RE: Post Season Tournament Play

Gentlemen,

For those of you interested in All Star selections or coaching and even Post
Season play take a moment to review the attached email. If you have any
questions please do not hesitate to ask. Thanks
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< Please immediately forward the note below to the head coach of each team
< in your respective division. Please copy me.
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< Pre-High, Pony & Bronco Maroon, Pony and Bronco Co-Op, and Triple A are
< eligible to participate in both Pony and USSSA Post Season Tournament
< play. Teams from the Pony and Bronco Gray divisions are eligible to
< participate in the USSSA Double A Tournaments.
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< Gentlemen:
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< With our season winding down, I wanted all to be aware of the various
< post-season baseball opportunities. Below is a description of the
< opportunities that players, coaches and parents should consider. This
< description was taken, and supplemented, from our web site
< (http://www.cy-fairsports.com/ ; then go to the baseball home page; then
< "CFSA Post Season" under the IMPORTANT DATES SECTION). Please review the
< information below.
< If you are interested in coaching an All-Star team you need to submit an
< Application which is available on our web site. Complete the application
< and provide it to your Division Commissioner. Once we have coaches that
< are committed to coach a team, tryouts, if necessary, for the All-Star
< Team will be held.
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< CY-FAIR
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< SPORTS ASSOCIATION
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< SPRING 2001 POST SEASON
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< Cy-Fair Sports Association is affiliated with two sanctioning
< organizations for the 2001 Spring Baseball Season. Our affiliation with
< Pony Baseball has been longstanding and affords the most competitive
< players in all age groups a chance to participate in post season
< tournaments.
< Our new affiliation with USSSA also offers post season play with a tiered
< format, and to some extent eliminates the various stages of competition
< required by Pony Baseball.
< The following is a brief description of the post season opportunities that
< all participants in CFSA Baseball may enjoy:
< POST SEASON PONY BASEBALL
< * Divisions/Teams/Players that CFSA registered with Pony and that are
< eligible to participate
< Bronco Maroon Division
< CFSA Bronco Co-Op Teams
< Triple A 12 & 11 year old Division
< Pony Maroon Division
< CFSA Pony Co-Op Teams
< Pre-High Division
< * All-Star teams selected from league players using CFSA guidelines
< * Maroon, Co-Op, and Triple A Teams were registered by CFSA and
< eligible
< * Graduated advancement to higher levels of competition; District,
< Section, Regional, State, Zone, Nationals on a weekly basis (Similar to
< Little League)
< * One entry fee covers all events your team advances to
< * Typically only one or two teams form per division
< * Tournament Divisions:
< * Bronco 11 (Local -2 level Tournament)
< * Bronco 11 & 12 (National Tournament)
< * Pony 13 (Statewide)
< * Pony 13 & 14 (National)
< Teams my play in tact with their roster or may form an All-Star Team.
< Applications for All-Star coaching positions are available on our web
< site. Complete the application and provide it to the Upper Division
< Baseball Commissioner.
< CFSA Triple A and Sunday Co-op Teams are automatically qualified for Pony
< tournaments. These teams must submit a roster by 2/24/01 that will remain
< frozen (for Pony purposes) until all division All-Star teams have been
< chosen. These teams may also play in the division Round Robin, but will
< not participate for seeding, nor are their players at risk in the draft.
< These teams must notify their Division Commissioners if they want to play
< in the Round Robin.
< Any situation not specifically addressed in the rules above may be ruled
< on by the Baseball Committee, whose decision will be final.
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< USSSA BASEBALL
< * Teams chosen with limited CFSA input
< * Single Age Divisions
< * Tiered competition:
< * Double A - regular formed school teams
< * Triple A - Co-op quality teams
< * Pre-set tournament dates (Qualifiers, State, World Series)
< * Multiple entry fees
< * CFSA will register 8 teams in each age group 9-13 (Double A + Triple
< A)
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< POST SEASON USSSA BASEBALL
< This affiliation is offered so that every CFSA player (Age 9-16) might
< have an opportunity to play post season events. This association is
< primarily recognized as a tournament venue, and offers 3 distinct tiers of
< competition ( CFSA participates in 2; Double & Triple A).
< USSSA is different from Pony in that it provides tournaments during the
< season for teams to qualify for its World Series. Following are the
< methods a team can qualify.
< Win a World Series qualifying tournament (Typically there are 2 of these
< events during the spring season)
< Finish in the top 4 of the South Zone State tournament (Teams once
< qualified do not re-qualify, so more than 4 teams from the South Zone may
< advance to the World Series)
< CFSA/USSSA Post Season
< * Double A: This level of competition is for teams who participate in
< the CFSA league and who are not on a Triple A League team. A player may be
< on a Sunday Co-op team and still be eligible to play on a Double A
< tournament team. USSSA will allow 1 berth to the State tournament for
< every 6 teams in a division. CFSA will award these berths to the top teams
< from the CFSA Playoffs. (Upper Bracket only).
< * Triple A; This level of competition is for teams that participate in
< the CFSA Triple A league, or the Sunday Co-op league. USSSA will allow 1
< berth to the State tournament for each 4-6 teams in a division. CFSA will
< award these berths to the winner of the post season playoff.
< Once a team qualifies the roster is considered frozen, and players who
< wish to continue may not be cut from the team. USSSA recognizes that teams
< may lose players who choose not to continue playing and will allow teams
< to replace any lost player plus add an additional 3 players from any team
< within that CFSA league. Teams that do not get a CFSA sanctioned berth are
< still able to play in the USSSA tournaments, however they must register
< their own team.
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Louis Martinez
281-897-8639
281-927-1339