Team Updates October 2024
2025 Tournament Schedule
A preliminary tournament schedule can be found here:
https://tacomaselect.com/schedule/
Pending on league schedule and budget we may make some adjustments to tournaments in June and July.
TopTier vs GSL
GSL Tournaments is owned by EL1 Sports. At the end of the 2024 Season the three main coordinators at GSL left and started TopTier Sports. Their community connections allowed them to secure a majority of the local tournaments. They hope separating from EL1 will allow them to improve the events and overall tournament experience. Currently, we plan to do a majority of the TopTier Sports Tournaments.
Final Team Rosters
Coaches are still in the process of creating rosters and we hope to have that out this month.
Arizona Tournament
We will have a head count for how many extra players we can invite to the AZ trip next week. Please stand by for details.
NonProfit and Fundraising
The nonprofit arm is almost complete. We are only waiting for the Tax-exempt status to be approved. Once that is approved, we will start fundraising.
Total Tournament and League cost for next year will be just over $120,000. This turns out to be about $700 to $900 per family.
Practice
In November, we will stop weekend outdoor practices. Weekend practices will then be held indoors.
Catchers’ practice will start in mid-October. We are currently working on the schedule.
Uniform Store
Jayden will be reopening the uniform store this month (October) for those who weren’t able to purchase.
Custom items, including uniforms, take about 4 to 6 weeks to complete.
Hats and Practice Shirts should be here end of October or November.
Bat Questions
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about bats. We wrote up a post on the website to help explain the difference and tournament rules. That can be found here:
Holiday Schedule 2024
Thanksgiving 2024
11/23 to 12/1 – No Practice
Facility Closed: Thanksgiving Day 11/28
Open Facility times during break will vay
Winter Break 2024
12/21 to 1/6 – No Practice
Facility Closed: 12/24, 12/25, 12/31, 01/01
Open Facility times during break will vary
Coach Update
Coach CJ is back from Ottawa! He will be training with us until mid-February. If you haven’t already heard, he received a spring training invite and another offer to play in Japan next season. This is exciting news, and we couldn’t be happier for him.