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- CCC Regulations – baseball
BASEBALL
Procedures and Regulations
- All contests shall be governed by High School Federation Rules where applicable and/or as amended by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference and the Central Connecticut Conference.
- All games in the regular season will use this game ending procedure:
- A “regulation game” (4-1/2 innings if the home team is ahead – 5 full innings if the visiting team is ahead) is called for any reason other than forfeit (WHERE A WINNER CANNOT BE DETERMINED according to NFHS Rule 4-2-2); shall be treated as a suspended game and shall be competed at some later date.
- A game that has NOT reached “regulation length” shall be declared “NO GAME” (regardless of the score) and shall be replayed from the beginning at some later date.
- Note: Although a contest is declared “NO GAME” the CIAC pitching restriction rule shall still be applied.
- The length of varsity games to be counted for division championship play shall be ruled by the umpire-in-chief in accordance with the established rules.
- Warm up time for visitors for a 3:45 game shall be 3:25 p.m. to 3:40 p.m. Home teams shall warm up prior to 3:25 p.m. (Comparable times for evening games).
- A first quality ball shall be used for all games.
- Conference games will be scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
- Afternoon starting time – no later than 3:45 p.m. Evening varsity starting time – no later than 7:00 p.m.
- Teams will play own division twice within their region and once with other divisions in the region for 14 (or 15) games.
- Teams will be scheduled 3 (or 4) crossovers in the other regions to complete an 18 game schedule.
- No junior varsity or freshman game shall have an inning start after 6:00 p.m.
- Tie games: legal games (5 innings) ending in a tie shall remain a tie for purposes of recording divisional standings. This applies to “inter” as well as “intra” divisional games. However, C.I.A.C. tournament ranking is based solely on wins and losses.
- Four (4) divisions with eight (8) teams in each division – two (2) pods in each division (Patriot and Colonial); play teams in your pod twice and once in the other pod for a total of 10 divisional games. These games would be used to determine the divisional champs. There would be eight (8) divisional champs (4 from the Patriot Division and 4 from the Colonial Division). Should teams end up with the identical records, divisional champ(s) would be recognized.
Scheduling:
- Rank the eight (8) teams in each division 1-8 based on a two (2) year record – current school year record and previous year.
- Schedule six (6) crossovers – 1 and 2 ranked teams play the other 1 and 2 ranked teams in the other divisions, 3 and 4 play the other 3 and 4 teams, 5 and 6 play the other 5 and 6 teams, 7 and 8 play the other 7 and 8 teams. Crossovers will be reviewed/adjusted on a two-year rotation to allow for a home & away setup. (Four of the south teams will have to play one opponent from the opposite pod for a second time).
- Tie breaker to be used when ranking teams: a) Head to Head, b) Over-all record using the CCC scheduled contests, c) By lot.
- Schedule sixteen (16) contests for the following sports: B/G Soccer, G. Volleyball, B/G Basketball, Baseball, Softball
- Schools will have the same four (4) open dates
- Scheduler will need to announce the 1-8 rankings for each sport.
- All Conference – 20 selections from each division.
Format for selecting all conference (Adopted 11/5/15):
- Coaches would submit nominees to divisional coach advisors
- Nomination form will be created and provided to coaches
- Coaches will have an opportunity to discuss players
- A numbered ballot will be provided to coaches for voting (1-20, top player gets 20 points)
- Coaches cannot vote for their own players
- Each coach will vote for their top athletes (#1 being top choice and so on)
- The top player gets 20 points
- The top 20 from each division will be named all-conference
Reviewed: 11/9/09 BS, 6/19/17
Updated: 5/5/16