All the C tourneys we played in were three pool and bracket, just like B. Did a couple 6GG as well. C World Series was 4 pool, and double elim bracket. The sandbagging in that one was something to behold. Teams that played B all year and won tournaments in USSSA played in USA at C. They didn't even win. The team that won brought in a guest player that was a pitcher playing up at 12B in Utrip. She was a big girl with three pitches and throwing hard. All to win that 10C chip.
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I wonder if that is a regional/director thing? Looking at the Illinois list right now and there are a few C tournaments that are 3GG (2 pool and bracket), but most are 4. A couple are even 5GG.
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Can verify - Daughters team is C - two 07's and the rest 08's. I know my daughter didnt play this last year and from USSSA Roster history, neither did the rest of the team save 2 (10 player roster). We finished the fall 2 games above .500 and planning to reclassify in the Spring back to B. Going to be an adjustment but thats what we signed up for. Get better and have fun doing it.
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The underlining factor is that A level tournaments are $20 - $50 more.
I heard the Chambersburg tournament is no more.
We didn't do it last year but it was still on then. They did lose some teams to the Delaware tournament.
May be history?
I heard the organization that ran it folded. Just going off what I read in a Facebook post. I just did an Internet search and see that USSSA has a Memorial Day tournament in Chambersburg now.
Most of the girls at A level aren't D1 material either.
I saw the 10U-B team from Delaware play in a tournament. I question how well I would have fared against their pitcher @ 35'. (There was grumbling by the opposing B-team parents that "she should be playing on an A team".)
Even with a pitcher "only" throwing in the low- to mid-40s, the quality of play (in particular, defensively and bunting ability) by both teams was significantly better than my (and most other) C teams. Very few USSSA "Open" class teams in the area, and only a handful of A teams. We played as a Rec/All-Star team in the summer, and I can tell you that having a C level is very much needed - the skill gap b/w B and C is just too wide.
I'm 99% in the "you don't get better by playing weaker competition" school of thought. But I'm withholding that 1% to argue that getting run-ruled every game (I saw more than 1 game result on the website with score differentials of 20+) would do nothing to improve the level of play (or motivation) in the 10U-C players I know.
If you want to get rid of a "C" class, and keep the competition balanced, you'd probably have to merge the Open, A, and B levels together, start offering 9U/11U/13U/etc. tournaments, and restrict the ability to play up a level to only the truly exceptional players. Maybe this would be possible in a few years if we see a participation "bump" due to the olympics, but at current levels, you'd probably have to consolidate tournaments (and increase travel times) to get 4-8 teams per division.
Even with a pitcher "only" throwing in the low- to mid-40s, the quality of play (in particular, defensively and bunting ability) by both teams was significantly better than my (and most other) C teams. Very few USSSA "Open" class teams in the area, and only a handful of A teams. We played as a Rec/All-Star team in the summer, and I can tell you that having a C level is very much needed - the skill gap b/w B and C is just too wide.
I'm 99% in the "you don't get better by playing weaker competition" school of thought. But I'm withholding that 1% to argue that getting run-ruled every game (I saw more than 1 game result on the website with score differentials of 20+) would do nothing to improve the level of play (or motivation) in the 10U-C players I know.
If you want to get rid of a "C" class, and keep the competition balanced, you'd probably have to merge the Open, A, and B levels together, start offering 9U/11U/13U/etc. tournaments, and restrict the ability to play up a level to only the truly exceptional players. Maybe this would be possible in a few years if we see a participation "bump" due to the olympics, but at current levels, you'd probably have to consolidate tournaments (and increase travel times) to get 4-8 teams per division.
Thought I saw that the guy was moving it to Hagerstown, I know they have a ton of USA tourneys in Hagerstown this summer.
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