Freedom Park is closed tonight, Friday, July 14th, due to heavy rain and lightning.

The updated plan is to play the LL Championship game tomorrow at 1:30pm. The if-needed game is tentatively scheduled for Monday evening.

Game times and fields are subject to further change as we confirm field, volunteer, and umpire availability. Plus, of course, more weather.

Freedom Park and Haske are closed tonight. All Thursday games, including the suspended games, are pushed to Friday 7/7.

• At Haske, Friday’s Championship game is pushed to Saturday at 4:30pm. The if-needed game is pushed to Sunday at 4:30pm.
• At Freedom Park, Friday’s games are pushed to Saturday morning. Saturday’s games will be moved to Good Times Park on Sunday afternoon.

All games and times are subject to further change as we confirm field, volunteer, and umpire availability. Plus, of course, weather.

For the suspended games now being resumed on Friday, the pitching rules (4g) posted last night still apply.

From the Green Book, page 133, rule 4h:

In a game (“Game A”) suspended by darkness, weather, or other causes and resumed more than one calendar day later, the provisions of (g) above shall apply…

Since we are still playing the games in order the pitcher won’t pitch in any game in between and the rest of rule 4h will not apply.

With the rain coming through tonight, all games in progress were suspended for the evening.

• 9-11 Game 14 at Haske was suspended after 2 innings, LSLLA 7 – DLLA 0.
• LL Game 2 at Reavis was suspended in the 4th inning, 1 out, runners on 1st and 2nd for LSLLN, CLLLN 0 – LSLLN 1.

Each of these games will be continued Thursday at 5:30pm, with the regularly scheduled games to follow a half-hour after the continuation game finishes, but no earlier than the originally scheduled time (7pm and 6:30pm, respectively).

9-11 Game 13 at Round Hill Center was completed, LLLL 0 – CLLLA 1. LL Game 1 on Huber was in the 5th inning, and therefore is already an official game so it will not be continued. The final score is DLLN 1 – ULLLN 3.

Pitching for the resumed games, from the Green Book, page 113, rule 4g.

In a game suspended by darkness, weather, or other causes and resumed the following calendar day, the pitcher of record at the time the game was halted may continue to the extent of his/her eligibility, provided he/she delivered 40 or less pitches, and subject to each of these conditions:
1. If the pitcher delivered 20 or less pitches before the game was suspended, that pitcher’s pitch count will begin at zero for the continuation portion of the game.
2. If the pitcher delivered between 21 and 40 pitches before the game was suspended, that pitcher’s pitch count will begin with the number of pitches delivered in that game.

9-11 Game 14, LSLLA 7 – DLLA 0 after 2nd

LSLLA Krueger is at 35 pitches. If he continues as the pitcher on Thursday, his first pitch will be his 36th of the game. His days of rest will be based on his total pitches in both days of the game. If he continues Thursday, Friday will be his first day of rest. If he does not, Thursday will be his 1 required day of rest.

DLLA Scott is at 14 pitches. If he continues as the pitcher on Thursday, his pitch count will start fresh. His first pitch will be pitch number 1.

LL Game 2, CLLLN 0 – LSLLN 1 top 4th

CLLLN Nordeen is at 56 pitches. LSLLN Lechner is at 43 pitches. Neither player can continue as the pitcher on Thursday.

Teams can take batting practice as scheduled while the continuation games are being played. They are allowed up to 10 minutes of fielding practice.

Loudoun South Little League National, 2017 Virginia District 16 8-10 Year-Old Baseball Champions

Congratulations to Loudoun South Little League National, your Virginia District 16 8-10 Year-Old Baseball Champions! LSLLN will represent our district at the Virginia State 8-10 Year-Old Baseball Tournament in Bridgewater starting July 7.

Here are the applications for the 2017 Regional & World Series Tournaments. Please note, the 2017 Volunteer Application hasn’t been issued yet, so Southeastern Region said to use the 2016 version and just cross out “2016” and write in “2017”.

Please download, fill them out and get them back to Jim Vincent before October 21st so he can review them with the DA and ensure they are complete before they send them down to SER by the November 1 deadline.

Please note – there will be no “Big League Division” in 2017. Little League has eliminated that program.

Please call or email Jim Vincent if you have any questions, or if you need an electronic version to fill out and sign digitally. Good Luck!

• 2017 Umpire Recommendation Instructions
• Umpire Request Form

Loudoun South Little League American are the 2016 Virginia State 9-10 Year-Old Baseball Champs!

They defeated District 5 Tuckahoe American 5-4 to win the Virginia State Championship.

While we appreciate the interest in the pitch counts and scoring of the game, fans and coaches alike are reminded that the score keepers, pitch counters, and other tournament officials are there to administer the games being played. Managers and coaches can ask for a pitch count or score, etc. from the table at any time. As a courtesy, that offer will also be extended to a team scorekeeper that has been introduced to the table before game time.

Pitch counts will not be provided to parents, fans, coaches of other teams, players, etc.

The District Tournament schedules have been posted. Not all times and locations are finalized, but we know people are anxious to see the dates. Keep in mind that they may change.