Ages & Rules

• Birth certificates required upon request.
• Insurance is mandatory: minimum $100,000 excess accident/medical and $2,000,000 general liability, with Small Town Select listed as additionally insured.
• Tournament age is determined as of May 1 of the current year; grade-based exceptions are available with a birth certificate and proof of current grade.
• A player may "play up" in age, but under no circumstance may a player "play down" in age.

• Players may participate with only one team per event. Violators face removal from all teams and manager ejection.
• Use full legal names (first & last) as on the birth certificate, plus date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy). No nicknames, shortened names, or initials.
• Rosters are frozen prior to each event. An ineligible rostered player results in removal and head-coach ejection.

Maximum 34" length and 2¾" barrel across all divisions. Aluminum/composite bats must bear "BPF 1.15," "BBCOR," or "USA" stamping for 14U and under; wood, composite, and bamboo bats are also permitted.

• 14U maximum −5 drop; 13U maximum −8 drop.
• Prohibited: "T-Ball Only," "Coach Pitch" labeled, "Not for Use with Real Baseballs," and altered bats.
• Metal cleats permitted in 13U–14U only, and never on portable mounds.

• A coin flip determines home and visitor in all pool-play games.
• The higher seed is the home team in all bracket games.
• Dugouts are first come, first served.

Minimum 8 players to start. Lineup options: straight 9 (+1 sub), 9 with DH (+1 sub), 10 with DH and EH (+1 sub), or bat the entire roster.

• NFHS substitution rules apply; starters may re-enter once in their original batting order.
• DH available 9U–14U. Extra Hitter (EH) available 9–14, declared before the game; a team that starts with an EH must keep a 10-player lineup all game.
• Defensive timeouts: 2 per half-inning (pitching change required on the 2nd). Offensive timeouts: 1 per half-inning.
• Slash bunts not allowed 9U–13U (out + head-coach ejection); 14U only on a 60/90 field.
• Courtesy runners allowed for pitcher and catcher (not after a pitch is made to the next batter). The courtesy runner must be a legal substitute not currently in the game.

• Whenever a tag play is evident, a runner must slide or seek to avoid contact with the fielder and/or catcher.
• A runner who jumps over a player is out, whether or not contact is made.
• A dead-ball appeal may be made directly to the umpire without the pitcher throwing to the base. Only one dead-ball appeal is allowed on any play.

No mandatory pitch limits; recommendations only. Two mound visits per inning max — a second visit to the same pitcher in the same inning requires a pitching change. Intentional walks may be awarded without pitches. Balks are an automatic dead ball.

• 9U–10U: 6 outs or less to pitch the next day; 18 outs max per tournament.
• 11U–14U: 6 outs or less to pitch the next day; 21 outs max per tournament.

No new inning after time/innings expire, except a tie. Run rule: 20 after 1, 15 after 2, 12 after 3, 10 after 4, 8 after 5. Bracket extra innings start the last two batters on 2nd and 3rd with one out, no count.

Bracket seeding order: 1) record, 2) head-to-head (two teams only), 3) runs allowed, 4) run differential (10 max per game), 5) runs scored, 6) automated coin flip. Highest seed is home in bracket games.

7U–8U Coach Pitch: adult pitches overhand from the rubber to their own team; max 6 pitches / 3 swinging strikes; 10 defenders (4 outfielders held until the ball is hit); 7-run inning cap; no leadoffs/steals/bunting; one intentional walk per game on request.

8U Kid Pitch: no leadoffs or stealing home; walks are a dead ball (batter to 1st); no dropped-3rd-strike advance; no balks or bunts; 7-run inning cap.

6U Modified Coach Pitch: 5 coach pitches then one tee attempt; 10-foot pitching circle; 10 defenders (4 outfielders); 7-run cap except the final inning.

• 1st ejection: leave the park immediately, ineligible for the next game. 2nd: ineligible for the next two games and barred from the park for the rest of the tournament.
• 3rd cumulative team ejection disqualifies the entire team and may carry a permanent STS suspension.
• Malicious contact is a judgment call: runner out, ejection, and one-game suspension. Razzing/heckling, profanity, and pulling a team off the field (auto-forfeit) are prohibited.
• Security calls, post-game misconduct, or property damage may result in disqualification with no refund and possible legal action.

1–2 day tournaments: 0 games played = full refund · 1 game played = 50% refund · 2 games played = no refund. A game counts as "played" once it starts. No individual gate refunds.

• Two 60-minute games, finishing the inning; pool games may end in a tie.
• Maximum 6 runs per half-inning. Run rules: 10 after 3, 8 after 4, 7 after 5.
• Bat the full lineup; free defensive substitutions. Courtesy runners must be substitutes (or the last batted-out player if none).

• 75-minute games, finishing the inning — must have a winner.
• International tiebreaker: last batted-out runner to 2nd, no outs, no count.
• No per-inning run rule (10U–14U). Run rules: 12 after 3, 10 after 4, 8 after 5.
• Batting options: 9, 11 with 2 EH, 10 with 1 EH and DP/Flex, or the entire roster. Free defensive substitutions.

No games = 100% refund · one game = 50% refund · two or more = no refund (awards by pool results).