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Play in 5 GSL events 6th is 1/2 price!
In order to redeem the tournament discount it is on a per team basis not organization.  No discounts for qualifiers and state tournaments

Competition Levels
Majors Division
The Majors Division is for experienced teams that have more depth and are ready to compete at the highest level of youth baseball.  At the 9U and 10U majors division there will be leading off, dropped third strikes, and stealing.

AAA Division:
The AAA Divisionis for entry level teams whose players need more experience before they compete against teams with more depth and experience.  At the 9U and 10U AAA Division there will be no leadoffs, no dropped third strikes, and no stealing until the ball crosses the plate.
How it works
Each tournament offers two divisions for teams to compete in.  Whenever there are enough teams to keep the competition levels separate there will be two divisions.  We have found that this provides teams with competitive games throughout the whole weekend rather than just during bracket play.  This allows the players to play the game at the speed and level that promotes growth while having fun playing in competitive games.

PNW Regional Games
PNW Regional Teams for Perfect Game Events
Fall Baseball 14U-18U
Experience Trips 11U-18U
9U thru 14U
August 12th - 13th
Invite Only
Compete with the best players from each age division throughout GSL Tournaments.
GSL Tournaments will be using Tourney Machine for all schedules in 2017.  Tourney Machine provides coaches, players, and parents with up to the minute pocket updates with schedule changes, scores, and tournament updates.  This is a great resource to help with communication within your organization.  Tourney Machine provides a free downloadable app for all platforms.

October, 18th 2016 

We are very excited to release our tournament events and details for the 2017 season.  After a very successful 2016 season, we have added events in Eastern Washington and Oregon to continue to grow baseball in the Pacific Northwest.  It is our goal to provide teams with the proper competition levels in order to help players grow within the game of baseball.  We will also be introducing our own point system designed to reward teams in large events and establish a ranking system.  GSL Tournaments are no longer affiliated with USSSA.



GSL DIRECTORS
Rhett Parker
Matt Creaser
Arlo Evasick
Grady Sodgren
OREGON DIRECTOR Bryan Goff

EAST WASH DIRECTOR
Tom French

Unique Features of GSL Youth Baseball Tournaments
Point System
Teams will be rewarded various amounts of points based on how the preform in our tournaments. We will use the point system to reward teams in seeding during large events and to establish a ranking system. 

-- 10 points per entry
-- 10 points per win
-- 50 points per 1st place
-- 25 points per 2nd place
-- 10 points per semifinals
-- 20 points per silver 1st place
-- 10 points per silver 2nd place
-- 5 points per bronze 1st place

Rankings will be updated weekly.
Double Elimination
We have added more double elimination tournaments to create more of a true tournament feel to our events.  The following events are double elimination:

-- GSL State Tournament
-- Spring Fling (East)
-- Smash and Bash (East)
-- NW Regional Ships
-- Qualifying events
-- Northwest Cup
-- More TBD

Double elimination tournaments will be single elimination in the championship game in order to fit the tournament into a single weekend.
GSL Tournament Series
Each tournament will be a part of a series throughout the summer. The summer series will be as followed:

-- West Washington (23)
Tacoma, Centralia Puyallup, Kent and Lacey
--  Charity Series (4)
1) Our Sister's House
2) Breast Cancer
3) Cam Christian Mem.
4) Carson Styron Mem.
-- Qualifying Series (4)
Reward births to NW Cup and National Events
1) Around the Horn
2) Best of the Northwest
3) Father's Day
4) NW Regional Champs
-- Super Saver Series (5)Discounted events
-- East Washington (5)
Richland and Pasco
-- Oregon Events (5)
Portland and Vancouver

GSL presents the Northwest Cup - Tournament of Champions July 23-24
The Northwest Cup is an invite only tournament designed to host the top ranked teams in the Northwest.  The event is limited to 8 teams in both the AAA and Majors divisions.  Teams are invited based on 3 qualifiers:

1) Top 4 point leaders as of July 10th
2) Winner of the GSL State Championships
3) Winners of 3 qualifying events that are to be determined

How the Northwest Cup will be structured:
  • Each division will only host 8 teams
  • Double elimination bracket (2gg)
  • $200.00 entry fee
  • An opportunity to compete against the best 8 teams in the Northwest
2017 GSL Youth Tournaments
23 Western Washington Tournaments
5 GSL Oregon Tournaments
5 GSL Eastern Washington Tournaments
GSL Western Washington Tournaments
TOURNAMENT
DATES
GG
COST
Spring Kickoff Classic
March 4th - March 5th
3
$450.00
Super Saver Series #1 March 11th - March 12th
3
$350.00
Shamrock Classic March 18th - March 19
3
$450.00
Our Sister's House - Domestic Violence March 25th - March 26th
3
$450.00
Around the Horn April 1st - April 2nd
TBD
TBD
PNW Futures Tournament April 8th -April 9th
4
$575.00
Super Saver Series #2 April 15th - April 16th
3
$300.00
April Bash April 22th - April 23rd
3
$475.00
Super Saver Series #3 April 29th - April 30th
4
$475.00
Breast Cancer Awareness May 6th - May 7th
3
$450.00
Best of the Northwest May 13th - May 14th
TBD
TBD
May Madness May 20th - May 21st
3
$450.00
Baum Bat Invitational May 20th - May 21st
3
$550.00
Memorial Day Tournament May 27th - May 29th TBD TBD
Cam Christian Memorial June 3rd - June 4th
3
$450.00
Super Saver Series #4 June 10th - June 11th
4
$475.00
Father's Day Tournament June 17th - June 18th TBD TBD
GSL State Tournament June 23rd - June 25th 4 $675.00
Firecracker Tournament July 2nd - July 4th TBD TBD
NW Regional Championships July 7th - July 9th TBD TBD
Carson Styron Memorial July 14th - July 16th
3
$575.00
Super Saver Series #5 July 22nd - July 23rd
4
$475.00
Summer Celebration July 29th - July 30th
3
$450.00
GSL Oregon Tournaments
TOURNAMENT
DATES
GG
COST
Opening Day Tournament
April 1st - April 2nd
3
$475.00
AAA Opener
 April 22nd - April 23rd
3
$475.00
I-5 Invitational
 May 13th - May 14th
3
$475.00
Midtown Showdown
 June 3rd - June 4th
4
$575.00
Oregon State Tournament
 To Be Determined
3
$500.00
GSL Eastern Washington - Combined with Around the Horn Tournaments
TOURNAMENT
DATES
GG
COST
March Mayhem
 March 18th - March 19th
4
$575.00
Spring Fling Tournament
 April 29th - April 30th
4
$575.00
Smash and Bash
 May 20th - May 21st
4
$575.00
Summer Classic - Wood Bat (13U-14U)
 June 10th - June 11th
4
$575.00
High Desert Heat
 July 8th - July 9th
4
$575.00
MLB Pitch Smart | USA Baseball
WHAT IS PITCH SMART?
For the 2017 tournament season we will be using MLB Pitch Smart as our pitching regulations.  Pitch Smart is designed by the leading physicians and doctors in sports medicine and MLB trainers.  It is a series of practical, age appropriate guidelines to help parents, players and coaches avoid overuse injuries and foster long, healthy careers for youth pitchers.  To learn more about MLB Pitch Smart you can CLICK HERE.

 
There will be no registration fees in 2017.  GSL Tournaments provides all of the baseballs for games.  We will have a new system for coaches to provide us with highlights from their games to help us determine all tournament teams and tournament MVPs.  One of our biggest goals is to improve the experience of players, parents and coaches at our events! 

We are working on some partnerships on some of our To Be Determined events to continue to grow large events in the Northwest.  We are also finalizing an affilation with some national tournament companies for our qualifying events.  We will follow up with more details in the coming weeks once we have finalized our events.  There will be more to come but for know we are very excited about our new and improved features for the 2017 tournament season.

Thank you for taking the time to consider playing with GSL Tournaments this season.  If you have any questions regarding any of our events or processes please do not hesitate to contact us. 

Sincerely,

GSL Tournaments
GSL Youth Tournament Staff

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