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Perfect
Game has paired BCS (Baseball Championship Series) tournament events
in both Georgia and Fort Myers, Fla., as well as the PG EvoShield
Classic, to run at the same time as the PG Super25 National
Championships for the 2015 tournament season. The BCS Finals will
line up with the 9u through 12u PG Super25 National Championships in
Georgia. The 13u, 14u and 17u BCS Finals will coincide with the PG
Super25 National Championships at those same age divisions in Fort
Myers, Fla., while the 15u and 16u PG Super25 National Chapmionships
will be held at the same time as the 15u and 16u PG EvoShield Classic
in Georgia.
The
full explanation is just below, but the bottom line is that all teams
hoping to advance and compete won't have to worry about making, or
canceling, their travel plans if they don't qualify to the
championship round of play.
Here
is the release from Taylor McCollough, Perfect Game's National
Tournament Director:
Since
teams have to qualify for the Super25 National Championship, we
scheduled another PG tournament (BCS or PG EvoShield) for the same
dates and location so that teams are able to plan out their summer
plans in advance. Those hoping to qualify for the Super25 can
register for the BCS or PG EvoShield event, book hotels, and know
they are going to either Fort Myers or Georgia on those dates. If
they qualify, we will transfer them over to the Super25, and if they
don’t earn a berth they still have a quality tournament to play
that week.
Both
events that overlap have the exact same number of game guarantee,
exact same dates, and exact same price. They will be the same type of
bats as well. There is no differences there.
So
which one would we recommend?
It
really depends what type of experience your team is looking for. If
you are able to play in a Super25 Regional or Super Qualifier, and
want to keep that same team together to play for the National
Championship, the Super25 is for you. If your team has players from
all over the country, or you don’t want to try to qualify through a
Regional, the BCS is for you. The great thing about the BCS is that
there will be a bunch of great teams participating since everyone
knows its takes some luck to win a Super25 Regional and make the
National Championship. Both events will be full of very good teams
resulting in top-notch competition on top-notch fields.
To
view the full 2015 Perfect Game tournament schedule please visit this link.
The
quick answer is nine years old. Perfect Game's new venture in 2014,
the Super25, as mentioned above, introduced 9u, 10u and 11u
tournaments to our structure, promoting the importance of playing
together as a team throughout the qualifying process.
We
will expand our youth-aged tournaments even further in 2015, with
several events being added to the schedule, particularly this spring,
thanks to the Perfect Game Park South fields at LakePoint in Emerson,
Ga.
You
can search for events by age group by using this handy tool as part
of the Perfect Game website:
https://www.perfectgame.org/PGYouth/default.aspx
In
addition, Perfect Game has started a Youth Program out of its home
base in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. To learn more about that please visit
this page:
https://www.perfectgame.org/PGYouth/PGIowaYouth.aspx
Stay
tuned to Perfect Game for more news about Youth Leagues to come in
2016.