Announcement
2008 All-Star Information and preliminary tryout/practice schedule (tentative)
The Little League District 9 All-star tournaments begin soon, with baseball and softball tournaments for the Majors (11-12), 10-11 and 9-10 year old levels. Mercer Island will be fielding the following teams:
- Majors (11-12YO) Baseball
- 11YO Baseball
- 9-10YO Baseball
- Majors (11-12YO) Softbal (combined team with Bellevue East and Bellevue Thunderbird)
- 9-10YO Softball
11YO girls from MI Little League will be playing with Bellevue Thunderbird LL on a combined 11YO Softball all-star team.
Because the age groups overlap, some players may be eligible for either a higher or lower age level. In general, our league policy is that all players should play at the lowest level for which they are eligible. However, in certain cases, players may be invited to tryout or play for the higher level team. Our objective is to field the most competitive team(s) possible at the highest level possible, and therefore a few outstanding 11YOs may be invited to tryout for the 11-12 Majors all-star team.
Players who have been selected as all-star candidates will be posted on Sunday, June 15 (per LL rules), along with the Managers (head coaches) of each of the 5 teams Mercer Island is entering in the District 9 tournament. Those Managers will be contact the all-star candidates on or after June 15th regarding the tryout/practice schedule. Following the first few practices, those managers will select the final roster of players who will participate in the district tournaments.
The TENTATIVE schedule for tryouts/practices, and links to the tournament schedule, for each of the teams is as follows:
Majors (11-12) SB - Preliminary Practice Schedule
Note that there will be some additional practices in Bellevue, still TBA
| Tues | 6/17 | 5-7 | SMP2 |
| Thurs | 6/19 | 7-9 | SMP1 |
| Tues | 6/24 | 7-9 | SMP1 |
| Sat | 6/28 | 9-12 | Lid-W (Shared time with 9-10 SB team – due to Hoopfest) |
| Mon | 6/30 | 6pm | 1st Game @ Centennial Park, Snoqualmie |
9-10 Softball - Preliminary Practice Schedule:
| Mon | 6/16 | 5-7 | Lid-W |
| Tues | 6/17 | 5-7 | SMP1 |
| Wed | 6/18 | 7-9 | Lid-E |
| Thurs | 6/19 | 5-7 | SMP1 |
| Sat | 6/21 | 9-11 | SMP1 |
| Mon | 6/23 | 7-9 | Lid-E |
| Tues | 6/24 | 5-7 | SMP1 |
| Wed | 6/25 | 7-9 | Lid-E |
| Sat | 6/28 | 9-12 | Lid-W (Shared time with Majors SB team – due to Hoopfest) |
| Sun | 6/29 | 9-12 | Lid-E |
| Mon | 6/30 | 7-9 | Lid-E |
| Tues | 7/1 | 7-9 | Lid-E |
| Wed | 7/2 | 7-9 | Lid-E |
| Thurs | 7/3 | 7-9 | Lid-E |
| Sat | 7/5 | 3pm | 1st Game @ Big Finn Hill Park, Kirkland |
Majors (11-12) Baseball - Preliminary Practice Schedule
| Tues | 6/17 | 7-9 | SMP1 |
| Wed | 6/18 | 4:30-6:30 | Lid-W |
| Thurs | 6/19 | 4:30-7 | SMP3 |
| Sat | 6/21 | 1-3 | Lid-W |
| Sun | 6/22 | 3-5 | Lid-W |
| Mon | 6/23 | 5-7 | Lid-W |
| Tues | 6/24 | 5-7 | SMP3 |
| Wed | 6/25 | 5-7 | Lid-W |
| Sat | 6/28 | 9-12 | Lid-E (Shared time with other BB teams – due to Hoopfest) |
| Sun | 6/29 | 9-12 | Lid-W (Shared time with other BB teams – due to Hoopfest) |
| Mon | 6/30 | 5-7 | Lid-W |
| Tues | 7/1 | 5-7 | Lid-W |
| Wed | 7/2 | 5-7 | Lid-W |
| Thurs | 7/3 | 5-7 | Lid-W |
| Fri | 7/4 | TBD | |
| Sat | 7/5 | 10a | 1st Game @ Beaver Lake, Sammamish |
Majors (11-12) Baseball Tournament Bracket
11 BB - Preliminary Practice Schedule
| Tues | 6/17 | 5-7 | SMP3 |
| Thurs | 6/19 | 7-9 | SMP2 |
| Sun | 6/22 | 1-3 | Lid-W |
| Mon | 6/23 | 7-9 | Lid-W |
| Tues | 6/24 | 7-9 | SMP2 |
| Wed | 6/25 | 7-9 | Lid-W |
| Sat | 6/28 | 9-12 | Lid-E (Shared time with other BB teams – due to Hoopfest) |
| Sun | 6/29 | 9-12 | Lid-W (Shared time with other BB teams – due to Hoopfest) |
| Mon | 6/30 | 7-9 | Lid-W |
| Tues | 7/1 | 7-9 | Lid-W |
| Wed | 7/2 | 7-9 | Lid-W |
| Thurs | 7/3 | 7-9 | Lid-W |
| Fri | 7/4 | TBD | |
| Sat | 7/5 | 1-3 | Lid-W |
| Sun | 7/6 | Noon | 1st Game @ Hartman Park, Redmond |
11YO Baseball Tournament Bracket
9-10 BB - Preliminary Practice Schedule
| Tues | 6/17 | 7:15-9:30 | SMP2 |
| Wed | 6/18 | 4:30-6:30 | Lid-E |
| Thurs | 6/19 | 5-7 | SMP2 |
| Sat | 6/21 | 3-5 | Lid-W |
| Sun | 6/22 | 11-1 | Lid-W |
| Mon | 6/23 | 5-7 | Lid-E |
| Tues | 6/24 | 5-7 | SMP2 |
| Wed | 6/25 | 5-7 | Lid-E |
| Sat | 6/28 | 9-12 | Lid-E (Shared time with other BB teams – due to Hoopfest) |
| Sun | 6/29 | 9-12 | Lid-W (Shared time with other BB teams – due to Hoopfest) |
| Mon | 6/30 | 5-7 | Lid-E |
| Tues | 7/1 | 5-7 | Lid-E |
| Wed | 7/2 | 5-7 | Lid-E |
| Thurs | 7/3 | 5-7 | Lid-E |
| Fri | 7/4 | TBD | |
| Sat | 7/5 | 6pm | 1st Game @ Issaquah |
