SCO Middle School League

A Division

1. Adena, text confirmation 26FEB
2. Chillicothe - PD
   
3. Hillsboro, email confirmation 21FEB
4. Huntington, email confirmation 23FEB
5. Jackson, email confirmation 21FEB
6. Miami Trace, email confirmation 21FEB
7. McClain - PD
8. Paint Valley, email confirmation 26FEB
9. Piketon - PD
10. Southeastern - PD
11. Unioto, email confirmation 21FEB
12. Washington - PD
13. Waverly, email confirmation 22FEB
14. Westfall - PD
15. Zane Trace, email confirmation 22FEB

B Division

1. Chillicothe - PD
   
2. Hillsboro, email confirmation 21FEB
3. Huntington, email confirmation 23FEB
4. Jackson, email confirmation 21FEB
5. McClain - PD
6. Miami Trace, email confirmation 21FEB
7. Paint Valley, email confirmation 26FEB
8. Piketon - PD
9. Southeastern - PD
10. Unioto, email confirmation 21FEB
11. Waverly - PD
12. Westfall - PD

Week 1 - 8th Grade March 24, 2024 (Sunday)					Week 2 - 8th Grade March 30, 2024 (Saturday EASTER)
Time	Venue	Visitor	Home		Time	Venue	Visitor	Home
1 pm	Adena HS	McClain	Adena		1 pm	Unioto HS	Adena	Unioto
3:30 pm	Adena HS	Adena	McClain		3:30 pm	Unioto HS	Unioto	Adena
1 pm	Chillicothe HS	Jackson	Chillicothe		1 pm	Chillicothe HS	Washington	Chillicothe
3:30 pm	Chillicothe HS	Chillicothe	Jackson		3:30 pm	Chillicothe HS	Chillicothe	Washington
1 pm	Hillsboro HS	Miami Trace	Hillsboro		1 pm	North Adams HS	Hillsboro	North Adams
3:30 pm	Hillsboro HS	Hillsboro	Miami Trace		3:30 pm	North Adams HS	North Adams	Hillsboro
1 pm	Huntington HS	Paint Valley	Huntington		1 pm	Southeastern HS	Huntington	Southeastern
3:30 pm	Huntington HS	Huntington	Paint Valley		3:30 pm	Southeastern HS	Southeastern	Huntington
1 pm	Piketon HS	North Adams	Piketon		1 pm	Miami Trace HS	Jackson	Miami Trace
3:30 pm	Piketon HS	Piketon	North Adams		3:30 pm	Miami Trace HS	Miami Trace	Jackson
1 pm	Waverly HS	Southeastern	Waverly		1 pm	Westfall HS	McClain	Westfall
3:30 pm	Waverly HS	Waverly	Southeastern		3:30 pm	Westfall HS	Westfall	McClain
1 pm	Zane Trace HS	Unioto	Zane Trace		1 pm	Piketon HS	Paint Valley	Piketon
3:30 pm	Zane Trace HS	Zane Trace	Unioto		3:30 pm	Piketon HS	Piketon	Paint Valley
1 pm	Washington HS	Westfall	Washington		1 pm	Zane Trace HS	Waverly	Zane Trace
3:30 pm	Washington HS	Washington	Westfall		3:30 pm	Zane Trace HS	Zane Trace	Waverly
Week 3 - 8th Grade April 7, 2024 (Sunday)					Week 4 - 8th Grade April 14, 2024 (Sunday)
Time	Venue	Visitor	Home		Time	Venue	Visitor	Home
1 pm	Adena HS	Westfall	Adena		1 pm	Zane Trace HS	Adena	Zane Trace
3:30 pm	Adena HS	Adena	Westfall		3:30 pm	Zane Trace HS	Zane Trace	Adena
1 pm	Hillsboro HS	Chillicothe	Hillsboro		1 pm	Westfall HS	Chillicothe	Westfall
3:30 pm	Hillsboro HS	Hillsboro	Chillicothe		3:30 pm	Westfall HS	Westfall	Chillicothe
1 pm	Piketon HS	Huntington	Piketon		1 pm	Washington HS	Hillsboro	Washington
3:30 pm	Piketon HS	Piketon	Huntington		3:30 pm	Washington HS	Washington	Hillsboro
1 pm	Southeastern HS	Unioto	Southeastern		1 pm	Huntington HS	Miami Trace	Huntington
3:30 pm	Southeastern HS	Southeastern	Unioto		3:30 pm	Huntington HS	Huntington	Miami Trace
1 pm	Jackson HS	Washington	Jackson		1 pm	McClain HS	Jackson	McClain
3:30 pm	Jackson HS	Jackson	Washington		3:30 pm	McClain HS	McClain	Jackson
1 pm	McClain HS	Waverly	McClain		1 pm	Waverly HS	North Adams	Waverly
3:30 pm	McClain HS	McClain	Waverly		3:30 pm	Waverly HS	Waverly	North Adams
1 pm	Miami Trace HS	Zane Trace	Miami Trace		1 pm	Unioto HS	Paint Valley	Unioto
3:30 pm	Miami Trace HS	Miami Trace	Zane Trace		3:30 pm	Unioto HS	Unioto	Paint Valley
1 pm	North Adams HS	Paint Valley	North Adams		1 pm	Piketon HS	Southeastern	Piketon
3:30 pm	North Adams HS	North Adams	Paint Valley		3:30 pm	Piketon HS	Piketon	Southeastern
Week 5 - 8th Grade April 21, 2024 (Sunday)					Week 6- 8th Grade April 28, 2024 (Sunday)
Time	Venue	Visitor	Home		Time	Venue	Visitor	Home
1 pm	Adena HS	Piketon	Adena		1 pm	Jackson HS	Adena	Jackson
3:30 pm	Adena HS	Adena	Piketon		3:30 pm	Jackson HS	Jackson	Adena
1 pm	Chillicothe HS	Waverly	Chillicothe		1 pm	Unioto HS	Chillicothe	Unioto
3:30 pm	Chillicothe HS	Chillicothe	Waverly		3:30 pm	Unioto HS	Unioto	Chillicothe
1 pm	Jackson HS	Hillsboro	Jackson		1 pm	Hillsboro HS	Paint Valley	Hillsboro
3:30 pm	Jackson HS	Jackson	Hillsboro		3:30 pm	Hillsboro HS	Hillsboro	Paint Valley
1 pm	North Adams HS	Huntington	North Adams		1 pm	Miami Trace HS	Westfall	Miami Trace
3:30 pm	North Adams HS	North Adams	Huntington		3:30 pm	Miami Trace HS	Miami Trace	Westfall
1 pm	Washington HS	Miami Trace	Washington		1 pm	Washington HS	McClain	Washington
3:30 pm	Washington HS	Washington	Miami Trace		3:30 pm	Washington HS	Washington	McClain
1 pm	Paint Valley HS	McClain	Paint Valley		1 pm	North Adams HS	Southeastern	North Adams
3:30 pm	Paint Valley HS	Paint Valley	McClain		3:30 pm	North Adams HS	North Adams	Southeastern
1 pm	Southeastern HS	Zane Trace	Southeastern		1 pm	Waverly HS	Piketon	Waverly
3:30 pm	Southeastern HS	Southeastern	Zane Trace		3:30 pm	Waverly HS	Waverly	Piketon
1 pm	Westfall HS	Unioto	Westfall		1 pm	Huntington HS	Zane Trace	Huntington
3:30 pm	Westfall HS	Westfall	Unioto		3:30 pm	Huntington HS	Huntington	Zane Trace

SCHEDULE UPDATE on March 2, 2024:

Week 3 Unioto now hosting Southeastern 

Week 3 Waverly now hosting Jackson 

Week 1 - 7th Grade March 24, 2024 (Sunday)					Week 2 - 7th Grade March 30, 2024 (Saturday EASTER)
Time	Venue	Visitor	Home		Time	Venue	Visitor	Home
1 pm	Jackson HS	Chillicothe	Jackson		1 pm	McClain HS	Chillicothe	McClain
3:30 pm	Jackson HS	Jackson	Chillicothe		3:30 pm	McClain HS	McClain	Chillicothe
1 pm	Miami Trace HS	Hillsboro	Miami Trace		1 pm	Hillsboro HS	Unioto	Hillsboro
3:30 pm	Miami Trace HS	Miami Trace	Hillsboro		3:30 pm	Hillsboro HS	Hillsboro	Unioto
1 pm	Paint Valley HS	Huntington	Paint Valley		1 pm	Huntington HS	Southeastern	Huntington
3:30 pm	Paint Valley HS	Paint Valley	Huntington		3:30 pm	Huntington HS	Huntington	Southeastern
1 pm	McClain HS	Westfall	McClain		1 pm	Jackson HS	Miami Trace	Jackson
3:30 pm	McClain HS	McClain	Westfall		3:30 pm	Jackson HS	Jackson	Miami Trace
1 pm	Unioto HS	Piketon	Unioto		1 pm	Paint Valley HS	Westfall	Paint Valley
3:30 pm	Unioto HS	Unioto	Piketon		3:30 pm	Paint Valley HS	Paint Valley	Westfall
1 pm	Southeastern HS	Waverly	Southeastern		1 pm	Waverly High School	Piketon	Waverly
3:30 pm	Southeastern HS	Southeastern	Waverly		3:30 pm	Waverly High School	Waverly	Piketon
Week 3 - 7th Grade April 7, 2024 (Sunday)					Week 4 - 7th Grade April 14, 2024 (Sunday)
Time	Venue	Visitor	Home		Time	Venue	Visitor	Home
1 pm	Chillicothe HS	Hillsboro	Chillicothe		1 pm	Chillicothe HS	Waverly	Chillicothe
3:30 pm	Chillicothe HS	Chillicothe	Hillsboro		3:30 pm	Chillicothe HS	Chillicothe	Waverly
1 pm	Huntington HS	McClain	Huntington		1 pm	Hillsboro HS	Huntington	Hillsboro
3:30 pm	Huntington HS	Huntington	McClain		3:30 pm	Hillsboro HS	Hillsboro	Huntington
1 pm	Unioto HS	Southeastern Jackson	Unioto		1 pm	Jackson HS	Piketon	Jackson
3:30 pm	Unioto HS	Unioto	Southeastern Jackson		3:30 pm	Jackson HS	Jackson	Piketon
1 pm	Westfall HS	Miami Trace	Westfall		1 pm	Miami Trace HS	Unioto	Miami Trace
3:30 pm	Westfall HS	Westfall	Miami Trace		3:30 pm	Miami Trace HS	Miami Trace	Unioto
1 pm	Paint Valley HS	Piketon	Paint Valley		1 pm	Paint Valley HS	McClain	Paint Valley
3:30 pm	Paint Valley HS	Paint Valley	Piketon		3:30 pm	Paint Valley HS	Paint Valley	McClain
1 pm	Waverly HS	Jackson Southeastern	Waverly		1 pm	Southeastern HS	Westfall	Southeastern
3:30 pm	Waverly HS	Waverly	Jackson Southeastern		3:30 pm	Southeastern HS	Southeastern	Westfall
Week 5 - 7th Grade April 21, 2024 (Sunday)					Week 6 - 7th Grade April 28, 2024 (Sunday)
Time	Venue	Visitor	Home		Time	Venue	Visitor	Home
1 pm	Piketon HS	Chillicothe	Piketon		1 pm	Chillicothe HS	Miami Trace	Chillicothe
3:30 pm	Piketon HS	Piketon	Chillicothe		3:30 pm	Chillicothe HS	Chillicothe	Miami Trace
1 pm	Hillsboro HS	Jackson	Hillsboro		1 pm	McClain HS	Hillsboro	McClain
3:30 pm	Hillsboro HS	Hillsboro	Jackson		3:30 pm	McClain HS	McClain	Hillsboro
1 pm	Huntington HS	Westfall	Huntington		1 pm	Piketon HS	Huntington	Piketon
3:30 pm	Huntington HS	Huntington	Westfall		3:30 pm	Piketon HS	Piketon	Huntington
1 pm	Miami Trace HS	Southeastern	Miami Trace		1 pm	Southeastern HS	Jackson	Southeastern
3:30 pm	Miami Trace HS	Miami Trace	Southeastern		3:30 pm	Southeastern HS	Southeastern	Jackson
1 pm	Waverly HS	McClain	Waverly		1 pm	Waverly HS	Paint Valley	Waverly
3:30 pm	Waverly HS	Waverly	McClain		3:30 pm	Waverly HS	Waverly	Paint Valley
1 pm	Unioto HS	Paint Valley	Unioto		1 pm	Westfall HS	Unioto	Westfall
3:30 pm	Unioto HS	Unioto	Paint Valley		3:30 pm	Westfall HS	Westfall	Unioto

A Division Rules

• OHSAA Rules (including Pitch Counts) 
• No balk warning is required by the league (Umpire may issue a warning at their discretion)
• Drop 3 BBCOR  bats (or wood) only - The exception is kids in 7th grade or younger playing up  in the A division - The players are permitted to use a -5 bat
• Bats must be 2 ⅝
• DH and/or EH, or Bat Roster
• 7 inning games (unless shorter games are agreed upon by both head coaches BEFORE games begin)
• No new innings after 1 hour and 45 minutes - Drop-dead stop at 2 hours with the final score being the score in the last completed inning
• The second game of a doubleheader will be started 20 minutes after the first game is completed
• In the case of poor field conditions, a final decision is to be made by 10 am on Sunday morning. The home team needs to make this decision and should notify the head coach of the opposing team by 10 am. The Home team is also responsible for canceling umpires ASAP if games cannot be played as scheduled. 

B Division Rules

• OHSAA Rules (including Pitch Counts)
• 1 Balk warning per team per game
• Drop 5 BBCOR  bats (or wood) only - Exception is kids in 6th grade or younger playing up  in the B division - The players are permitted to use a drop8 bat
• Bats must be 2 ⅝
• DH, EH, or Bat Roster
• 7 inning game(unless shorter games agreed upon by both head coaches BEFORE games begin)
• No new innings after 1 hour and 45 minutes - Drop-dead stop at 2 hours with the final score being the score in the last completed inning
• The second game of a doubleheader will be started 20 minutes after the first game is completed
• In the case of poor field conditions, a final decision is to be made by 10 am on Sunday morning. The home team needs to make this decision and should notify the head coach of the opposing team by 10 am. The Home team is also responsible for canceling umpires ASAP if games cannot be played as scheduled. 

Pitching Rules

These pitch counts are taken directly from the OHSAA; some minor modifications of rules will be adopted by the league. 

1.7 Pitching restrictions in grades 7-12 shall adhere to the following pitch/rest limitations:

Level	Daily Pitch Limit	O Days of Rest	1 Day of Rest	2 Days of Rest	3 Days of Rest
Grades 7-12	125 pitches	1 – 30 pitches	31 – 50 pitches	51 – 75 pitches	76 + pitches

1.71) A pitcher may finish the current batter if THE DAILY PITCH LIMIT (125) is reached during that at-bat.

1.72) At the end of each contest, coaches will submit pitcher numbers and pitches thrown in the designated data collection system. Modification: Coaches should have this information available if requested by the league

1.73) All pitches thrown in a suspended game or a “no contest” game SHALL COUNT toward the daily pitch limit and the total number of pitches thrown.

1.74) All pitches thrown in a scrimmage or Preview SHALL COUNT toward the daily pitch limit and the total number of pitches thrown.

1.75) Each school/team must keep a record of all pitches thrown by each of their players in each game and make this available to the OHSAA upon request.

1.76) Any player pitching during a period in which rest is required is considered to be pitching as an ineligible player. Note: Any victorious contest in which an ineligible player is participating will result in the forfeiture of the contest.

Other Information:

• If games are rained out, it is the responsibility of the 2 coaches to find makeup days throughout the week or on a Saturday
• The entry fee is due by February 25, 2024
• The final league schedule will be sent around March 13th
• Final team rosters must be submitted to the league by April 7, 2024 - this is being allowed to give coaches more time to better place players on the most appropriate teams; players are NOT eligible to play on the school's other team after final rosters are submitted
• The mercy rule will be 15 runs after 3 innings, 12 runs after 4 innings,  or 10 runs after 5 innings.
• Each team will provide 2 new baseballs for each game (leather baseballs)
• If teams wish, they may pull a kid out of a game defensively to warm up a pitcher with that player being pulled out still eligible to hit 
• Teams will NOT feed other teams
• Each team in each division will be required to pay the league entry fee which is $50 per team
• The entry fee is due by February 25, 2024, VENMO PREFERRED @Post757Baseball_Coach-Barr or checks payable to and mail to: 757 Baseball 13299 Marietta Rd. Kingston, OH 45644 

Umpires

• The home team is responsible for scheduling two umpires
• Should be OHSAA-certified 
• Both teams split the cost of umpires each weekend
• The umpire fee is $125 per doubleheader or $62.50 per game; in the event that only one umpire is available each team will provide 1 coach to call outs on the bases. 

2024 Field Locations
School	Field Location
Adena	167 W High St Frankfort OH 45628
Chillicothe	New Field (Mt Logan) at 841 E. Main St. Chillicothe 45601
East Clinton	97 Astro Way Sabina OH
Hillsboro	Shaffer Park, 1484 N. High Street Hillsboro OH 45133
Huntington	6589 Blain Highway, Chillicothe OH 45601
Jackson	13842 State Route 93 Jackson, OH 45640
McClain	Mitchell Park 753 S. 7th Street Greenfield 45123
Miami Trace	3818 State Route 41 NW Washington CH 43160
North Adams	96 Green Devil Dr Seaman, OH 45679
Piketon	101 W. 2nd Street, Piketon OH
Southeastern	2004 Lancaster Road Chillicothe Ohio 45601
Unioto	14193 Pleasant Valley Rd Chillicothe Ohio 45601
Washington	400 South Elm Street (the field is behind the school; enter the gate between the softball field and the soccer field.
Waverly	1 Tiger Drive Waverly OH 45690
Western	7959 State Route 124 Latham Ohio 45646
Westfall	19463 Pherson Pike, Williamsport 43164 (entrance off of Rt 56)
Zane Trace	946 SR-180 Chillicothe, OH 45601

 

Sunday, January 21, 2024, at 2 pm

Chillicothe Athletic Center 

1245 Western Ave, Chillicothe, OH 45601

Items to Discuss

1. Schools that attended the meeting:
   1. Chillicothe
   2. Washington
   3. Zane Trace
   4. Hillsboro
   5. Miami Trace
   6. Unioto
   7. Waverly
   8. McClain
   9. Adena
   10. Southeastern
2. The general purpose of this league
   1. Sign-In sheet – we need contact information so information can be circulated appropriately. For any additional contacts that you should have please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. 
   2. Two divisions - Getting away from traditional 7th & 8th-grade teams when/if it makes sense 
   3. Provide a good environment for our middle school baseball players
   4. We want our kids to play together in the spring at the MS level and then we want them to play summer ball
3. Communication via Group text, email, and website
4. Proposed schedule
   1. 6 weeks of DH, Sunday afternoons (except Easter, play that Saturday) 
   2. Games will be on your fields with home team scheduling and paying umpires
   3. Umpires SHOULD BE OHSAA-certified umpires (we may be able to assist or at least get you umpire contact information)
   4. We do not want to start this league in early March as in previous years – the weather usually sucks in early March
   5. Teams are encouraged to pick up games throughout the week when/if that makes sense
      1. We will put out a contact list of teams in the league (and some other teams) to help with scheduling
5. Reminder – Our #1 objective is to develop our MS baseball players and have FUN
6. Discuss/amend 2022 rules
7. Who’s on board? 
   1. Need an idea of schools/teams to finalize or go find additional schools if necessary

General Overview: The league was established to provide a middle school league for non-sanctioned middle school “club” baseball teams to participate in (we’ve also included sanctioned teams in recent years). The league will be broken up into two divisions: An A division and a B division. These divisions are created to get away from the traditional 7th-grade and 8th-grade divisions allowing middle school programs to better match up their players according to the talent in their program. If teams prefer, they can enter teams made up of all 7th graders and/or all 8th graders. An all-8th-grade team would typically participate in the A division while an all-7th-grade team would typically participate in the B division. 

Proposed Schedule: Games will be played on Sunday afternoons, 1 pm start times with all games during the regular season being doubleheaders. The only exception would be the Easter weekend and those games would be played the Saturday before Easter. The season will begin Sunday, March 29th, and be completed on Sunday, April 28th  with the week of May 5th being used for any makeup games

WEEK	DATE	DAY	TIME
1	March 24	Sunday	1 pm DH
2	March 30 (EASTER WEEKEND)	Saturday	1 pm DH
3	April 7	Sunday	1 pm DH
4	April 14	Sunday	1 pm DH
5	April 21	Sunday	1 pm DH
6	April 28	Sunday	1 pm DH
7	May 5 - LEAGUE MAKEUPS	Sunday	1 pm DH