit Wear now available from our valued sponsor and uniform provider, Ameriprint, Inc. in Sun Prairie.

Baseball

Softball 

• See the attached handout linked here for information and important dates related to the upcoming 2013 Baseball and Softball season - in particular, specific tryout information is now available for all leagues.   
• Please note that if you are a Softball player age 13 or 14 who does not make one of the U16 or U18 teams, you will then need to come to the Junior (U14) tryouts on April 5. 
• Please also see the 2013 Calendar tab for more detail and specific dates to help you get ready for the upcoming season and to help with your Summer planning.

Inclement Weather or Unplayable Fields

In the event of inclement weather or unplayable fields, Sun Prairie Little League will post an annoucement to our Twitter account (viewable on spll.org).  Given ample warning time, an email will be sent to the entire league with the same information. 

As a Board, we have decided to handle rain make-ups differently this year.  In prior years, we reserved weekends for rain make-ups and scheduled less games.  This year, we have scheduled additional games (18 games total including some weekends).  We will not schedule rain make-ups until a team falls below 14 games (75%). 

Time Limit Changes 

Sun Prairie Little League has decided to add game limits to baseball in 2013. Traditionally, we have maintained these limits in softball, but have not previously done this in baseball. Time limits will be applied to baseball this year due to safety concerns (lack of daylight) in the weeknight late games and to ensure consistent interpretation by coaches and umpires. First games of the day will start promptly at scheduled times to help keep things on schedule throughout the day / evening.   

• APRIL/MAY: No new innings after one hour and fifteen minutes (1:15), and all games have a hard stop after one hour and twenty five minutes (1:25)
• Time limits will apply to weekends and weekdays, all game times whether first of the day, last of the day, or anything in between.  On weekends this will allow us to maintain the entire schedule of games. 
• Time limits will be increased 10 minutes in June and July (so those times move to 1:25 and 1:35). 
• Limits apply to both Baseball and Softball uniformly.

Instructions for running a report:

1. Click the player database link. 
2. LeagueOne (SPLL) will open. 
3. Login with the user id and password   
4. Click reporting, report center
5. Click standard reports for volunteer information, head counts
6. Click custom reports for detail information by league
7. Select the report and run the report
8. wait
9. click to view the results.

Instruction for sending a league e-mail:

1. click the player database link. 
2. LeagueOne (SPLL) will open. 
3. Login with the user id and password 
4. Click on the communications link at the top of the page. 
5. Select send an email from the dropdown
6. Click "add" in the to menu and select "players" 
7. Pick the "divisions" you want to e-mail. Note shift and left click allows you to e-mail multiple divisions. 
8. Click spring and the appropriate year. 
   1. Use the prior year if you want to send registration reminders, e.g., spring 2012
   2. Use the current year if you want to email currently registered players, e.g., spring 2013
9. Click both parents. 
10. click add. 
11. Type your e-mail 
12. Hit the send button in the bottom right hand corner.