JP,

I feel your pain. In my district we cover 5 counties all of which are in differing states of where they stand on that line between Phase 3 and back to Phase 2. Some of the leagues are moving ahead full steam and are playing games while others are still trying to get ramped up. They have all expressed a desire to still play All-Stars but if we fall back into Phase 2 it would be very challenging to do so. Especially if our largest county (by our league count) drops into Phase 2. I can’t see a scenario where a county drops into Phase 2 and gets back to Phase 3 very quickly. If we drop into Phase 2 and don’t get right back out, we may not be able to host the 8-10 softball.

Regards,

Pat

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Pat Ryan
District Administrator
Little League Baseball and Softball
Washington District 2

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From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of jarel@jpiworldwide.com
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2021 10:32 AM
To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com>
Subject: [Wadas] Changing Phases and State LL Tournament

Hi All,

Just getting a bearing on thinking regarding the state and district tournaments now that it’s a strong possibility phases will be changing soon. If there is a change to Phase 2 for some counties, how are we thinking that will impact District Tournaments as not all counties are expected to change back to Phase 2?

It’s likely that a scenario could develop where Asotin County remains in Phase 3 while other counties (and districts) drop back to Phase 2 thus limiting play and tournaments to qualify for state… Concievably there could develop a scenario where we could actually play the State LL Tournament, but have fewer teams able to participate because they couldn’t hold districts.

Thoughts? It’s really really really difficult to plan and get the community behind this with so much uncertainty…

DA WA5/13