The weather was the winner in June as rain storms drove the tournament to cancellation, but we have a silver lining in the clouds – a NEW DATE!
Teams will take the fields on Saturday, August 16th at Lehigh County Sports Fields to compete in the 21st Annual Sheftel Memorial Tournament. This is a modified day of family fun that will focus on game play, a raffle, and sweet treats from Fifi’s Ice Cream truck.
The schedule for the day is below:
| Game Time | Field C3 | Field C4 | Field C5 |
| 9:00 – 10:00 | GOLD GAME 10 | SILVER GAME 5 | GOLD GAME 9 |
| 10:00 – 11:00 | SILVER GAME 7 | SILVER GAME 6 | SILVER GAME 8 |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | GOLD GAME 13 | SILVER SEMIFINAL (9S) | GOLD GAME 14 |
| 12:00 – 1:00 | BRONZE SEMIFINAL (2B) | BRONZE SEMIFINAL (1B) | GOLD GAME 15 |
| 1:00 – 2:00 | GOLD SEMIFINAL (16G) | BRONZE CHAMPIONSHIP (3B) | SILVER SEMIFINAL (10S) |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | GOLD SEMIFINAL (17G) | SILVER CHAMPIONSHIP (11S) | |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | GOLD CHAMPIONSHIP (18G) |
We hope you will come and cheer on the teams swinging for Shef!
🏆 Brackets
We’re keeping the Gold, Silver, and Bronze brackets. All teams will play between 2 to 5 games. Only four teams—some still competing in the Gold bracket—could potentially play five games. Most teams will play 2–4 games throughout the day.
📅 Schedule & Fields
- Games run from 9 AM to 4 PM, starting on the hour.
- There will be no scheduled breaks between games, so please make sure your team is ready to move efficiently from one game to the next.
- The three championship games will be played back-to-back-to-back at the end of the day to keep up the energy and maintain flow.
- We’re using fields C3, C4, and C5 only. We’re skipping C6 to simplify setup, reduce the number of umpires needed, and keep everything closer together for spectators and logistics.
👥 Teams
As previously mentioned, rosters can be adjusted and do not need to be limited to your original roster. New players should wear a shirt similar in color as your team. Discounted team shirts will be available for purchase the day of the tournament.
- We have four teams not returning (Alex’s All Stars, Lucky 7’s, Green Hills, and Sea Jays), but there may be players from those teams who want to sub in with a new team.
- Captains of those teams: If any of your players are interested in continuing to play, please have them email or text our tournament director Chip (570-447-8055) directly to get connected with a team.
- Captains of active teams: If you need extra players, let me know as soon as possible so I can help coordinate. Please do not wait until the last minute to get people to commit to this date.
🎟 Raffle
We’ll hold a raffle for unsold Silent Auction items—please share this with your team so they can come prepared. Cash, Credit, and Venmo will be accepted.
Come out and join us for a day of fun (and hopefully sunshine!)