| 2010
Slow Pitch Reclassification per By-Laws
December
1, 2009
PLEASE NOTE: Teams required to compete at a higher
classification in 2010 by the USSSA By-Laws that may be inadvertently
omitted from the list below are not exempt from being reclassified.
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MEN’S
CLASS “B” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the winner of the 2009
Men’s Class “B” World Tournament, and the winner
of each 2009 Men’s Class “B” National Tournament
with 25 or more teams, will be automatically required to compete
in a higher classification in 2010. The team affected by these by-laws
is as follows:
Northwest Combat/Trojans (Seattle, WA)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MEN’S
CLASS “C” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of
the finishing teams in the 2009 Men’s Class “C”
World Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing
in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages
are rounded up), and the winner of each 2009 Men’s Class “C”
National Tournament with 25 or more teams, will be automatically
required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The teams
affected by these by-laws are as follows:
Casey's Bailbonds/Castle Heating/Worth (Bonney Lake, WA)
Custom Truck (Las Vegas, NV)
Hub's Pub/Elite (Bonne Terre, MO)
KTI/Cartel/Worth (Seattle, WA)
Manhattan Beer/Fabco Vending (Stratford, CT)
Premier/Worth (Hollister, CA)
Rochester Athletic Club/National Gold (Providence, RI)
Sons of Legion (Sutherlin, VA)
Steve's Drywall/Jeds/Line Drive (Sylvania, OH)
Syndicate (Jefferson City, MO)
W C Dynasty (Colton, CA)
Wagner Farms/Torco Supply (Danielsville, PA)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MEN’S
CLASS “D” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of
the finishing teams in the 2009 Men’s Class “D”
World Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing
in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages
are rounded up); and the winner of each 2009 Men’s Class “D”
National Tournament with 25 or more teams, will automatically be
required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The teams
affected by these by-laws are as follows:
BPS (Petaluma, CA)
Buddha's Closet (Flat Rock, MI)
Cleggxit (Sandy, UT)
Dirty Laundry (Port Jefferson, NY)
DO/UFirst/17th St/Mushtube.com (Warren, MI)
FredericksAccounting/Streakless (Crystal, MN)
Gorillas (St Louis, MO)
Hiddenwave/Burton (Mt. Vernon, WA)
Hollywood Graphics (Iowa City, IA)
ITEX (Columbus, OH)
Joe's Tavern (Toledo, OH)
Laria Chevrolet (Akron, OH)
Lethal Assault (Euless, TX)
Lewis Home Buyer (Kent, OH)
Monhollon Softball (Portage, MI)
RTI/SWS (North Myrtle Beach, SC)
Tarver Land Development (Alexandria, LA)
The Show/Varsity Licoln Mercury (Redford, MI)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA
MEN’S CLASS “E” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of
the finishing teams in the 2009 Men’s Class “E”
World Tournaments (this includes teams that are tied with teams
finishing in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages
are rounded up), and the winner of each 2009 Men’s Class “E”
National Tournament with 25 or more teams, will automatically be
required to compete in a higher classification in 2010. The teams
affected by these by-laws are as follows:
AKA/Sportspage Bar & Grill (Tacoma, WA)
Arsenal (Issaquah, WA)
Bachelor's/Mushtube/FOE 3492 (Keego Harbor, MI)
Bad Draw (Rock Island, IL)
BBS/NUMA (Smithfield, PA)
Bergen Dragons (Lyndhurst, NJ)
Bestway (Fayetteville, GA)
Blue Sox Softball (Merrimack, NH)
BMC Choppers (Bend, OR)
Bohica (Palo Alto, CA)
C&H/GK Softball (Burlington, NC)
Carolina Bombers (Eric, NC)
Cincy Assault/Ohio Valley Wine (Cincinnati, OH)
Cold Draft (Tega Cay, NC)
Colonel Lingus (Dublin, CA)
Country's Best/Dalco Electric (Byron, GA)
CSRA Titans (Augusta, GA)
Diamonds After Dark (Fitzgerald, GA)
DWS Softball (Reisterstown, MD)
Elite Beasts (East Meadow, NY)
Heritage (Acworth, GA)
In It to Win It/Grahams (Rockledge, FL)
JU Entertainment (Union City, CA)
Kenyon Trucking/TYJA (Syracuse, NY)
Loaded Bases (Louisville, KY)
Locked On Car Crushing (Portland, OR)
Looney's Pub- South (Laytonsville, MD)
Lugo Shop/Llamas (Logan, UT)
Mayhem/Mushtube.com/White Rhino (Woodhaven, MI)
MD Mojo/Shuckers/Sports55/JDS Bldrs (Old Mill, MD)
Motor City Freeze/Repo Monkey (Warren, MI)
Nelson & Nelson (Roseboro, NC)
North East Auto (Johnston, RI)
NWArk Kodiaks (Rogers, AR)
Paul Davis Restoration (Old Bridge, NJ)
Peninsula Subaru/Suzuki (Gig Harbor, WA)
PTC (Kensington, CT)
RAC/Rizzo's/Easton (Rochester, NY)
Riley's Athletics (Carthage, MO)
Somethin' Different (Lake Tapps, WA)
Sons of Pitches (Apopka, FL)
Striker's (Dallas, GA)
Team Prim (Albuquerque, NM)
Team Synergy (Patchogue, NY)
Texas Smoke (Euless, TX)
The Alliance (Albany, OR)
Toledo Borrachos (Sylvania, OH)
Total Package (Douglasville, GA)
Universal Cutts/Extra Innings (Cranston, RI)
Wilson Concrete (Scipio, IN)
Young Guns/Lineup (Sumner, WA)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA WOMEN’S
CLASS “B” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the winner of the 2009
Women’s Class “B” National or World Tournaments
with 25 or more teams will automatically be required to compete
as a Class “A” team in 2010. No teams were affected
by this by-law in 2009.
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA WOMEN’S
CLASS “C” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the winner of the 2009
Women’s Class “C” National or World Tournaments
with 25 or more teams will automatically be required to compete
as a Class “B” team in 2009. The team affected by this
by-law is as follows:
BMV Doctors/Line Drive (Sterling Heights, MI)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA WOMEN’S
CLASS “D” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of
the finishing teams in the 2009 Women’s Class “D”
World Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing
in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages
are rounded up); and the winner of each 2009 Women’s Class
“D” National Tournament with 25 or more teams, will
automatically be required to compete in a higher classification
in 2010. The teams affected by these by-laws are as follows:
12 Pack (Atlanta, GA)
Benton Lee's (Vidalia, GA)
Chicked Out (Las Vegas, NV)
Chill (Manchester, MD)
Crush (Austin, TX)
Fruth Pharmacy (Wellston, OH)
Kaiser's Pizza/Demarini (Gurnee, IL)
KC Addiciton (Gardner, KS)
Metro Sports (Pittsburgh, PA)
Team Arkansas (Russellville, AR)
Twisted Sistahs (Dedham, MA)
Up A Creek (Warren, OH)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MIXED
CLASS “D” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of
the finishing teams in the 2009 Mixed Class “D” World
Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing
in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages
are rounded up) will automatically be required to compete in a higher
classification in 2010. The teams affected by these by-laws are
as follows:
Scores/Horbach Chiropractic/SnL (Racine, WI)
SS Wood (All Over, FL)
Thornton’s City Circle (Indianapolis, IN)
RECLASSIFICATION OF 2009 USSSA MIXED
CLASS “E” TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws grant the USSSA National Classification
Committee authority to reclassify teams at any time. No teams were
affected by this by-law in 2009.
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top 10 percent of
the finishing teams in the 2009 Mixed Class “E” World
Tournament (this includes teams that are tied with teams finishing
in the top 10 percent in order of their finish; all percentages
are rounded up) will automatically be required to compete in a higher
classification in 2010. The teams affected by these by-laws are
as follows:
Bombers33 (Hicksville, NY)
Elite/Team Los (Whittier, CA)
Last Minute (Tucson, AZ)
Promotional Expressions (Columbia, MD)
Sports 55/Shields Consulting (Chester, MD)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA BLACK
AMERICAN RECREATIONAL TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top six (6) finishing
teams from the Recreational Division of the 2009 Men’s Black
American World Tournament will automatically be required to compete
in 2010 as a Black American Competitive team. The teams affected
by this by-law are as follows:
Atlanta Phoenix (Nashville, GA)
Black Jack Trucking (Rocky Mount, NC)
I.L.A. Twins (Portsmouth, VA)
McCleon Sports (Meridian, MS)
Tampa Storm (Tampa, FL)
Total Package (Cameron, SC)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA BLACK
AMERICAN WOMEN’S RECREATIONAL TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top six (6) finishing
teams from the 2009 Women’s Black American Recreational Division
will automatically be required to compete in 2010 as a Black American
Competitive team. The teams affected by this by-law are as follows:
2TUFF4U (Phoenix City, AL)
Bad Girlz (Macon, GA)
Central Florida Ballers (Sanford, FL)
Nothin Nice (Miami, FL)
Quiet Storm (Chesterfield, VA)
Southern Elite (Dothan, AL)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA MEN’S
HISPANIC RECREATION TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the top three finishers
of the 2009 Men’s Hispanic Recreation World Tournament will
automatically be required to compete in the Hispanic Competitive
Division in 2010. The teams affected by this by-law are as follows:
Jokers/GKI Travel (Ft. Worth, TX)
Park Bums (Sylmar, CA)
Team Mexicanos (San Antonio, TX)
AUTOMATIC MOVE UP OF 2009 USSSA CHURCH
TEAMS:
The USSSA Slow Pitch By-Laws require that the winner of any 2009
Church Competitive and Recreational National Tournaments with 16
or more teams from their classification will automatically be required
to compete in the next higher classification in 2010. The teams
affected by this by-law are as follows:
USA (Logansville, GA)
2010 Virginia
USSSA Mandatory Reclassifications
as of January 1, 2010
Criteria
for Move Ups:
1. Top 5 teams in Virginia USSSA summer state tournament automatically
reclassified.
2. Top 2 teams in Virginia USSSA fall state tournament automatically
reclassified.
3. Top 7 teams in points for Virginia automatically reclassified.
4. Top 7 teams in Power points for Virginia automatically reclassified.
NOTE: Teams may be registered one level lower than what they are
playing, but the team must play the higher level for at least 3
tournaments before being reclassified.
If you have any
questions about the move ups, please call Rich Carlyle at 804-526-8900.
To appeal classification, click on Classification
Appeal Form. Classification Appeal Form must be send to
rcarlyle@vausssa.com.
Any team not listed will start in the same
classification they ended 2008 in. This list may not be final. Teams
could still be re-classified after the date of this posting. Any
team that has 4 or more players from a team or teams that played
a higher classification in 2009 or from a team or teams that are
reclassified for 2010 must start in the higher class.
A player can only play one class lower in 2010 than the class that
player ended 2009 in. Some teams listed may be in the class they
played in 2009. Teams may appeal after
playing in 3 tournaments to the Virginia USSSA State Slow Pitch
Director. USSSA ROSTER MUST BE ONLINE PRIOR
TO APPEAL. No appeals and reclassifications after July 1,
2010. The following will be classified in
the class listed:
Men's C to Men's B (Virginia USSSA State rule: 6 homeruns)
SAL Squad 8 (National Move Up)
Zibos
Chik Fil A
Rockies
Virginia Select
Kingsmen
Meeks Disposal
4U Floors/Elite
Men's D to Men's C (Virginia USSSA State rule: 4 homeruns)
Tritons
Crossroads/Boykin Family
Plumbright/TAC
Spotsylvania Eagles/Ben's BBQ
PTI
Cutthroat Softball
Aid Tires
The Pack/Smoke
Outlaws
J&S Auto
EOG/LEB
Just Us
Top Notch
Cornerstone
Don't Know Yet
ADS/Peak Performance
Men's E to Men's D (Virginia
USSSA State rule: 2 homeruns)
Bufffalo Wild Wings
Crawford Plumbing
Independent Athletics
Bud Light Softball
Duntrukn
The Unit
Don Griffin Well Drilling
Guardsmen
Hardup Softball
Taylormade
The Athletic Connection
Sigmo Express/611 Steak Co
Softball Express
Savages
Envoy Health of Winchester
The Core
2010 Virginia
USSSA Slow Pitch Improvement Plan
In an effort to improve the Virginia USSSA Slow Pitch
program and create a level playing field for all teams involved,
Virginia USSSA has compiled a list of teams that we recommend and
encourage to move up to the next level. These teams showed outstanding
play in the 2009 season. We are encouraging these teams to test
their skills against greater competition. Throughout the 2010 season,
all teams will be classified by their local area directors and teams
may be moved up or down at any time during the 2010 season. No team
will be re-classified up or down after July 1, 2010.
Men's C teams encouraged to move up to Men's B (Virginia
USSSA State rule: 6 homeruns):
None
Men's D teams encouraged to move up to Men's C (Virginia USSSA State
rule: 4 homeruns):
Shen Valley Merchants
Truplayaz
EVB of Northern Neck
Nelson International
Polecats Softball
W&W Tree Service
ILA Cubs
Baseline Sports
Petersburg Black Soxs
Cruisers
Beach Construction
KTS Softball
Men's
E teams encouraged to move up to Men's D (Virginia USSSA State rule:
2 homeruns):
McMillion Performance
Team Genesis
Warriors
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