Bellefonte Baseball

Bellefonte Baseball 2011 Tournament Schedule

Bellefonte Baseball will be hosting one Spring High School Junior Varsity baseball tournament and six summer tournaments. The first summer tournaments will be the Memorial Day Weekend, Wood Bat Championship IV, for 14U teams, May 28-30 (Saturday, Sunday, Monday). On Monday May 30 the championship game will be played on Medler Field at Lubrano Park on the Penn State Campus.

Followed by the Maryland Open Wood Bat Championship II, for 19U teams. The host field will be Shipley field on the campus of the University of Maryland, June 17-19.

The third tournament our Pennsylvania Open Wood Bat Championship XXIX, for 16U & 19U teams, June 24-26. This year again play will be suspended Friday June 25th after the 3:00 O’clock scheduled games to allow teams to attend the State College Spikes game (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York - Penn League team) at Medler Field at Lubrano Park. Then on Sunday June 27th the championship game for the 19U teams only will be played at Medler Field at Lubrano Park on the Penn State campus. Bellefonte Baseball will again be making a contribution to Coaches Vs. Cancer prior to the game.

On Monday June 27th Perfect Game USA will host their Sixth Pennsylvania State Showcase at Governors Park in Bellefonte Pa.

The fourth event will be the July 4th Fest Open Wood Bat Championship V, for 16U teams July 1-3. On Sunday July 3rd the championship game will be played at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.

The final two events of our summer series of tournaments will be the Bellefonte Baseball Open Wood Bat Showdown II, for 15U teams, July 22-24 and the Bellefonte Baseball Open Wood Bat Showdown II, for 14U teams August 5-7.

On Friday July 22 and August 5 each team will play a four o’clock game, then will be the guest of the State College Spikes for a 7:05 New York Penn League minor league game.

The spring schedule will include one tournament, the Bellefonte Baseball High School Junior Varsity II tournament Saturday May 7.

The six summer tournaments will be run with the same format, round robin play with each team playing four games except for the July 22-24 and August 5-7 tournaments where each team will play three games (weather permitting) with a championship round for the qualifying teams. The championship round participants could very depending on the number of teams entered in that particular division and will be communicated to the teams prior to the start of each tournament. The spring tournaments will be a two game round robin one-day tournament with no championship round.

Tournament Entry Fees

The entry fee for the Memorial Day weekend Wood Bat Championship, Maryland Open Wood Bat Championship, Pennsylvania Open Wood Bat Championship, July 4th Fest Open Wood Bat Championship will be $650.00. The fee for the Bellefonte Baseball Open Wood Bat 14U Showdown Tournaments and the Bellefonte Baseball Open Wood Bat 15U Showdown Tournament will be $500.00. The fee for the spring Bellefonte Baseball High School Junior Varsity tournament will be $200.00.

All entry fees for summer tournaments will be due by May 1st. A non-refundable $100.00 deposit will hold your spot until June 1st. A $100.00 late fee will be assessed to any fee paid after the tournament schedule has been completed. You can reserve your spot in any of Bellefonte Baseball tournaments by going to the Tournaments web site: www.bellefontebaseball.com and completing the tournament application and remitting your entry fee. No team will be entered into the tournament until fee is paid in full.

Bellefonte Baseball will be purchasing about eight hundred tickets that can be used for the State College Spikes games on June 24th, July 22nd and August 5th, You must call the number for the Spikes ticket office which can be found on the Bellefonte Baseball web site and reserve as many tickets as you team might need. All other tickets will be available to the remaining tournament teams on a first come first serve basis.

Bellefonte Baseball Presents Coaches vs. Cancer Check at State College Spikes games

Pictured above are Penn State Men's Head Basketball Coach - Ed DeChellis, Coach - Mark Bush, Coaches vs. Cancer Committee Chair - Steve Greer

If you are looking for something fun and entertaining to do with your team while you're in the area. The Altoona Curve and State College Spikes will be in town

For more information on the Curve and discounted tickets for your team contact:
Matt Hoover at 814-283-3112 or mhoover@altoonacurve.com

The Altoona Curve will be at home to play the Bowie Bay Sox on June 25-27. Game time is 7:00pm for both Friday and Saturday and 6:00pm for the Sunday game.

For more information on the Spikes and discounted tickets for your team contact:
Scott Walker at 877-99-SPIKES ext. 326 or swalker@statecollegespikes.com

The Spikes will be home for the Showdown and the July 4th tournaments. The Spikes will host the Jamestown Jammers June 24-25 start time will be 7:05. Friday June 25th will be our Bellefonte Showdown teams, night at the Spikes outing. The 25th will also be fire works night. So it should be a good time.

On Friday July 2nd the Williamsport Cross Cutters are in town, game time is 7:05. On Sunday July 4th Vs. the Hudson Valley Renegades, game time will be 4:05. A game then the third best fire works show in the United States should be a great evening.

If you are planning on going to a game let me know so that I can arrange the tournament schedule accordingly.

Both ball parks have a picnic pavilion available for rent.
You can check out both teams full 2010 schedule on www.bellefontebaseball.com, just click on the Curve or Spikes scrolling ad at the top of the page.

Perfect Game USA to conduct the Pennsylvania State Showcase V

On Monday June 28th, 2010 PERFECT GAME USA, the world’s largest scouting service will conduct “Pennsylvania State Showcase V” at Governors Park baseball field in Bellefonte Pa. for any interested baseball players. For more information about the Showcase go to the Perfect Game web site. www.perfectgameusa.com or www.perfectgame.org

Thank you for choosing to attend a PERFECT GAME USA state showcase. Because of your attendance at this event you will be considered for other Perfect Games events. You may get invited to one of our State Top Prospect Showcases, one of our Perfect Game regional underclass showcases. You have taken the first step to get involved with Perfect Game USA. Perfect Game State Showcases are for players: *who have never attended a Perfect Game Showcase or those who have and want to improve their numbers *all player profiles and results will be listed in PG web site *players contact information and report listed on www.PGCrosscheckers.com *player will receive a personal scouting evaluation, jersey and hat *player listing will include hometown, high school, high school coach, summer team and summer coach *player may attend a State Showcase in any state. If you have interest in attending please contact Dan Kennedy at 860-805-1132 or e-mail dkennedy@perfectgame.org.

ESPN names Perfect Game as there leading Authority on Amateur Baseball.

ESPN and Perfect Game agree to an alliance that could have a large impact on amateur baseball.

Cedar Rapids IA—“Perfect Game’s association with ESPN will help us continue our mission of promoting baseball at all levels”, said PG president Jerry Ford. Amateur baseball will benefit greatly, which is a major goal of both ESPN and Perfect Game. ESPN and PG share a desire to help young people fall in love with the game of baseball. Creating baseball fans is just as important as creating baseball players at all the grass roots level. We are very honored and excited to team up with ESPN, Ford said, there is no one who has a bigger impact on baseball or sports in general.”

In 2006 952 MLB draft picks, including 38 of the 44 players selected in the first round and supplemental first round, attended PG events. Over the past five years well over 3,000 players who attended PG events have been drafted by Major League organizations. The teams that played in the past three NCAA College World Series telecast by ESPN, included over 400 players who attended a PG event as a high school player. It has been estimated that by year 2009 more then half of all those on Major League rosters will have played in a perfect game event.

Perfect Game reports to all 30 Major League scouting departments front office and over 1,200 college programs. We have established a reputation for holding the best and largest scouting events in all of baseball. PG also works in partnership with Baseball America. We rank and write scouting reports on players in all 50 states, Canada and Latin America.