TVL SOFTBALL RULES

1)  Rules:  The official CIF rules for softball will be used.
2) Start of Practice:  The first day of practice for spring sports will be February 10th.
3) Number of Officials:  Varsity league games require two umpires.  Frosh-Soph games require only one official.  Varsity games will be played with only one official if necessary.  The specified waiting time for the full complement of officials is thirty minutes.  If only two officials show up, they will split to cover varsity and Frosh-Soph games.  Refer to TVL Constitution—General Policies #17
4) Starting Time:  Starting time will be 3:30 p.m.  After daylight savings, starting time will be 4:30 p.m.  Night games may be scheduled.  Regularly scheduled day games shall be finished under the lights if available. (8/01)
5) Warm up:  The home team must have completed its use of the field for warn up purposes fifteen (15) minutes before game time.  The visiting team shall have the use of the field for warm up purposes the fifteen (15) minutes prior to game time.
6) Postponements:  Postponed games are to be scheduled for the next nonconflicting date.
    a. Tied and/or suspended games during the first round are to be completed the day of the second round game between the same two teams.  The game is to be continued from the point of suspension.  The regularly scheduled game is to start 15 minutes after completion of the suspended game or sooner if both coaches agree. (11/17/98)
    b. Tied and/or suspended games during the second round of league play are to be completed from the point of suspension, at the home team’s field, on the next non conflicting date.
    c. Immediately after a tie or suspended game the two coaches will compare scorebooks to make sure they are consistent.  Home team book is official. (10/20/98)
7) Official Ball:  CIF approved.
8) League Champion and Section Playoff Seeding:  TVL Champion will be decided by best win-loss record.  In case of a tie for first place, there will be co-champions.  The format for determining league representation to playoffs will be as follows:
    a. If two teams tie, one team having beaten the other twice in league play, that team will receive the higher playoff seeding.
    b. If more than two teams tie, the team with the best record within the tie will receive the higher ranking playoff seed.
    c. If more than two teams tie, with no best record among them, there may be a coin flip to determine section seeding (All coaches involved must agree) or league playoff at a neutral site with all remaining tied teams.  Match ups will be determined by a blind draw.  Home team will be determined by a coin flip.  Example; team A, team B and team C are still tied at this stage.  During the blind draw teams B and C are drawn.  They will play the first league playoff game )or they may elect ort flip a coin) and team A will then play the winner, or they may elect to flip a coin.
9) Awards:  Refer to TVL Constitution—Financial Section III Awards.
10) Honorable Mention:  Only those student athletes receiving a nomination (according to the bylaws for each sport) for all league shall be considered honorable mention  There will be no additional nominations for this honor.

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