TO: FROM: BASEBALL COACH JERRY SCHNIEPP, COMMISSIONER JOHN LABETA, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER DATE: JANUARY 5, 2016 RE: SAN DIEGO CIF BASEBALL 2016 PRESEASON 1. PRE-SEASON ADVISORY MEETING January 20, 2016, 4:00 p.m., at the Hall of Champions, Board Room 2. POST-SEASON ADVISORY MEETING June 7, 2016, 4:00 p.m., at the Hall of Champions, CIFSDS Office 3. OFFICIAL PLAYOFF BASEBALL Rawlings has graciously entered into an agreement with the San Diego Section. Rawlings (RCIFSD) will be providing all the section playoff baseballs and will be the official baseball for the 2016 San Diego Section CIF Baseball Playoffs. 4. 2016 RULES BOOK Rules books were recently sent to your school. It is the official rules book for the CIF and will govern all interscholastic baseball competition in the San Diego Section unless otherwise provided in the Green Book or this bulletin. Please note carefully the rules book changes from those by which the CIF operated during the 2015 season. 5. GREEN BOOK Coaches are advised to review general eligibility rules as well as special baseball rules listed in the 2015-2016 Green Book. Copies of the Green Book are made available to school administrators at the distribution meeting in August. For more information contact your school administration or the CIFSDS website @ www.cifsds.org, click on GreenBook. 6. A GUIDE FOR STUDENT-ATHLETES YOUR HIGH SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY Attached is a copy of the new eligibility guideline created by the State CIF A Guide for Student- Athletes Your High School Eligibility. This guideline replaces the former CIFSDS form Athletes Are You Eligible. Make copies as needed to disburse to current athletes and new enrollees. It is also available online at www.cifsds.org, click on Forms, Eligibility. 7. RECOMMENDED GUIDELINES FOR GAME MANAGEMENT The form titled Recommended Guidelines for Game Management is available online at www.cifsds.org, click on Forms, Miscellaneous. 1
8. ORGANIZED TEAM PRACTICE The starting date for official before- and after-school baseball practice is: Saturday, February 20, 2016. 9. MAXIMUM CONTESTS San Diego CIF baseball teams will be permitted to compete in a number of contests and tournaments totaling 20 points (each contest counts one point, and each tournament counts two points). Each school may participate in a season maximum of three tournaments. In a tournament, no team may play in more than five games, except the tournament finalists. The two finalist teams may have a sixth game. If you are scheduled to play teams in a tournament from outside the state of California or outside the country, verify that it has been sanctioned prior to any competition. One Saturday or holiday doubleheader with the same opponent will count as one point only. Additionally, each team is permitted to participate in a maximum of two scrimmages. No scrimmage may be conducted after a school s first contest. 10. COMPETITION DATES Monday March 1, 2016 Is the First possible scrimmage. Wednesday, March 2, 2016 Is the First possible interscholastic contest. Friday, May 20, 2016 Will be the Last possible pre-playoff competition. 11. REMINDER - COACHING COMPENSATION (CIF STATE BYLAW 507) A coach shall not be reimbursed for coaching services from any source other than the school funds without the approval of the school's governing board, nor be subject to any bonus arrangement dependent upon the success of the school's team. 12. ETHICS IN SPORTS POLICY Coaches are reminded of the ETHICS IN SPORTS Policy: EJECTION POLICY: Any person whose conduct merits ejection from a game by an official for acts of gross unsportsmanlike conduct shall be disqualified from participating in the remainder of the game and will be subject to the following penalties: In all sports with the exception of football, the penalty will be ejection from that contest and a 3 or 6 game/match suspension; in the sport of football, the penalty will be ejection from that contest and a 3 game suspension. Any person ejected for act of this nature is required to meet with the CIFSDS Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner at an agreed upon time prior to returning to play. Ejections for reasons other than gross unsportsmanlike conduct will result in a penalty of ejection from that contest and a one (1) game/match suspension. A one game suspension may not be appealed. After the suspension from play, the ejected person may only return after certification by the school principal or his/her designee that the student(s) has completed a conference with a school administrator. The appropriate form indicating the completion of the conference must be filed with the 2
San Diego Section office prior to rejoining the team ( rejoining the team is in reference to competition, not practice). A second ejection from a game or contest will cause the ejected person to be suspended for the remainder of the season. Participation of a player who was ejected from a previous contest, who knowingly or unknowingly participates in the next contest, will result in the forfeiture of that contest. Players are permitted to practice with the team and attend contests, but not in game uniform, during the period of suspension. A copy of the revised policy must be signed by each coach, athlete and parent/guardian before attending or participating in a contest. The signed copies are to be filed at each school site, and each Principal is to forward a compliance form to the CIFSDS Office. NOTE: Compliance form due dates are as follows: Fall Sports = September 1, 2015; Winter Sports = November 23, 2015; Spring Sports = March 3, 2016. 13. SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT/INVITATIONAL EVENTS CIFSDS SANCTIONING - CIFSDS will sanction tournaments along with invitationals when invited schools are from California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, and Mexico and/or from non-border states when total of invited schools are less than eight (8) or invited states are less than five (5). New CIFSDS sanction application is available thru CIFSDS home. CIFSDS sanction is necessary for all tournaments at all levels (Varsity, JV, Frosh, and Club). Tournament/Invitational Directors must provide the assignment secretary with a sanction number (issued by CIFSDS office) before officials may be assigned. NFHS will notify the CIFSDS office when sanctioning process is completed for CIFSDS schools and will post approved events on theirwebsite. *Feel free to call the CIFSDS office 858-292-8165 or email carltoncifsds@gmail.com if you have any questions. Reminder - sanctioning deadline for CIFSDS applications for FALL tournaments/invitational is December 1 ($25 sanction fee). After deadline $100 late fee will be assessed for a total of $125. NFHS SANCTIONING - Sanction requests involving five (5) or more non-border states or eight (8) or more schools from non-border states and/or schools from foreign countries (excluding Canada and Mexico) must be sanctioned online through NFHS. For sanctioning procedures go to www.nfhs.org. NFHS will notify the CIFSDS office when sanctioning process is completed for CIFSDS schools and will post approved events on their website. Feel free to call the CIFSDS office 858-292-8165 or email cartloncifsds@gmail.com if you have any questions. 14. HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL @ PETCO PARK - 2016 Friday April 8 and Saturday, April 9, 2016. 3
15. PLAYOFF FORMAT The San Diego Section Baseball playoffs shall be conducted in six divisions. Teams will be placed in competitive divisions by the CIFSDS office. Playoff participants will be selected by the CIFSDS in each of the 6 competitively based divisions. 16. TENTATIVE PLAYOFF DATES AND SITES Open Division Round 1 Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Round 2 Friday, May 27, 2016 Round 3 Saturday, May 28, 2016 Round 4 Tuesday, May 31, 2016 Round 5 Thursday, June 2, 2016 (If Necessary) Championship Saturday, June 4, 2016 @ Fowler Park. USD, 7:00 p.m. Division I, II, III & IV Singler Elimination game Tuesday, May 24, 2016 (for all teams seeded 5-12) Round 1 Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Round 2 Friday, May 27, 2016 Round 3 Saturday, May 28, 2016 Round 4 Tuesday, May 31, 2016 Round 5 Wednesday, June 1, 2016; Division I, III and IV (If Necessary) Thursday, June 2, 2016; Division II (If Necessary) Championship Division I Friday, June 3, 2016 @ Fowler Park, USD, 7:00 p.m. Division II Saturday, June 4, 2016 @ Fowler Park, USD, 1:30p.m. Division III Friday, June 3, 2016 @ Fowler Park, USD, 3:30 p.m. Division IV Saturday, June 4, 2016 @ TBA Division V Round 1 Tuesday, May 24, 2016 Round 2 Thursday, May 28, 2016 Round 3 Saturday, May 28, 2016 Round 4 Tuesday, May 31, 2016 Round 5 Wednesday, June 1, 2016 (If Necessary) Championship Saturday, June 4, 2016 @ TBA 17. OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION - RULES INTERPRETATIONS - ASSIGNMENT SECRETARY Below are contacts for baseball officials associations/rules interpretations: San Diego County Baseball Umpires Association Bob Hernandez, President - 619-840-0757 or bobsgolfing@hotmail.com Arthur Gilbert, Assigner - sdcbuaassignor@gmail.com Pacific Baseball Umpires Association Nathan Thernes, President - 858-354-0279 or nthernes@sbcglobal.net Tim Filmore, Assigner Tfillmore12@gmail.com 4
Imperial Valley Officials Association-Baseball Mike Anchondo, President/Assigner - 760-455-8785 (cell) or anchondo@roadrunner.com 19. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SPONSORSHIPPROGRAM The CIF-San Diego Section is beginning its 20th year of a High School Sports Sponsorship Program to help offset the ever-increasing costs of conducting section championships in all sports. The purpose of the program is to seek and solicit support (financial, products, or services) from individuals, organizations, and/or businesses desiring to sponsor CIFSDS activities; whereby the CIFSDS provides specific sponsorship acknowledgment. The goal of the High School Sports Sponsorship Program is to have each of the 21 section-approved sports sponsored by a wide range of the San Diego community. For an application or more information on the High School Sports Sponsorship Program, please contact the CIF-San Diego Section office or visit our web site at www.cifsds.org. 20. MAXPREPS.COM OFFICIAL STATISTICS REPORTING STATE CIF The CIFSDS Office encourages all CIFSDS member school athletic directors and coaches to provide scores, statistics, and standings to maxpreps.com. Attachments: Coach/AD Copy (3); All Others (1); Baseball Coach Distribution: Baseball Coach Athletic Director Conference Presidents/Schedulers Media Roger Blake, State CIF John Baumgarten Tournament Directors Bobby Hernandez, Arthur Gilbert SDCBUA Tim Fillmore, Nathan Thernes Pacific Umpires Mike Anchondo IVOA-Baseball 5
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