The Memorial Day make-up tourney set for July 5th is back on. The Bristol tourney will be played on July 4th. Curt and I got our signals crossed which led to the July 5th cancellation. Please know that Curt and Stephanie have done more for me and the league than most people will ever know and for that I am extremely grateful.

If the last 2 tandems that signed up (Mastrangelo/Albertson, Owens/Phillips) are willing to move to the body of the draft, we can run the tourney with 6-teams. We currently have 67 draft candidates. Add the 4 managers from the 2 cut tandems and we have a total of 71. Six teams will draft 11 players and we'll have 5 on the alternate list with 10 days for more players to sign up before the draft.

I'm sure most of you know how important alternates are. Teams have players drop off all the time and the alternates are critical in order to maintain the integrity of each drafted team. If you signed up as a draft candidate and can no longer attend the tourney, please let me know ASAP. If you would like to enter as a draft candidate, click the link below. If you already signed up (see below), do not sign up again.
https://www.cuttingedgesports.net/sbare ... pitch.html

The number of eddies that sign up will determine the eddie requirements and draft rules.

I've been assured by a lot of league members that the Bristol tournament, which is still scheduled for July 4th, will have no impact on the SBA tourney. Let's give it a shot.

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Date: Sunday, July 5, 2026
Rain Date: A rain date shall not be scheduled. If the tourney cannot be played on July 5th, it will not be played.

1st Game: 9:00 am (all games to be played at the Eureka Quarry Field)

Managers Jason Pane and Chelsea Detwiler can no longer attend the tourney. Chuck Mastrangelo and Laura Albertson will take their place on Team #2. Male Eddie Andrew Ruhf will replace the one eddie while Javier Torres will move into the body of the draft as a core player.

Male Eddie Mike Evans can no longer attend the tourney. Male Eddie Ray Jones will take Mike's place in the draft.

Female Eddie Maddie Richard can no longer attend the tourney. Alternate female eddie Bonnie McQuilla has taken Maddie's place in the body of the draft.




Please note: This tournament is a metal bat affair. Male and female eddies may use any bat as set forth by Softball America’s regular season bat restriction policy.

Please DO NOT register for this tournament unless you are reasonably certain you will be able to attend. If, after registering for the tourney, you find you cannot attend, please be considerate enough to manager tandems and those on the alternate list to notify the league office as soon as humanly possible.

Cost: $20.00/player (2 games guaranteed)

This is a 1-day coed softball event. Six teams will be formed entirely through a draft system based on individual player statistics. The 6 teams will then compete for the 1-pitch title. Each batter receives 1 pitch. If the pitch is fouled off, swung at and missed, or hits the mat behind home plate, the batter is struck out. If the pitch is a ball, the batter walks. The rest of the game is played in normal fashion. Winning teams will receive their choice of custom hoodies.

This is a great day of softball, fun, food and drink-- kind of like one big picnic where a softball game breaks out every 50 minutes. It's also a great way to meet other Softball America league members. Bring chairs, tents, coolers, and whatever else to make yourself comfortable. Make a day of it or come and go as you please.

Members will be listed in the body of the draft on a first come, first served basis. Entrants must be, or have been, a registered member of Softball America at some point in the past 31 years.*

*Due to the lack of female league member participation over the last few tournaments, female outsiders WILL be permitted to enter the tournament.

Along with 6 manager tandems an additional 66 players can register to be drafted.

Tournament play will follow ASA and SBA league rules with the following exceptions...

1. Each tandem will draft no less than 2 females BEFORE the 7th round.
2. Core/eddie walk rule WILL be observed. If a male player is walked with a female eddie behind him, the male player will be placed on 2B (credited with a base on balls) and the female eddie will bat. Unlike our league rule which needs 2 outs in the 5th, 6th, or 7th inning for the rule to kick in, this rule is in effect through the entire game.
3. 2nd foul ball courtesy for eddies will not be observed.
4. A 3-3-2 eddie rule will apply for this tournament - 3 eddies must be in the line-up, 3 eddies must play the field, 2 of the eddies in the line-up and field must be female.
5. All roster players must be in the batting line-up.
6. Batting line-ups must consist of 1 female eddie in one of the first 4 batting slots.

Please know it is entirely possible you could be drafted to a tandem or end up on a team with people you don't like. If that is something you won't be able to deal with, please don't sign up. And please don't be one of those people that signs up, gets on a team you don't like then makes an excuse to bail out. Remember, this is softball. It's all about having fun and nothing more.

The player draft will be held Sunday, June 28th, 8:00 pm at the Quarry snack stand. Should inclement weather postpone the draft, we will run it on Monday, 6 pm at the Quarry.

Round by round draft order is as follows...



Team match-ups and start times are as follows...

We lost this tourney to weather on Memorial Day Sunday. We almost lost the make-up draft this past Sunday. There is a good chance (77%) that some rain will fall on Sunday. There is also a chance (46%) that heavy thunderstorms will dump a huge amount of water on the field. There will be more than enough groundskeepers in attendance to give us a good chance to continue, but if for some reason Mother Nature takes that away from us, here is what you need to know...

Defense will matter (runs against). If after 6 games are played and more than one team is in the winner's bracket, the team with the fewer runs against will be declared the tourney winner. If less than 6 games are played, the tourney will get canceled and a no winner will be declared. In that case, each paid player still alive in the tourney will receive a $10 tourney credit good for any 1-pitch tournament down the road.