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The Tailgate

OCTOBER 3 - 5, 2025

FORT MISSOULA REGIONAL PARK

co-rec, MEN'S & WOMEN's

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON

TOURNEY DETAILS

+ $300 EARLY BIRD entry before 6/20
+ $400 entry after 6/20
+ No refunds after 9/12
+ $100 deposit required to reserve your spot in your selected bracket. Teams will be added to the official team list in order of receipt of deposit either through the online registration or Venmo: @montana-softball (must include team name when submitting payment).
+ MSA reserves the right to combine divisions based on team levels and the number of teams that register and move teams to appropriate divisions. 
+ 4 game guarantee
+ Co-Rec, Men's, & Women's Divisions
+ Payouts: Open $750, Upper $750, Middle $500, Lower $350 (when divisions are full)
+ Games begin Friday night
+ Payment required to reserve spot
+ HR & foul ball bracelets available for purchase

REGISTRATION CLOSES SEPTEMBER 12TH (if open spots remain)

HOMERUN DERBY

+ $30 entry includes 1 money ball ( counts as 3 HRs)
+ Men's cash prize & women's cash prize
+ 1 minute to hit as many home runs
+ No timeout
+ Bring your own pitcher
+ Re-buys as time allows

PITCHING CONTEST

+ $10 pre-buy / $15 at tourney
+ 5 pitches to hit the plate
+ Cash prize for winner

THROWING COMPETITION

+ $10 pre-buy / $15 at tourney
+ 7 throws to throw through a tire from second base to home
+ Cash prize for winner

DIVISIONS + PAID TEAMS

$100 deposit required to reserve your spot in your selected bracket. Teams will be added to the official team list in order of receipt of deposit either through the online registration or Venmo: @montana-softball (must include team name when submitting payment).

MEN'S UPPER (8 SPOTS)

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CO-REC UPPER (8 SPOTS)

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WOMEN'S OPEN (8 SPOTS)

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MEN'S MIDDLE (8 SPOTS)

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CO-REC MIDDLE (8 SPOTS)

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MEN'S LOWER (8 SPOTS)

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CO-REC LOWER (8 SPOTS)

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RULES

  1. Don’t be a doot.
  2. ASA/USA softball rules will be used unless otherwise stated below. 
  3. ASA/USA bats only, including the HR derbies. We will NOT be bat testing, but umpires reserve the right to check bats visually at any point throughout the weekend.
  4. There is NO tolerance for yelling or arguing with umpires. See Rule #1.
  5. No pickup players without tourney director approval on Sunday. If you are caught with an unauthorized pickup player, the team will forfeit their game. The pickup player must be announced to the umpire and opposing team captain prior to the start of each game.
  6. Foul Ball Bracelet is good for one courtesy foul on the third strike only. 
  7. Home Runs: 
    *Men’s: Upper 3 / Middle 2 / Lower 1
    *Co-Rec: Upper 3 / Middle 2 / Lower 1
    *Women’s: Open 2
  8. HR bracelets are $30 each and can be purchased by one player per team for the weekend. If that player is playing both men’s and co-rec, they’ll need one for each team. They are not transferrable. If you’re caught cheating, you’re done for the weekend. If a HR bracelet player is walked
    *Men’s/Women’s: Batter proceeds to second base.
    *Co-Rec: Batter proceeds to second base. Next batter proceeds to first.
  9. Home team determined by coin flip on Friday/Saturday. The higher seed will be the home team once bracket play begins Sunday.
  10. One-hour time limit (no new inning after an hour). International tiebreaker if needed. No time limit for championship games. In the event of weather or game delays, games will implement a drop-dead time limit.
  11. Courtesy Runner: 1 per gender per inning. Doesn’t matter where they are in the lineup, just don’t get caught on base or it’s an out. Pitcher also allowed a runner but may not be the same runner as the courtesy runner.
  12. Run Rule: 20 after 3, 15 after 4, and 10 after 5.
  13. Stealing: Men’s and women’s will allow stealing. No stealing in co-rec.
  14. Pitch Count: 1-1. No courtesy foul (unless you buy a bracelet).
  15. Batting lineup:
    *Men’s/Women’s: We don’t care how many as long as you have at least 10.
    *Co-Rec: Must be even and alternate (no waterfalls): 5/5 or 6/6 or 7/7 and so on.
    *You may begin a game with 9 players, and the missing 10th batter will be an out.
  16. Have fun and don’t be a doot.

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