USSSA South Dakota

A history of USSSA

Welcome new South Dakota USSSA Fastpitch State Director Kurtis Myrlie. Kurtis will be replacing previous director Ed Kieff who has recently taken the position of head softball coach at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell South Dakota.

Kurtis may be reach at 605-360-4698

kurtismyrlie@hotmail.com

12u Division won by Diamonds X-treme

14u Division Won by Diamonds Gold

High School Division Won by SD Fusion

In order to receive your usssa points a team must have a current roster online.

18u Results

14u Results

12u Results

We are requiring that all players that are used as pick-up players be submitted through this manner for 2011. Please email kurtismyrlie@hotmail.com. Any incomplete information will not be considered for that weekend. The deadline for submission is Thursday at 5 pm. This form is not intended to be used when you would like to add a player to your regular roster.

Information needed:

• Team Name
• Age Group
• USSSA Registration Number
• Managers Name, Email and Cell phone
• Pick-up player’s name and team she is registered with
• Her tea’s age and division and her DOB

South Dakota USSSA Fastpitch Roster Rules Update

Please CLICK HERE for pick-up player information

1. Beginning with the March 1st weekend, all rosters will be LOCKED (defined below) the week of a team’s first outdoor USSSA event. We are requiring teams to make sure their roster is correct at that time and then any pick up players they pick up will go through the online submission form. Failure to do this will result in an illegal roster for that weekend of play.
2. As of March 1st, 2011 if a team competes in an outdoor USSSA World Series qualifier, and qualifies through that event, they will have their roster FROZEN (defined below). Upon entering the tournament, a team may choose to waive their rights to the berth (See Section a. below on how to submit this information).  This can only be done before the tournament.  If a team does this, their roster will NOT be frozen if they were to qualify.  This might be done if a team has individuals playing that weekend that they do not want on the frozen roster.  This will allow teams to use a pick-up player(s) for a weekend if they are short players and still want to play in a USSSA event.
   1. For a team to Waive their rights to a berth (and prevent their roster from being frozen), a team must email their State Director.  SD teams will email Ed Kieff at edkieff@hotmail.com.  This must be done prior to your first game in the tournament.
   2. Any team that uses a pick-up player will automatically waive their rights to a direct berth.  The event will still count towards a teams’ total for an at-large berth.
3. Once a team’s roster becomes frozen, the team will be allowed to have only 3 adds or drops to the permanent roster for the remainder of the year. This is in effect to protect the players and the coaches. This is for PERMANENT players only. If a team chooses to pick up a player for that event after your roster becomes frozen, they can do that by filling out an online pick-up player form that will be emailed out prior to the event. At this point, the State Director will approve these players to play with you.
4. Pick-Up Player Rules:
   1. You MUST play the classification/age of the highest classed player on your team. For example, a 14B team needs to pick up 3 players for the weekend, so they decide to pick up 2 players from a 14B team and 1 player from a 14A team. In this example ,the team must now play 14A or above because of the 14A player that belongs to a 14A team. We are okay with pick -players but need teams to pick up players from a team that is classed the same as your team or lower. In addition, if your team picks up a player that is rostered as a 16B player, the team must play 16B with that player.
   2. “B” teams are allowed to pick-up A rostered players from a younger age team.  Example:  a 14B team may pick-up a player from a 12A team for the weekend.
   3. Pick-up players for “C” teams may only come from other “C” teams.  “C” teams are not allowed to pick up a player rostered on an A or B team at any age.  NO A/B PLAYERS AS PICK-UP PLAYERS FOR C TEAMS.
   4. If a “C” team picks up a player registered to a higher age “C” team, they will be required to play at the age/division of that player is registered to.
   5. League Rosters will not be considered when looking at a player’s registered class.
   6. Once a team earns a USSSA World Series Berth through the “at large berth” process then their roster will become frozen at that time. For example, if a team must play 4 USSSA events to earn the “at large berth” in the spring/summer, and they hit this mark on the April 29th weekend, then at the conclusion of that event their roster will become frozen.

Through this process we are not discouraging a team to play with USSSA on a given weekend, just making sure that we try to level the playing field. If a team earns a WS berth, then they need to do this with their team and not the players from other teams. With the pick-up player form, teams can still play and just waive the rights to their berth for that weekend. Teams will still get points for playing USSSA on their order of finish, and will still count as one of their events played in to get their at large berth (if they choose to go this route).

Here are a few definitions that are important to clarify:

• FROZEN roster:  After a team acquires a direct or at-large berth, their roster will be frozen with the players that are currently on it.  At this time, teams will only be allowed to make 3 roster changes between then and the end of the season.  Teams will still be allowed to play with pick-up players in qualifier events, but at post-season events, they will be required to use their FROZEN roster.
• LOCKED roster:  After a team plays in their first USSSA competition for the outdoor their roster will become locked.  Teams that are LOCKED are still able to edit their roster at any point, but they are required to go through their State Director to accomplish it.

State Directors have the final say on accepting or denying any pick up players from that team’s roster for the weekend.

USSSA SD State Tournament Director: Dawn Haage

All SD USSSA teams wishing to participate in a USSSA World Series event must play in their state tournament

When: June 11th and 12th, 2011 CLICK HERE for registration form.

Where: Sioux Falls Dunham

Motel Information

2011 USSSA SD State Tournament Teams Entered to Date:

12u CLICK HERE for Registered Teams in Tournament

Diamonds Crushers

Fusion Gold ’98

Diamonds X-treme

Drake Orthodontics

14u CLICK HERE for Registered Teams in Tournament

Brookings Blast

Diamonds Gold

Diamonds White

Fusion White

Diamonds Fire

Blades

Diamonds Blue

High School Division CLICK HERE for Registered Teams in Tournament

Southwest Storm

Sioux Falls Impact

Yankton Spitfire

SD Fusion

Dakota Fury

SD Fusion Black

Diamonds Inferno

Dakota Bandits