1. Must have a Minimum of 10 and a maximum of 14 players on roster. There are 7 teams in the 9u division this season. They will all be in one division this season. The top 4 teams will make the playoffs. 1st place will play 4th place and 2nd place will play 3rd place in a best of 3 series. The winners will then play a best of 3 championship series. (for playoff seeding in the event of a tie record, the head to head will be the 1rst tiebreaker and run differential will be the 2nd tiebreaker) 
2. Each team must have a minimum of 8 players to play a qualifying game. If needed to add a player to fill for one game he needs to be from one of the other teams in the division at about the same skill level as the player he is replacing. This will need to be agreed upon by both coaches on each team in the game. 
3. Players must be no younger than 7 or older than 9 at the start of the league year Jan 1st (birth year 2014-2016) in order to take part or play in any league game. (We do reserve the right to make exceptions for 6-year-olds if agreed upon by the committee members and the other coaches in the division.) 
4. Bases by rule are to be spaced at 52ft. The Pitcher's base to home plate is 36ft. Coaches pitch for the 9u division. Coaches pitch to their own team. 
5. Each game is 5 innings. No more than 6 runs can be scored per inning, with the exception of the 5th inning or later.  
6. No base on balls, only swinging strikes or foul balls are called strikes. 3 strikes and the batter is out. 
7. We do not use the infield fly rule in the 9u division 
8. No steals, leads or advance of any base runner until the batter makes contact with the ball. 
9. There is a defensive coach allowed on the field, he must be positioned in the outfield.
10. Each player on the roster that is attending the game MUST have at least 1 inning of defense. 
11. No Courtesy runner, pinch runner only in the case of an injury.
12. All players in the dugout must be in the batting lineup. 
13. We do not require the ASA Softball stamp on the bats, but all bats must be in usable factory condition with no dents, cracks and no shaved or altered bats etc. (We reserve the right as the league officials or committee to declare a bat unsafe if deemed necessary) 
14. All ASA Softball rules apply to games unless specified otherwise as above by the league officials/committee members. 
15. GCL will supply 1 dozen of 11” .52 core balls to each team. The home team is to provide the balls for the game.  
16. After each game, it is the Home Teams responsibility to text the score to Smokey Steve #717-682-5981 

GCL has a zero tolerance policy for any aggressive or inappropriate physical contact or verbal abuse with any player, coach, umpire, fan, parent, or other person. And any breach of this rule is grounds for immediate action, including removal from the position of coach or manager. 

Just a reminder, each Team is responsible to clean up their trash inside and outside the dugout!!