2016SOFTBALL

PLAYOFF BULLETIN

PLAYOFF DATES

Round / Class(es) / Deadline Date
Bi-District / All Classes / Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Regional / All Classes / Saturday,April 23, 2016

STATE TOURNAMENT DATES

Quarterfinal / All Classes / Friday,April 29, 2016
Semi-Final
Finals / All Classes
All Classes / Saturday, April 30, 2016
Saturday, April 30, 2016

2016Softball Playoff Bulletin

Online schedules, weekly reports and seeding information / Refer to the 2016Softball Pre-Season BulletinLocated on the Softball section of the LHSAA website
Reporting 1st Place teams and teams tied for 1st place and submitting “District Final Standings Form” (found on the website) / Classes 5Athrough C
Wednesday, April13, 2016
Failure to report district representatives and submit “District Final Standing Form” / $100 fine if after 10:00 PM on deadline date.
Extensions for determining district representatives / Will not be granted. Season ends on date to name district representatives.
Automatic Qualifiers to the playoffs / All 1st place teamsand teams tiedfor 1st place from each district.
Wild Card Team Selection / Once all automatic qualifiers are named(first place and ties), the bracket will be filled from the remainder of teams in the class based on their power rating.
Wild Card Program / Refer to Rule 19.7, page 122 of the 2015-2016 LHSAA Handbook.
Determining Power Rating / Refer to Rule 19.7.4, page123 of the 2015-2016LHSAA Handbook.
When Power Ratings are tied / Refer to Rule 19.8.4, page 123 of the 2015-2016LHSAA Handbook.
Seeding the Bracket / Refer to Rule 19.8, page123 of the 2015-2016 LHSAA Handbook.
Schools that failed to play 15 games shall be ranked separately and seeded at the bottom
Of the bracket.
Determining Home Team / Refer to Rule 6.13.9, page 63 of the 2015-2016
LHSAA Handbook
Online reporting of scores / Refer to the 2016Softball Seeding and Weekly Reporting Scores Bulletin-Located in the Softball section of the LHSAA website
Failure to timely report playoff scores / Winning school shall be fined $100 per occurrence.
Game extensions / Refer to Rule 19.9.4, pages 82-83 of the 2014-2015 LHSAA Handbook.
Adopted Financial Arrangements
All Classes / Refer to Rule 19.10, pages123-124 of the 2015-2016 LHSAA Handbook.
Officials used for all rounds of the playoffs / Shall be assigned by the LHSAA Director of Officials in all rounds of the playoffs.
The assignment secretary will contact the host school with the names of the umpires and the game fees.
Officials Playoff Pay / Refer to Rule 8.8.7, pages74-75 of the 2015-2016LHSAA Handbook.
15 Run or 10 Run Rule / The 15 run rule shall apply after 3 innings of play or the 10 run rule shall apply after 5 innings of play. Rule 19.4.3, page 121 of the 2015-2016 LHSAA Handbook.
Official Game / Refer to Rule 19.4, 19.41, 19.4.2, page 121 of the 2015-2016 LHSAA Handbook.

IMPORTANT POWER RANKING & BRACKETING

April 13, 2016 -Regular season ends.

  • District representatives reported in all classes.
  • Every team shall report on MaxPreps online all varsity game results played

that day no later than 10:00 PM.

April 14, 2016 - All Classes

  • Disputes of records or power ratings shall be submitted online to between 8:00 AM and 12:00 Noon.
  • After 12:00 Noon, playoff pairings will beannounced online.

ROSTER INFORMATION

Deadline to submit / Monday, April18, 2016
What must be submitted / The typed roster filled out completely with all requested information
Team Mascot / Email as a jpeg or gif non-compressed file
Email to / Attn: Natalie Bowers or Laurie Koelzer
Questions / Call Natalie Bowers or Laurie Koelzer at Sulphur Parks and Recreation (337) 721-3040

2016 ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL/ LHSAA

STATE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT

SQUAD ROSTER INFORMATION SHEET

ALL CLASSES

PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS ROSTER IMMEDIATELY IF

YOU HAVE WON YOUR BI-DISTRICT GAME TO ENSURE THE TIMELY PRINTING OF THE 2016 OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT PROGRAM.

NO LATER THAN APRIL18, 2016

Email Information Sheet to:

Attn: Natalie Bowers or Laurie Koelzer

SCHOOL: CITY:

SCHOOL PHONE: FAX:

CLASS: DISTRICT

DISTRICT FINISH:

DISTRICT WON-LOST RECORD: OVERALL WON-LOST RECORD:

PRINCIPAL: Cell Email:

HEAD COACH: Cell Email:

ASSISTANT COACH(ES):

STATISTICIAN: ______

MANAGER(S):______

SCHOOL’S NICKNAME: SCHOOL’S COLORS:

SQUAD ROSTER

(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT)

NUMBER / POSITION(S)
(C, P, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, IF, OF, UT) / PLAYER’S NAME / HEIGHT / GRADE

SCHOOL:

NUMBER / POSITION(S)
(C, P, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, IF, OF, UT) / PLAYER’S NAME / HEIGHT / GRADE

SOFTBALL DISTRICT FINAL STANDING FORM

THIS FORM IS TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FIRST PLACE FINISHERS AND TEAMS TIED FOR FIRST PLACE ANDSUBMITTED TO THE LHSAA OFICE BY THE DEADLINE DATES LISTED BELOW.

PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW WHEN SUBMITTING THIS FORM:

  1. THIS FORM MAY BE FAXED TO B.J. GUZZARDO AT 225-300-4244
  2. THIS FORM MAY BE EMAILED TO
  3. THIS FORM MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE LHSAA OFFICE BY 10:00 PM ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016ALL CLASSES.
  4. IF YOU ARE EMAILING, PLEASE USE THE WORD DOCUMENT FORMAT
  5. FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION COMPLETELY BEFORE FAXING OR EMAILING
  6. RECORDS SUBMITTED ON THIS FORM MUST MATCH THE RECORDS REPORTED ON THE WEBSITE

CLASS: / DISTRICT:: / DATE:
DISTRICT FINISH / DISTRICT RECORD / CLASS RECORD / OVERALL RECORD
WINS / LOSSES
/ WINS / LOSSES
/ WINS / LOSSES

District Finish – Please indicate your team’s finish in your district(1st or tied for 1st.)

District Record – Please indicate your district record.

Class Record – Record against all schools in the same class including district games

Overall Record – Record against all schools played including district games

DO NOT INCLUDE sub-varsity, out of state or district playoff games in any records.

SIGNATURE OF HEAD BASEBALL COACH:
SCHOOL:
HEAD COACH CELL PHONE:

Only 1st place teams and teams tied for 1st place shall automatically qualify for the playoffs.

NOTE: 2nd place teams DO NOT automatically qualify and should not submit this form.

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