With their victories on Sunday February 23, (Pearl City 3 Waipahu 2; Waialae 8 Sheridan 7) Pearl City and Waialae clinch the #1 seed in the Country and Town Divisions, respectively.
As a result of the Waialae victory, the McCully vs. Manoa game scheduled for Tuesday, February 25 is cancelled as it has no bearing on the final standings.
Here are the final standings in each division:
Country Town
1. Pearl City, 16 points 1. Waialae, 16 points
2. Waipahu, 14 points 2. Manoa, 13 points
3. Ewa, 3 points 3. Sheridan, 9 points
3. Kaneohe, 3 points 4. McCully, 4 points
For home field advantage in the Championship Tournament purposes, here are the final seedings:
1. Waialae (won head to head over Pearl City)
2. Pearl City
3. Waipahu
4. Manoa
5. Sheridan
6. McCully
7. Ewa (won head to head over Kaneohe)
8. Kaneohe
The 1st round of the Playoffs will be a single elimination game featuring the following:
Town Division
#3 Sheridan vs #4 McCully,
Wednesday, February 26, 7 p.m., Ala Wai Field
Country Division
#3 Ewa vs #4 Kaneohe,
Wednesday, February 26, 7 p.m., Hans L’Orange
The 2nd round of the Playoffs will be a single elimination game featuring the following:
Town Division
#2 Manoa vs. Winner of #3 Sheridan and #4 McCully
Sunday, March 1, 1 p.m. Ala Wai Field
Country Division
#2 Waipahu vs. Winner of #3 Ewa and #4 Kaneohe
Sunday, March 1, 1 p.m., Hans L’Orange
The Super Round is a best of three series featuring the following:
Town Division
#1 Waialae vs. either #2 Manoa/#3 Sheridan/#4 McCully
starting Wednesday, March 4, 7 p.m. at Ala Wai Field.
Game 2 will be Sunday, March 8, 1 p.m. at Ala Wai Field.
Game 3, if necessary, will be Wednesday, March 11, 7 p.m. at Ala Wai Field.
Country Division
#1 Pearl City vs. either #2 Waipahu/#3 Ewa/#4 Kaneohe
starting Thursday, March 5, 7 p.m. at Ala Wai Field.
Game 2 will be Sunday, March 8, 1 p.m. at Hans L’Orange.
Game 3, if necessary, will be Wednesday, March 11, 7 p.m. at Hans L’Orange.
The Championship Round is a Best of Three series scheduled to start Thursday, March 12
but that date is subject to change depending upon the length of the Super Round series.
It could move up to Wednesday, March 11.
The Home team and Field location will be determined by the higher seed in the Championship Round.
Some rules and items to note in the Playoffs:
1. Games are 9 innings.
2. 10 run rule after 7 innings is in effect.
3. No time limit but keep in mind the parks have curfews so keep the game moving.
4. Winning team is responsible for returning the bases and fixing the pitcher’s mound and batter’s box.
5. Both teams must provide 2 game balls at the start of the game and then alternate new balls with the home team first.
6. If a game needs to be stopped for any reason, it will be considered suspended and will continue from time of stoppage to its completion upon a date and time scheduled.
7. Banging on trash cans to signal what pitches are coming is prohibited.
Good luck to all and play hard, play fair and have fun.