IS YOUR FAVORITE PACKER TEAM IN THE RUNNING: HOW PLAY-OFF BERTHS ARE DETERMINED

HOW PLAYOFF BERTHS DETERMINED

THE TOP 8 FINISHERS GO TO PLAY-OFFS

At this time of year there is a lot of discussion on how play-off berths are determined especially if there are 1, 2, 3 or even 4 or 5 way ties in the rankings.

Here is a brief explanation of how play-offs are determined. The top 8 finishers; those with the best win loss record, in each age divsion goes to play-offs. Since the conference system has been scrapped and points scored during the season are not factors the win loss record is the only measure used.

BASIC PLAYOFF SCENRIO:

TEAM A, B, C AND D ARE TIED 7-1 AT THE END OF REGULATION PLAY FOR FIRST PLACE.

TEAM A BEAT B AND C BUT DIDN'T PLAY D DURING THE REGULAR SEASON .

D LOST TO B DURING THE REGULAR SEASON SO FIRST SEED GOES TO A.

TEAMS B AND C ARE IN A DEAD HEAT FOR SECOND PLACE, THEY DIDN'T PLAY EACH OTHER DURING THE SEASON AND GOT BEAT BY THE SAME COMMON OPPONENT TEAM (A). THE TIE CAN BE BROKEN BY THE COACHES & AREA DIRECTORS BY:

1. MUTUAL AGREEMENT

2. COIN TOSS

3. PLAY-OFF GAME PRIOR TO THE FIRST WEEK OF PLAY-OFFS

THE AREA DIRECTORS B AND C DECIDE TO FLIP A COIN. B WINS THE TOSS AND BECOMES 2ND SEED. B COULD CHOOSE TO DEFER AND BECOME THE 3RD SEED IF THEY WISH. C BECOMES 3RD SEED WITH D COMING OUT 4TH SEED BECAUSE THEY LOST TO B DURING THE REGULAR SEASON.

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOUR TEAM WILL BE IN THE PLAY-OFF IT WON'T BE THAT HARD. GO BACK TO PREVIOUS WEEKS RESULTS AND SEE WHO BEAT WHO, WHO LOST TO WHO AND WHO WILL PLAYING WHO THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU WILL PROBABLY COME UP WITH A SCENRIO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THAT SAID THERE WILL BE MUCH AT STAKE FOR MANY OF THE TEAMS AROUND THE LEAGUE, EVEN THOSE THAT ARE NOT GOING TO TH E PLAYOFFS.

WHILE OUR PACKER JUNIORS ARE NOT GOING TO THE PLAY-OFFS THEY COULD ACT AS SPOILERS IN THIS WEEKS MATCH-UP WITH ELLENDALE RELEAGATING THEM TO A MUCH LOWER SEED OR POSSIBLY PUTTING THEM OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS. OUR SENIOR TEAM IS IN BUT PLAGUED WITH INJURIES. THE BEST IS CAN HOPE FOR IS NOT MUCH BETTER THAN A 7TH OR 8TH SEED. THERE ARE SOM E KEY PLAYERS BACK FROM INJURIES WHICH WILL MAKE FOR SOME REAL SUPRISES FOR ANYONE OF THE UPPER SEEDS FACING US.

WHERE IT GETS REALLY INTERESTING IS AT THE BANTAM AND PEE WEE LEVELS, WHERE BOTH TEAMS ARE IN WITH SEEDING POSIBBILITIES RUNNING FROM SECOND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 7TH PLACE. WHERE THEY END UP DEPENDS ON THE OUTCOMES OF SEVERAL GAMES THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO PLAY AS WELL AS OUTCOMES FROM GAMES THROUGHOUT THE LEAGUE OVER THE NEXT 2 WEEKS.

ELMORE PARKS WEBSITE HAS THE WHOLE LEAGUE SCHEDULE, RESULTS FROM THE PAST 6 WEEKS AS WELL AS WHO PLAYED WHO AND WHO HAS TO PLAY WHO OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. IF YOUR'RE INTERESTED, TAKE THE TIME OUT TO REVIEW PAST RESULTS AND POSSIBLE OUTCOMES TO SEE WHERE YOUR TEAM MAY END UP. BEST OF LUCK TO OUR PACK AS THEY FACE ELLENDALE!!!!

SPECIAL THANKS TO BARTLETT SYS AND WES MIESENHELTER

Elmore Park SYS would like to thank Bartlett SYS and Wes Miesenhleter for the donation of Barlett SYS' scoreboard. For those of you who have been a part of SYS for any length of time and have been a visitor to Bartletts old game field at Freeman Park have probably seen the scoreboard. The scoreboard is electronic, stands 10 feet tall and is on a 16 foot trailer.

With Bartlett moving to their new game facility at Hanks Field,, Bartlett decided to find a new home for the scoreboard since they no longer had need of it.

Elmore Park would like to extend a special warm-hearted thank you to Bartlett SYS for the donation which will be put to good use for years to come.

Right now the scoreboard is being stored at Tony Miller's home until it can be painted green and gold and a more suitale site can be found for long-term storage.

THANKS TO THE RIOS FAMILY FOR HOLDING PIZZA PARTY

Monday night after the J.V. game The Rios Family held a pizza party for the Bantam squad. Del purchased 35 pizzas which as I understand the Bantams duley polished off. This is the second year in a row the Rios have done this for the Bantam Squad. THANKS RIOS FAMILY FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE PACKER BANTAMS!!!!!!11

BBQ FUNDRAISER SLATED FOR OCT. 22ND

ON FRIDAY OCT 22ND ELMORE PARK WILL BE CONDUCTING ITS SEMI-ANNUAL BBQ FUND RAISER. THOSE OF YOU WHO PARTOOK OF THE KICK-OFF DINNER KNOW THAT ELMORE PARK KNOWS HOW TO COOK SOME MEAN BBQ.

THE MEAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR P.U. SATURDAY MORNING AND THROUGH-OUT THE DAY AT OUR HOME GAME WITH HAYWOOD COUNTY OCT. 23RD.

WE WILL BE OFFERING GRADE A BRYAN “FRESH NOT FROZEN” (PORK SHOULDERS AND PORK ROASTS (BOSTON BUTTS) FOR PRE-SALE. IF YOU DON’T ORDER NOW YOU WILL MISS OUT.

AVERAGE WEIGHT OF THE BOSTONS BUTTS WILL BE 8 TO 10 LBS AND THE SHOULDERS WILL COME IN AROUND 15 TO 20 LBS EACH.

TO GET YOUR ORDER FORM, VISIT US ON THE WEB AT WWW.ELMOREPARKPACKERS.COM OR CONTACT TERRY POUNDERS AT 650-6578.

GET YOUR FREE LIBERTY BOWL TICKETS..TIME IS RUNNING OUT..NOV.1ST IS THE DEADLINE

Now is the time to start making your plans to attend this years AutoZone Liberty Bowl. This year, the Bowl which features conference winners from the Mountain West and C-USA will be held 2:30 p.m. Friday on Dec. 31st. This will be a great holiday event since most of us will not be working that day.

Once again the Liberty Bowl has partnered with SYS to provide each and every SYS football and cheerleading participant an opportunity to attend the game for free. All you have to do is mail in your ticket request.

The ticket is a $40 value. Additional tickets for parents and family members are available for $40 and can be processed at the time of your request for the free ticket.

The order form can be found on the Elmore Park homepage at www.elmoreparkpackers.com.