Dingers For Dads is our annual softball tournament we host on Father’s. This takes place at Mossville/Medina Township softball fields.
Our 2025 tournament will take place June 14th and June 15th. It will be open to 8U, 10U, and 12U teams. It will be a 4 game guarantee tournament. 3 pool games that lead into a single elimination bracket. The champions will get rings and a team trophy while the runner-ups will get medals and a team trophy. $350 for 8U and $450 for 10U and 12U.
Tournament shirts will be available for purchase.
Concessions including grill will be available during the tournament. There will also be specialty food trucks on site.
2025 Dingers For Dads Tournament Rules
- 1 Coaches, please have your team ready to play at the allotted time. Warm-up areas are available beyond the outfield fences. There will only be a short break between games, so please have pitchers warmed up and ready to start as soon as possible. It is possible we will start games before the scheduled times.
- 2 All games are 7 innings with a 1:15 minute time limit; finish the inning.
- 3 USA Softball Rules Apply
- 4 A very brief umpire / coaches meeting will take place before each game. Game time starts at the conclusion of that meeting.
- 5 Home team is designated by coin clip during pool play and higher seed for bracket play.
- 6 Bat the bench and free defensive substitution format for all teams. If you do not bat the bench you
- 7 In the event of an injured or ill player, the player’s spot in the order can be skipped without an out, provided the team still has at least 9 players in the lineup. That player cannot re-enter for the remainder of the game (but can be in the line-up for a later game).
- 8 Run rules: games will end if a team is up by 12 runs after 3 innings, 10 runs after 4 innings, or 8 runs after 5 innings.
- 9 Games will not end in a tie. Pool games and bracket games will have extra innings, starting with a last completed at bat on 2nd base.
- 10 All umpire calls are final, and any disrespectful behavior by players, coaches, or spectators will not be tolerated. Violators will be ejected.
- 11 Umpires will fill out score card for each game and turn in to tournament organizers. Both coaches must confirm score by signature.
- 12 Winners in pool play and round robin formats will be determined by: 1) overall record 2) head-to-head 3) fewest runs allowed 4) coin flip.
- 13 Rain outs: every effort will be made to play all scheduled games, and additional sites are available if needed to get the games in on a shortened schedule. If all games are not completed, refunds will be provided on the following schedule: 0 games played: 100% refund, 1 game played: 50% refund, 2 games played: 0% refund.
Medina Sports Complex – 1531 E Fairview St, Peoria, IL 61615
