CHARTIERS VALLEY COMMUNITIES GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE

The CVC Feb meeting minutes from Sunday February 15th at 4pm at the Bridgeville Borough Building at 425 Bower Hill Rd, Bridgeville, PA 15017.  The meeting minutes are as follows:

1) Role call - Baldwin, Belle Vernon, Bentworth, Bethel Park, Brentwood, Bridgeville, Burgettstown, California, Canon Mac, Carnegie, Charleroi, Collier, Elliott, FCYFP, FCYS, Ingomar, Monessen, Moon Twp, Mt Lebanon, Mt Washington, Munhall, North Fayette, Oakdale, Peters Twp, Scott Twp, Seneca Valley, South Allegheny, South Park, TJ, USC, West Mifflin, West Newton, West View Ross, South Side, Burgettstown Area Girls Athletics, 9th Ward

2) Vote on Board Positions:

• President - Joe Boneysteele incumbent reelected
• VP - Shawn Arlet incumbent reelected
• Treasurer - Shane Franchick incumbent reelected
• Secretary - Joe Bolton incumbent reelected
• Slow Pitch Commissioner - Jim Schindler incumbent reelected

3) Vote on rule changes/clarifications:

• DECLINED - 8u limit max on the arc to 6 foot instead of 10 foot
• APPROVED - 10U Fast limit the max distance of the lead from 1b to a 10 foot mark that will be drawn with chalk line.  Warning the 1st offense the runner passes the line before a ball is hit and out 2nd offense and beyond for the team.
• APPROVED - Under roster rules, if an organiztion has multiple teams at an age group and is proven to have stacked a team, the organizations can call for a vote that could lead to warning/probation for 1st offense for 3 years and the removal from the league for additional offenses within 3 years.
• APPROVED - 15u Slow establish a 10 run limit drop dead per inning during regular season.  The 7th inning is still unlimited.

4) Important dates for meetings and season start/end/playoffs

• March Declaration Meeting 3/14 - Provide rosters / pay registraton
• April Managers Meeting 4/4 @ Bridgeville Borough Building - Managers Meetings by age group to discuss rules and handout schedules.  8U identified volunteer umpires invited to 8U timeslot to understand rules.  All CVC Umpires are also invited to attend.
• Season Starts for all ages except 15u Fast 4/13
• Season Starts for 15u Fast 5/11 but have option to play earlier if not impacted by high school ball
• Season End for all ages except 15u Fast 6/13
• Playoffs Start for all ages except 15u Fast 6/15
• Season Ends for 15u Fast 6/20
• Playoffs Start for 15u Fast 6/22

5) Roster / Draft Rules:

• Fast Pitch - You cannot have more than 2 out of school district players per team
• 8u - You must have 75% of players per team rostered in your school district
• Slow Pitch - You cannot have more than 4 out of school district players per team
• You must evenly split the number of players between mutiple teams for the oldest age of an age group. For example, if you have 3 teams in 10u age group you must divide the teams equally at the oldest age
• Besides splitting by oldest age in an age group above, multiple teams in an org at an age group should not be stacking a team.  Draft your teams fairly after meeting rule above.  
• Use the players age per chart below to calculate age  as of August 31^st of the prior year (8/31/25) for Spring season

6) Voted in New organizations joining the CVC:

• South Side (Piitsburgh Public Schools) - All Slow Pitch
• Langeloth of Burgettstown Area Girls Athletics (Burgettstown School District) 8U & 10U Fast
• 9th Ward (Pittsburgh Public Schools) All Slow Pitch 
• Hempfield Area Slow Pitch Organization (Hempfield School District) Older Ages for Slow Pitch

7) Organizations that want to host playoffs:

• 8U - South Park
• 10U Slow - North Fayette/Moon Twp
• 12U Slow - Kennedy
• 15U Slow - Oakdale/Robinson
• 18U Slow - Ingomar
• 10U Fast - North Fayette / USC
• 12U Fast - Findlay Twp / TJ
• 15U Fast - South Park/Munhall/West Mifflin
• CVC only received limited dates  from the Washington Wild Things to play some championship games at Wild Things Park due to Pony Baseball and Wild Things home schedule.  At this time we have approved all day Friday 6/19 for 2 slow pitch ages (10U/15U).  The other 2 slow pitch ages (12U/18U) will be played at the host field.  Robert Morris University will tentatively host 10U Fast (6/18), 12U Fast (6/22), 15U Fast (6/25).  Still working on host for 8u gold and silver championships, may be held at the host site tentatively 6/22.