As we gear up for an exciting baseball season, the CLL Board of Directors is already planning for Little League tournament time. To ensure a smooth process and adequate time for tryouts, we will be voting on District Managers for various divisions at our upcoming board meeting on Tuesday April 9th 2024. The divisions for which we are seeking District Managers are:
- Minor 8-10 years old (10u)
- 9/10/11 years old (11u)
- Major 10-12 years old (12u)
- Intermediate 11-13 years old (13u)
- Junior 12-14 years old (14u)
- Senior 13-16 years old (15u)
All these age groups have the possibility to move on to a Little League State Tournament!
If you are interested in taking on the responsibility of being a District Manager for any of these divisions, please fill out the Google Form Questionnaire: 2024 District Manager Application
Please note that the selection process for 8u and 9u District Managers will take place in May, and a separate email will be sent out for nominations at that time.
Thank you for your dedication to CLL and our young athletes. We look forward to your participation in this important process. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to executiveboard@comercelittleleague.com. All applications must be submitted no later than Sunday April 7th.
DISTRICTS INFORMATION - SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Each summer Little League International holds a series of "World Series" events starting at Majors (12u). You will see the Little League World Series played in Williamsport, PA on ESPN. There is also Intermediate (50/70) held in California, Junior held in Taylor, Michigan, and Senior held in South Carolina. Little League World Series
Commerce Little League is part of District 4 in the State of Michigan. Michigan Little League
Earlier each summer District 4 holds a tournament of all eligible Little Leagues in its boundaries (up to 16 total). Each League is able to enter teams of an All-Star nature to compete in this tournament. These players must meet eligibility requirements (age, residency or school within league boundaries, registration, and minimum play in house division). These teams are formed in a tryout for each league in an effort to play their their best players against the best players from other leagues. This double elimination tournament determines the District Champion. District Champions receive pins/medals, and the team earns a District Banner.
District 4 holds tournaments at 7/8, 9u, 10u, 11u, 12u, 13u, and 14u.
District Champions get the opportunity to move on to a State Tournament at 10u, 11u, 12u, 13u, and 14u. This State Tournament location rotates and has each of the 16 different Districts within Michigan playing to determine a State Champion.
Starting at Majors (12u), teams are able to move on to Regionals. Michigan is one of 6 teams in the Great Lakes Region.
The winner of the Great Lakes Region would move on to the World Series.
It all starts right here, at the local, community based level. There is no other road to Williamsport Pennsylvania, Irvine California, Taylor Michigan, or Easley South Carolina.
2024 TRYOUT INFORMATION TBD
2024 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE INFORMATION (Subject to Change)
Tournament Start Dates should be accurate. Length of tournament or number of games is dependent upon the number of Leagues who send teams at that age group. Weekday games will start at approximately 6:00 pm, with weekend games TBD.
7u/8u Districts 9u Districts
Begin: TBD (approx.) Begin: TBD
End: Within 1 week End: By TBD
Location: TBD Location: TBD
10u Districts 10u States
Begin: TBD Begin: Arrival 7/25
End: By TBD End: By TBD
Location: TBD Location: Ishpeming, MI
11u Districts 11u States
Begin: TBD Begin: Arrival 7/25
End: By TBD End: By TBD
Location: Commerce Location: Ypsilanti, MI
Majors Districts Majors States
Begin: TBD Begin: Arrival 7/18
End: By TBD End: By TBD
Location: TBD Location: Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Intermediate Districts Intermediate States
Begin: TBD Begin: Arrival 7/5
End: By TBD End: By TBD
Location: TBD Location: Grandville or Jenison, MI
For the State Tournaments, District Winners compete in a round robin pool play. The top 2 seeds from each Division move on to Bracket Play. Typically, pool play is during the weekend, bracket play is during the week (during the day). The District Coach will go over all this information with you at tryouts.