South Plains Girls Fastpitch Softball

Games for Monday, May 14th have been cancelled due to wet conditions on the fields. We will schedule make-up times tonight and post them.

We will cancel games scheduled for Thursday, May 10th due to muddy fields. These games will generally be rescheduled for next Wednesday, May 16th.

The Chick-fil-A at 82nd St. and Milwaukee Ave. is donating a portion of their proceeds to SPGF Softball for orders who mention “SPGF softball” when the order is given. This will happen on this Thursday, May 3rd from 6:30 am to 10:00 pm (all day). So let your friends and families know about this special opportunity to support our league. We can thank the management at Chick-fil-A for this generous contribution by eating at their restaurant on this special day.

Coaches, Parents, and Players,

SPGF will host the Mayhem Fast Pitch Classic Softball Tournament on May 19th and 20th at our ballpark at the Lubbock Youth Sports Complex at FM 1585 and Milwaukee Avenue in Lubbock.  If you have any questions please contact Kevin Kerr or Brad Emert for additional information. You can also click the link for the Mayhem Fast Pitch Classic or follow the ASA tournaments link in the sidebar and search for our tournament.

All SPGF players who wear their jersey to the Texas Tech Softball game on Saturday, May 5th at 1:00 pm will be admitted to the game FREE of charge. This is a great opportunity to watch softball players at a higher level and for our girls to have some fellowship time away from practices and games. Thank you to Texas Tech for inviting us to their field.

We have had a great response for our Coca-Cola Fundraiser from the league. We sold over 1600 cases of products. Thank you for participating in this effort. The money raised will be used towards league projects like batting cages.

Teams can pick up their orders on Saturday, April 21st at the parking lot of our softball complex. We will unload the trucks first thing that morning and sort the products into team orders. Then we will distribute them beginning about 9:30 am until 12:00 noon. If you can help, we will begin sorting the orders about 8 am (all help will be appreciated greatly).

Thanks once again for the outstanding participation!

The SPGF spring season will officially begin play on Wednesday, March 28th with our Preseason Tournament for all age brackets.  You can find the brackets and schedules for the tournament under the Schedules tab above.  Good luck and we will see you at the ballpark!

SPGF will hold the Opening Ceremonies for the Spring Season on Sunday, March 25th, 2012 at 1:00 pm.  The ceremonies will be held at the SPGF ballpark on the Silver Quad (Fields 1 thru 4).  We will introduce the teams and then have a fun time at a carnival like setup that will include a player’s alley; food (including $1 hotdogs); local and national vendors including Mizuno, Cardinal’s Sports, Hub City Field House, Ink Toonz (for helmet painting) and others; a raffle of a Mizuno bat and a membership to Hub City Field House; and fun activities like climbers and jumpers, water balloons, face painting, and other surprises.  Bring your whole family and have a fun filled afternoon.

The schedule for the 2012 Spring SPGF Season has been posted to the website.  You can find the link under the Schedules tab above or by clicking here. Remember, play will begin with the preseason tournament beginning March 28th.  Regular league season play will begin on April 2nd and conclude on June 1st.

10U and 12U required two divisions apiece.  Therefore, these two age divisions will require a post season tournament to determine the final placings.  Play during the regular season will determine the seedings for these tournaments.  The post season tournaments will run from June 3-7.   The 6U Pixie division will also have a post season tournament.  8U Machine Pitch and 14U will NOT have post season tourneys.

League standings will be determined by the following formula:

a. Best winning percentage over all games played
b. Best winning percentage in division games
c. Head to Head record
d. records against highest placing team in own division, then next team in own division, etc. all the way to record against lowest placing team in own division
e. records against highest placing team in other division, then next team in other division, etc. all the way to record against lowest placing team in other division
f. coin flip

If weather situations call for cancellation of games, those games will be rescheduled to the earliest appropriate open date in the schedule, including Wednesdays and weekends.

The SPGF Board will meet on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 6:30 pm at the conference room of the Holiday Inn Express in Wolfforth (behind the Sonic and Pizza Hut on 82nd Street near Hwy. 62/82).  We will be discussing the the new season to include the opening ceremony and any other issues that we might need to address before we get started.