2004 State Tournament Results:

Congratulations to Alexandria -- with championships at both live-arm levels of the Town & Country State tournament.  And to Delphi, who followed-up a runner-up finish in the 2003 Minor league tourney with it’s first-ever baseball state championship at any level in ’04.

Looking Ahead . . .
TOURNAMENT HOST SITES
We very much appreciate those who have hosted in the past, but would also like to encourage others to consider doing so. This can be accomplished at any level of the tourney by request. However, we do not want to see the cost of hosting a tourney as a deterrent to doing so, so we will be looking at ways to help offset this as a concern – including allowing host sites to charge admission, if desired. This is a trend at almost every level of youth sports & we have to be flexible enough to consider it as an option. We have even lost host sites & teams to other sanctioning bodies just because they do allow an admission fee to be charged & some leagues have to consider all money-making opportunities. Besides, is $2 really going to make a difference whether a parent or grandparent will be able to come to the park?

TOWN & COUNTRY GROWTH
We have been very fortunate to experience growth in both our league & in the number of teams that participate in our tournament. Adding the State-sanctioned Minor League (8-&-under) tournament was a huge success & can become a solid foundation that can lead to future growth in the upper divisions. We would like to see this trend continue as we move forward, targeting communities that are within our demographics.

WEBSITE IS UP & RUNNING!
Our league has a very significant tournament history, with champions dating to 1969! Some of this history can be found on our new website, which is now available at www.townandcountrybaseball.com. We intend on this becoming a primary site to help answer basic questions about the league, our tournaments, rules and a source for league forms such as sanctioning, tourney entry, etc. However, we would like to have a person on the Board that can assist with keeping our website up to date. If you have interest in this, please let us know!

LEAGUE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
We are looking at forming a League Board that can both assist with the workload that comes with growth, as well as to help with the upcoming transition as we pass on the leadership of the league. We want to make the transition as smooth as possible, as we only want to see continued success moving forward!