2024 ALL-STARS

Baseball and Softball Information, Dates and FAQ's

We are excited to have the 2024 NCLL baseball season underway.  The league is playing excellent baseball at all levels.

We plan to field 3 All Star Baseball Teams this season from players playing in the Majors and AAA division.

• 10 & under (10U)
• 11 & under (11U)
• Little League or 12 & under (12U)

Your coach will distribute the All Star application to your team sometime in the next few weeks.  

If you're interested in being assessed for All Stars, the application will need to be completed prior to the May 17th tryout.

• Arrival times will be organized by age group.  This will be communicated at a later date.  
• Attendance for the tryout is strongly encouraged, but not required.
• The tryout will be very similar to the Assessments that were held back in February.  
• Players will complete a series of drills with NCLL coaches grading their skillset.

TEAM FORMATION

• Upon completion of the tryout, a group of NCLL coaches will collectively determine the players that make each team's roster.
• We expect more players at each age level to be interested in playing all stars, than we have roster spots available.
• Each age level will most likely have some players that do not make the All Star team.

Teams will be formed based on:

• Players Attitude towards teammates, opponents, umpires, fans and coaches.
• Players work ethic, practice habits based on coaches feedback and observations.
• Overall Player performance throughout the season.  This includes game performance, and performance at the tryout.
• Baseball Skills determined by coaches evaluation and feedback from coaches during the season.
• Player Availability for the majority of All Star practices, scrimmages, warm up tournaments.
• Player Availability for the District Tournament in June and July is a requirement to make the team.
• Coaches have been evaluating players since the beginning of the season, and will continue to do so until teams are formed.

We expect rosters to be announced by May 24th.

ALL-STAR COMMITMENT

• NCLL All-Star teams will have a practice, scrimmage, or tournament the majority of the weeknights and weekends from 6/1 through the end of their season.  
• An All-Star player will be expected to attend the majority of scheduled events with their All-Star Team AND ALL OFFICIAL STAR GAMES. 

District Tournament dates have not been announced yet. Each tournament typically occurs at the end of June through the middle of July. 

Each of the District tournaments will be played in Woodinville, WA at the Northshore Athletic fields. 

District Tournament schedule is based on results of a tournament.  It's possible for a team to play multiple nights in a row, based on the bracket of the tournament.

Here is a link to last year's tournament brackets for an example:

https://www.llwadistrict8.org/Default.aspx?tabid=2739457

Click on one of these on the page to see the 2023 brackets.

• Baseball - 8-10 (rev 7/16/23)
• Baseball - 9-11 (rev 7/17/23)
• Baseball - Majors (rev 7/10/23)

If a team wins the district tournament they qualify for the State Tournament.

• 10U - 7/20-7/28 Olympic Peninsula
• 11U - 7/20-7/28 Tri-Cities
• 12U - 7/13-7/21 Centralia

The State Tournament for 8-10 and 9-11 is the final tournament for All Stars.

The Washington State Champion of the 12U Little League All Star Tournament qualifies for Regionals in San Bernadino, CA from 8/3-8/8 

The Northwest Regional Champion qualifies for the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA from 8/14-8/25

SUPPORT

• We will need families and players to support the all star teams! That means getting involved.  We will host a fundraiser and expect participation from players and families.
• Parents can help make the team a fun experience by helping to plan for social activities, car decorating parties, etc. 
• Some of our teams will also help staff all star games by running the scoreboard, selling raffle tickets, and providing refreshments for our tireless umpires. Please be ready to help out!

If you have any questions, please email Sam Glassburn (samglassburn@gmail.com) 

We are excited to have the 2024 NCLL softball season underway. The league is playing excellent softball at all levels.

We plan to field 3 All-Star Softball Teams this season from players playing in the Majors and AAA divisions.

• Softball 10s (ages 8/9/10)
• Softball 11s (ages 9/10/11)
• Softball Majors (ages 10-12)

Your coach will distribute the All-Star application to your team shortly. If you're interested in being assessed for All-Stars, the application should be completed and returned to your coach by 9 pm on Wednesday, May 8th.

TRYOUTS

Sunday, May 19th 

Time & Location:

• 10U’s: 6:00 pm, Ingraham High School Softball field
• 11U’s: 5:00 pm, Maple Leaf 1
• 12U’s: 7:00 pm, Ingraham High School Softball field

• Please arrive 15 minutes prior with all your equipment ready to hit the field at your start time. 
• Attendance for the tryout is strongly encouraged, but not required.
• Player will be considered and evaluated on their performance all season along with how they perform at the tryout
• Players will complete a series of drills with coaches grading their skills.
• Attendance for the tryout is strongly encouraged, but not required.  The tryout will be very similar to the Assessments that were held in February.
• Players will complete a series of drills with NCLL coaches grading their skills.

FORMATION

Upon completion of the tryout, a group of NCLL coaches will collectively determine the players that make each team's roster.

We hope more players at each age level are interested in playing All-Stars than we have roster spots available. If we don’t have enough interest at an age level, we may also co-league with a neighboring league to field a full, competitive team. All-Star teams require a minimum of 12 players.

Each age level may have some players that do not make the All-Star team.

TEAMS WILL BE FORMED ON THE BASIS:

• Player’s Attitude toward teammates, opponents, umpires, fans, and coaches
• Player’s work ethic and practice habits based on coaches' feedback and observations
• Overall Player performance throughout the season. This includes game performance and performance at the tryout.
• Softball Skills are determined by coaches' evaluation and feedback from coaches during the season 
• Player Availability for the majority of All-Star practices and scrimmages
• Player Availability for the District Tournament in June/July is a requirement to make the team.

Coaches have been evaluating players since the beginning of the season and will continue to do so until teams are formed.  We expect rosters to be announced by May 24th.

ALL-STAR COMMITTMENT

• NCLL All-Star teams will have a practice or scrimmage most of the weeknights and weekends from 6/1 through the end of their season.  
• An All-Star player will be expected to attend most of the scheduled events with their All-Star Team, AND ALL OFFICIAL ALL-STAR GAMES. 
• District Tournament start dates have not been announced yet. Each tournament typically occurs at the end of June through the beginning of July. Note that U11 softball starts earlier this year, with the district tournament ending by June 26.
• Last Year the District tournaments were played in Woodinville, WA at the Northshore Athletic fields and at fields in Shoreline. 
• The District Tournament is a double-elimination bracket schedule.  A team can play multiple nights in a row, based on the bracket of the tournament.

Here is a link to last year's tournament brackets for example:

https://www.llwadistrict8.org/Default.aspx?tabid=2739457

Click on one of these on the page to see the 2023 brackets.

• Softball - 8-10 (rev 7/11/23)
• Softball - 9-11 (rev 7/15/23)
• Softball - Majors (rev 6/26/23)

A team winning the District Tournament qualifies for the State Tournament.

• 8/9/10 State Tournament starts 7/13, District 5, Walla Walla/Moses Lake
• 9/10/11 State Tournament starts 7/1, District 13, Spokane
• Majors (12U) State Tournament starts 7/1, District 9, Redmond

The State Tournament for 8/9/10 and 9/10/11 is the final tournament for All-Stars.

 The Washington State Champion of the Majors/12U Little League All-Star Tournament qualifies for Regionals in San Bernadino, CA starting July 20. 

The Northwest Regional Champion qualifies for the Little League World Series in Greenville, NC starting August 4.

SUPPORT

• We will need families and players to support the All-Star teams! That means getting involved.  We will host a fundraiser and expect participation from players and families.
• Parents can help make the team a fun experience by helping to plan for social activities, car decorating parties, etc. 
• Some of our teams will also help staff All-Star games by running the scoreboard, selling raffle tickets, and providing refreshments for our tireless umpires. Please be ready to help out!

If you have any questions, please email me: Gayle Perez (softballncll@gmail.com) 

If you apply to the all stars team, you are expected to clear your schedule and commit to attendance at most practices and ALL games for the period of June 1 through July 19 for the District tournament, and beyond if your  team goes to State tournaments.  All-Stars Tournaments are double elimination.  The commitment ends when the team has lost two games.  The team who wins District 8 goes on to State.  In 2022 only Winners of Washington State Majors (U12), Juniors (U13), and Seniors (U16) will go on to play in Regional and World Series tournaments.

Players will attend tryouts and teams will be announced shortly after.  Practices are coach discretion but will likely be 4-5 events per week leading up to the tournament, including practices, special instruction and scrimmages or tournaments.  This intensive period of player development will benefit your player immensely.

There are very specific eligibility requirements to play in All Stars.

1. Established residency in North Central Little League boundaries by either address or school address.  This link describes the ways to establish residency.  Waivers for residency must be established a year prior to eligibility for All Stars.
2. Original birth certificate must be presented to the District 8 officials to demonstrate proof of age.
3.  In all divisions, any eligible player must participate in at least 8 regular season games in their district (or at least 6 for Seniors division).

Each league can assemble only one All-Stars team in each of the divisions that tournaments are offered.  For 60’ diamond divisions, they are broken down by league playing age 8/9/10, 9/10/11, and 11/12.   Our league’s priority is to put the most competitive team on the field in each division. Since there are normally more applicants than spots, it may be necessary to cut some players.

• Practices begin in late May. The players will be required to be at most practices and ALL games.  Teams will prepare with practices, instruction, and scrimmages, with Baseball having up to 5 events per week and Softball at 3 events per week.  Some teams may decided to attend a warm-up tournament.
• The District 8 double-elimination tournament plays locally in late June to mid-July. 
• The winner for each division moves to the State competitions that will run for 2 weeks following the end of D8.  
• For the 12U team and teenage divisions, teams can move onto play in Regionals and to the Little League World Series in late August. Side note – most NCLL teams don’t win District 8 championship.

• There is no registration fee for All Stars. We want to make this as accessible as possible for our players.
• We will implement a uniform fee. Scholarship/financial aid are available. We may also run fundraisers to support this.
• Warm up tournaments may incur separate fees, and are separate from league activities.
• Winning teams that need to travel to Regional tournaments will be supported by additional fundraising events.  

Exact tournament dates are not yet available.  Estimates are below.

Notes:

• No games for Softball Majors  & Juniors over weekend of Jun23-June25.
• No games on Tuesday July 4.  But there will be games during pre-holiday weekend leading up to it.
• No games on Tuesday July 11 - MLB All Star Game.