Centex Classic Series 2016
The Centex Classic Series is a series for baseball tournaments created especially to provide All Star style tournament play to recreational level youth baseball players in the central Texas Area.
Recognizing that there was no real option for the large majority of recreational level baseball players who wanted to play summer All Star style baseball. Sixteen years ago a group of volunteers decided to create a system of tournaments that would provide just such an experience for the youth of Central Texas. Form its humble beginnings in 2000 where a few teams from 4 local associations competed. Still organized and run by an all-volunteer committee, and all-volunteer coaches it has grown to the point where this year some 70+ teams from all of the central Texas area will come to compete and enjoy the game of Baseball.
For information visit Centex on the web at www.quickscores.com/centex
o Manager's meeting at Dell Diamond - 6:30PM
o Opening Ceremonies at Dell Diamond - Parade of All-Stars will start around 4:45pm-5:15pm (Subject to change)
o Week 1 June 4th and 5th
o Week 2 June 11th and 12th
o Week 3 June 18th and 19th
o Week 4 June 25th and 26th (Elimination Tournament)
o June 26th Closing Ceremonies at Dell Diamond - Parade of Champions will start around 5:30pm (Subject to change)
Teams will play a total of 8 or 9 (depending on bracket size) pool play games against teams in their division which will determine seeding into the elimination tournament on June 25th and 26th. Teams should approach all games as being critical to their overall success. If some pool play games are not played due to weather, then seeding will only use the most recent games based on the minimum number of games played by all the teams in that Pool. In addition, if a bracket has an odd number of teams that forces one team to play an additional game the last games will count towards their seeding and the first will be dropped.
o Seeding for the elimination tournament will be based on the following pool play results:
· Points earned (2 for a win, 1 for ties, 0 for loss)
· Head to Head (thrown out if more than two teams are involved in the tie)
· Difference in runs scored vs. runs given up
· Total runs given up
· Runs scored
· Coin flip
· Where possible seeding will be done normally. Where seeding is done combining teams from more than one division. The seeds will be based on the preset seeding bracket chart posted on the website.
For the championship elimination tournament there could be as many as three brackets in any age group. The size of the brackets will not be known until final team registration counts have been verified after the May coaches meeting. The number of brackets and teams in a bracket will be determined by the Centex Committee before play begins.
Advancement to the Championship Elimination Bracket will be based on performance in the 3 weeks of pool play. The top (TBD #) of division 1 teams will be placed in the National League (D1) Bracket. Any remaining division one teams will be placed in the American League (D2) Bracket. The (TBD #) of slots remaining in the American League Bracket will be filled by the top Division 2 teams. If there are enough teams after filling out the National and American brackets in an age group, the remaining Division 2 teams will be placed in the AAA Bracket.
Final placement in the double elimination tournaments will be assigned once the exact number of teams in an age group is determined. So the seeds will be based on the tournament bracket chart published for each division, which will vary from one division to the next as the numbers in the division are often different.
** The Centex Committee reserves the right to modify any and all formats if weather or other circumstances prevent play to proceed as outlined above.
Locations:
Games will be spread out between the different Centex partner sites. Typically games are held at Town and County, GYBA, Lake Travis, Pflugerville, and Round Rock.
Opening Ceremonies:
o Open Ceremonies at Dell Diamond before Express game (7:05 game Pre-game parade starting at 5:00). Each player participating in Centex Tournament will receive a medal during the opening ceremonies.
o Tickets are required for admission to Dell Diamond (each player will be provided with 2 tickets which are included in your Centex Tournament fees) Additional tickets may be purchased through Round Rock Express.
Trophy Winner’s Night:
o Ceremonies will be at the Dell Diamond before the Express game (7:05 game Pre-game parade starting at 6:00). 1st-2nd-3rd place Winning Teams will be acknowledged at the closing ceremonies. Each player who receives a trophy in Centex Tournament will also receive 2 tickets for the closing ceremonies. Additional Tickets may be purchased through the Round Rock Express.
Awards:
o All participants will receive a participation award at the opening ceremonies at the Dell Diamond
o On the Championship weekend each division will be awarded 1st 2nd and 3rd place trophies for each division.
