COED Upper & Lower Guidelines
Time Limits – Games will be limited to 55 minutes.
Home Run Rule
Uppers: Each team is allowed 4 Home Runs. Excessive Home Runs are considered DBO’s (Dead Ball Outs).
Lowers: Each team is allowed 2 Home Runs. Excessive Home Runs are considered IEO’s (Inning Ending Outs).
Courtesy Runners – Each team is allowed one courtesy runner per gender, per inning.
Profanity and Taunting
Profanity and taunting will not be tolerated and are subject to penalties at the discretion of the umpire.
Bat Rule- Only bats with the new 240 stamp will be allowed.
Players caught using an unstamped bat will be called out and ejected from the game.
Players using an altered bat will be ejected from the tournament.
Ball Rule – The Tournament Director will provide:
2 Men’s game balls and 2 Women’s game balls.
Approved balls include any Classic M/W, Pro M/W, or Hard-Core ball with a USSSA or GSL stamp.NO ONYX BALLS
Male & Female players
Teams may play with 5 males/5 Females (Male and Female players can play anywhere)
Player Ranking (PRV)
Lowers: No male or female players ranked D-Elite or higher are allowed.
Uppers: Open rosters, all players must be on a roster, if a team wants to have a higher player the team may request to have a pickup team (Cost is $50 per pick up team)
*Pickup teams will be placed in uppers & Will spot 9 runs and be the away team 3 runs per inning for the 1st 3 innings ** Pickup vs pickup will play by uppers rules
Combined Divisions – When Uppers &lowers are place in the same bracket the following equalizers will be applied:
Lower team vs. Upper team – The Lower team will receive home team and 6 spotted runs (2 per inning for the first 3 innings).
Game Start Rules – There will be no grace period added prior to the game’s scheduled start time.
Teams must:
Submit lineups and be ready 30 minutes before the scheduled start time.
Be prepared for games to start early.
Applicable Rules
Unless amended by the Utah State By-Laws, all games will adhere to United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA/GSL) rules.
ANY PLAYER CAUGHT PLAYING WITH OUT A 2026 USSSA PLAYER CARD WILL BE SUSPENDED UNTIL THE PLAYER HAS AN ACTIVE 2026 USSSA PLAYERS CARD
