Aggieland Challenge

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LODGING INFORMATION

The Aggieland Challenge is NOT a Stay to Play event. However, the tournament is greatly helped with every room booked through our discounted lodging partners. If your team needs lodging, please consider using our partners and taking advantage of our lodging program.

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Important - Pool Scheduling. The philosophy in this tournament is UNIQUE COMPETITION. That is our priority in scheduling this open tournament. You may receive a tough draw or an easy path, we focus on unique opponents and not your division of play. Know that before you register!

Important to note - we are not a sanctioning body. Meaning, you do not have to pay any sanctioning fees, use our specific insurance, or anything along those lines. To pencil or pay you do need to create a free account and team in our system, but there is no cost to do so.

This event will sell out! Make sure to register early. Penciling in DOES NOT gurantee your spot - only a paid entry will

Event Details

Event Format

3-game minimum. All teams will advance to a single-elimination playoff bracket. Top seeds get to select their opponent for the first round of bracket play. *Format subject to change based off team numbers, facilities, and weather conditions.

Skills and Team mom hr derby

More infomation regarding the Bracket Selection and Skills Competition will be updated soon.

Equipment Required:

Two new and one used baseball per game; get your baseballs back after the game. Please make sure your online digital roster is COMPLETE before the event. (Each team must carry packet of birth certificates throughout tournament).

Awards:

1st Place: Team Award, Individual Awards, Team Bracket, Sparkling Grape Juice to spray like a "champaign celebration"
2nd Place: Team Award, Individual Awards.
Award ceremony will be onsite at the fields

Game Times Available:

May 12, by 9 p.m. CST

schedule requests

This is the only tournament where schedule requests are not guaranteed. Teams need to be prepared to play early Saturday morning! Again, geographic diversity is the main priority in scheduling this tournament. The more schedule requests I get, the less diversity in scheduling is possible

Itinerary:

Friday, May 8th: Deadline for payment of entry fee.
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Tuesday, May 12th: Game times posted on this website by 9 p.m. CT.
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Saturday, May 16th: Play Ball! (8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.)
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Saturday, May 16th: Teams will gather at Bachmann Park in College Station for the Call Out Portion of the Event
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Sunday, May 17th: Play Ball! (8:00 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.)

Skills Competition & Bracket Selection

skills competition & bracket selection party

Check back soon for more information regarding the Skills Competitions and Bracket selections

events

Team Mom Home Run Derby - Time for the Mom's to shine! Gather the whole team to cheer on the backbone of the season! 2 minute rounds per person with a coach throwing BP. Total home runs will go toward the team skills total. One team mom per team

Team Relay Race - Pass the BATon! Teams will have a mini bat as a baton and will need to run 2 bases before handing off to their teammate. 8 total players will participate - 4 start at home and 4 start at second base. Each team gets 2 chances to set the mark!

All 9 Challenge - All nine position players and their coach will participate in a competition that measures a team’s ability to hit the cut-off man and throw the ball around the infield. Each player must touch the ball by following the designated throwing sequence, described in the illustration below.
The pitcher is the only position player that is not required to touch the baseball. However, the pitcher will play a pivotal role in backing up any over-throws encountered during play. In the event of an over throw, the pitching position is allowed to retrieve the ball and return it to play by throwing it back to the mis-throw’s designated target position.

- The contest begins with a coach hitting a ball from home plate towards the left fielder.

- The left fielder then throws the ball towards home, hitting the cut-off man, and initiating the throwing cycle.

- Time will start once the coach makes contact with the ball. It will stop after the catcher retrieves the throw from the first baseman and swipes home plate with the ball in his glove.

- Teams will have two attempts to record their lowest time. The team with the single lowest time will receive the most points. THROWING SEQUENCE Coach Hits Ball --> Left Fielder --> 3rd Baseman --> Center Fielder --> 2nd Baseman --> Short Stop --> Right Fielder --> 1st Baseman --> Catcher (Home Plate)

Sample Bracket

Format FAQ

What if my team doesn't show up to the meeting?

Teams who choose to not show up to the bracket selection will forfeit their right to choose an opponent. They will be slotted into their Seeded Spot and play a team who did not get chosen

what's the format

The format consists of 2 pool play games into a single elimination bracket. Depending on division size, there may be more than one bracket per age group/division. Teams will play 2 pool play games on Saturday followed by a single elimination bracket on Sunday

how does it work?

What makes the Challenge Format different is that the top seeds get to pick who they play against in their first round of bracket games. In brackets that feature a Play In Game, their will be a "draft" pick for matchups. The one seed does not have to pick to play the 8 seed, they can play anybody they feel they match up the best against. After the one seed has picked their matchup, then the next best seed gets to pick, then the next, and so on until every team has a matchup. New this year - no protected seeds! Due to us having to split divisions with travel times, brackets are smaller than normal. Therefore we will not have protected seeds.

what happens if the 1 seed gets a bye?

In the case where the one seed gets a buy, creating a "play in game" then we will have a draft. So instead of the 1 seed having control to pick essentially the entire bracket, they will select one opponent in the play in, then the 2 seed selects their opponent, then back to the 1 seed.

what seeds are guaranteed to pick a team?

The top seed in each bracket. We are not having protected seeds for undefeated teams in the 2025 Aggieland Challenge. The top seed has the power to choose any opponent in the bracket.

what's the advantage to picking your opponent

There may be history between two teams, unfinished business, or just a familiarity that you want to see. It’s possible a team pitched their best in pool play and doesn’t have a lot of arms left, so you want to play against them instead of the team that saved their ace for Sunday. This helps ensure that teams give it their all on pool play to achieve a better position. There’s real incentive to compete on Saturday. One of the biggest points of feedback from coaches is that we need to find a way to make pool play matter more! This format does that.

how long do i have to pick my matchup after the last game?

Selections will be made in a timely manner during the bracket selection and Skills Competition on Saturday evening.

will the brackets still be posted on saturday?

Playoff brackets will be posted on Saturday evening in a timely manner after the selections have taken place. It takes roughly an hour after the last selection is made to update the brackets

Facilities

Bachmann Park

1600 Rock Prairie Rd. College Station, TX

Wayne Smith athletic complex

107 Holleman Dr. College Station, TX

Linda Anderson Park

1300 Old Independence Rd
Brenham, TX 77833

Henderson Park

804 Old N. Market St
Brenham, TX

Edible Park at Travis Field

2200 Bomber Dr
Bryan, TX

Rules

Tournament Rules Bat Rules

Past Champions

2023 champions

8u Coach Pitch -- Texas Blackhawks (Fort Worth, TX) ‍
9u -- Texas Xpress (Adkins, TX)‍
‍10u -- Lamar Elite (Sugar Land, TX)‍
‍11u -- GPS Legends-Seaton (Round Rock, TX)
12u -- Dirtbags Baseball-Texas (Liberty Hill, TX)‍
‍13u Gold -- Canes Southwest-Elting (Prosper, TX)
13u Silver -- Kerrville Indians-Russ (Kerrville, TX)
‍‍14u -- West Texas Chaos (Odessa, TX)

Refund Policy

Act of God Refund Policy

If an event is lost due to weather or any Act of God (i.e. COVID-19), the entry fee will be refunded via check minus the 20% administration fee.

If one game is played you will receive 50% of entry fee. If two or more games are played there is no refund.

Brennen Flores
Call or Text: 970-672-0523
Email: Brennen@triplecrownsports.com

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The most common questions

When does the schedule come out for each tournament?

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Schedules for the Aggieland Challenge will be released no later than Tuesday, May 14th by 9 pm CST

Will my team throw off of mounds?

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Yes

Does TCS provide baseballs?

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Teams are responsible for baseballs; we recommend 2 new and 1 used baseball per game. Any baseball with the NFHS stamp on it will suffice. Umpires have the right to refuse/throw out any baseballs they feel are not suitable for play.

What is your refund policy?

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A 20% non-refundable administration fee will be charged on all registrations. There are no refunds or transfers if brackets have been posted, your age division is sold out or if a team cancels 10 or fewer days prior to the start of the event.
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Otherwise, if a team cancels 11 days or more prior to the event start date, they may transfer the registration to another Triple Crown Baseball headquartered event for full value or receive a refund via check minus the 20% administration fee.

If an age division does not make you will be entitled to a full refund.

Act of God Refund Policy
‍If an event is lost due to weather or any Act of God (i.e. COVID-19), the entry fee will be refunded via check minus the 20% administration fee. If one game is played you will receive 50% of entry fee. If two or more games are played there is no refund.

What do the different divisions mean? D1, D2, D3?

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Division 1: Our top competitive level, which you will see listed simply as 9u, 10u, and so on. This is our most competitive division which includes “Select / Elite” teams and is also open to any team that wants to compete.

Division 2: When you see Division 2 (or D2) after the age group, that indicates a bracket designed for teams that are not yet ready to compete with top teams. Division 2 is similar to the second-tier divisions you see in national sanctioning organizations. However, even if you are sanctioned as a lower team by a national sanctioning body, that does not guarantee you will play Division 2 with Triple Crown.

Division 3: Includes teams that are less competitive than Division 2 teams.Here is how Triple Crown compares with other sanctioning bodies. However, we always encourage teams to play up.

Division 1= Major or National
Division 2= AAA or American
Division 3= AA or Minor (Not offered in Colorado)

Does Being penciled in Guarantee a spot?

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No, being penciled-in shows that your team is interested in attending. Only a paid registration in full guarantees your spot into the event. Triple Crown will attempt to reach out to teams as divisions are close to selling out but that does not always happen. It is the team’s responsibility to pay before the division is sold out

How do we complete the online digital roster?

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Whomever has access to your team's Triple Crown Account can log in and click on the roster tab. Add all the players names and birthdates with the parent contact information (name, number and email). Once the roster is complete, click the “Send Parent Authorization” button and it will send out the digital waivers to the parents to sign allowing their son/daughter to participate in the event. Any player that does not have the parent waiver signed, will not be allowed to participate.

What are the Triple Crown Rules?

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