Texas High School 5A Softball

[fastpitchforever]

When dos the season officially start? Is there a limit on the number of games you can play?

UIL allows today, Feb 11, to be the start of interschool games. A school can play in 2 tournaments plus 20 games or 3 tournaments plus 17 games. If your district is like ours, the tournaments can be moot since we can't afford to travel farther than the local Quik Stop.

[just4fun]

I heard 4A Dawson beat powerhouse 5A Pearland 5 - 4 this past weekend.
Is that true? If so, what happened?
Also see where Pearland's stud IF made the first and second team in the Chronicle and their #1 pitcher not even mentioned?
How does that happen?

What happened? Simple, 4A is better than 5A

[fastpitchforever]

Just trying to compare to SoCal.
We can play 20 games including 2 DH that count as 1 game and 3 tournaments that count as 2 games each, even though you play more than 2.
We start Feb. 23 and earound May, not counting playoffs that go until around the beginning of June and do not have playoffs that go any farther than our section so there is no "state champ"

Texas is geared to the state championship tournament May 29 - June 1 where the final 4 in each conference (1A thru 5A) play in a single elimination. In a state the size of Texas (or California), its huge to get to the final 4.

[fastpitchforever]

Our season, with playoffs , ends about the same time school let's out. Often wondered how you have time to play all the way to a state champ. How many teams make the playoffs? How many conferences?
We play single games twice a week until we get to section finals.

Same here, two games a week, playoffs start April 23. So we basically are in playoffs, one round each week, until you make it to state finals the week of May 29. During each round, the playoff series can be one game or three, depending on what the coaches agree to, or if they can't agree, they flip to see who picks the number of games. Obviously if you are the weaker team, you want one game (for the chance of a freaky win), or if you are the stronger team, you want 3 games where your skill will eventually prevail.

[just4fun]

Spaz, some schools start district play next week, others the week after.

here is a link that may help you
http://www.uiltexas.org/softball

[frito_burrito]

lilcheekyvato chu es bery close to de program. es dis correctimundo

[just4fun]

What happened? Simple, 4A is better than 5A

I heard #1 pitcher was pulled after three innings with Pearland up 3 or 4 to 1. Is that true? Also heard that 1st base coach ran them out of the last inning with first/second team player up next down by one run. Is that true?

I'm sure coach was just working on things. After all, it's just a scrimmage. Do you think that's true?

[txfastptchcoach]

I heard Pearland won a close one against Clear Brook. Is that true?

What else happened tonight?

Heard she threw No No!!! Congrats

[You don't say]

dude you are like a 10u parent at the water cooler.. from posts here it looks like your kid is good. Why do you always have to post trying to get attention. Your not subtle attempts at bragging get old Just let her play and quit being her agent

[slaphitter]

dude you are like a 10u parent at the water cooler.. from posts here it looks like your kid is good. Why do you always have to post trying to get attention. Your not subtle attempts at bragging get old Just let her play and quit being her agent

If you are referring to Txfastptchcoach as congrats for a No No, that is not his daughter he referred to, and he is not from Pearland. He is a respected individual in the softball community who is just giving congrats to a very good athlete who did something special. By the way she is not my Daughter either and I congradulate her on a job well done.