EVENT DETAILS

GSL Road to States

  • Tournament Date
    Jun 20 - Jun 21 2026
  • Entry Fee
    $394
  • Stature
    Qualifier - USSSA - Points
  • Entry Fee

    $394

  • Gate Fee
    TBA

Tournament Division

Division Entry Fee Gate Fee Max Entries Teams
Entered
Game
Guarantee
Format

Event Ballparks

Venue Name Address Maps link
Western Branch , Chesapeake, VA, 23322 Open in Maps
Venue Name
Western Branch
Address
, Chesapeake, VA, 23322

Event Lodging

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Venue Name Address Dates Details
Western Branch , Chesapeake, VA, 23322 Jun 20-21 Find Hotels
Venue Name
Western Branch
Address
, Chesapeake, VA, 23322
Dates
Jun 20-21

Event Updates

ALL COACHES READ - EVENT INFO/RULES

PARK ADDRESS

4437 Portsmouth Blvd

Chesapeake, VA 23321

PAYMENT INFORMATION


    • Cash or Check Only

  • All teams must check in and PAY BEFORE THEIR FIRST GAME.

  • No electronic payments will be accepted at the park.

SOFTBALLS


  • Men’s Balls: $8 Each or $85 Per Dozen

  • Women’s balls will be provided for all Women’s and Coed games.

COURTESY RUNNERS


  • Courtesy runners may be anyone on the roster.

  • Unlimited courtesy runners may be used for the same player each inning.

  • In Coed, courtesy runners must be the same gender as the player being run for.

DESIGNATED HOME RUN HITTER (DHH)


  • Teams may designate a DHH before the game.

  • In Coed, teams may designate one Male DHH and one Female DHH.

  • A DHH home run does not count toward the team’s home run limit.

  • If a DHH is walked (intentional or unintentional), the next player eligible under that DHH designation may hit a home run without penalty until the DHH’s spot in the lineup comes back up.

  • If a DHH is substituted for, the team loses the DHH privilege until the original player returns.

DOUBLE ENTRY


  • Players may enter and re-enter the game up to two times in the same batting position.

PITCHING ARC


  • Minimum: 5 Feet

  • Maximum: 10 Feet

NO FLIP-FLOP RULE


  • GSL does not use the USSSA flip-flop run rule.

HOME RUN RULES

MEN’S POOL PLAY


  • DHH + 3 HR

  • Additional HRs are inning-ending outs.

MEN’S D BRACKET PLAY


  • DHH + 3 HR

  • Additional HRs are inning-ending outs.

MEN’S E BRACKET PLAY


  • DHH + 1 HR

  • Additional HRs are inning-ending outs.

WOMEN’S POOL PLAY


  • DHH + 1 HR

  • Additional HRs are inning-ending outs.

WOMEN’S UPPER BRACKET PLAY


  • DHH + 3 HR

  • Additional HRs are inning-ending outs.

WOMEN’S LOWER BRACKET PLAY


  • DHH + 1 HR

  • Additional HRs are inning-ending outs.

COED POOL PLAY


  • Male: DHH + 1 HR

  • Female: DHH + 1 HR

  • Home run limits are tracked separately by gender.

  • Additional HRs are inning-ending outs.

COED UPPER BRACKET PLAY


  • Male: DHH + 3 HR

  • Female: DHH + 3 HR

  • Home run limits are tracked separately by gender.

  • Additional HRs are inning-ending outs.

COED LOWER BRACKET PLAY


  • Male: DHH + 1 HR

  • Female: DHH + 1 HR

  • Home run limits are tracked separately by gender.

  • Additional HRs are inning-ending outs.

PARK RULES


  • No alcohol permitted in the park.

  • No marijuana permitted in the park.

  • Anyone observed consuming alcohol or marijuana will be removed from the facility.

  • Music must be clean and appropriate.

  • Music must be kept at a reasonable volume.

  • Teams are responsible for the conduct of their players and spectators.

Good luck to all teams this weekend.

June 18, 2026 - 05:02pm

EQUALIZERS

This event is not open (except women’s), there will be equalizers in place for multiple divisions 
(Either 5 runs at the start of the game or an extra fielder)

Teams will play by the higher ranking teams HR Rules

MENS POOL PLAY

All men’s E teams will get an equalizer IF playing a men’s D team. 
Your pool play record does not seed you in brackets, it will go by runs scored, if there is a tie it will go by run differential. 

WOMENS

Womens is open, however understand that based on your roster, you may be placed in the upper division regardless of your results from pool play. 
UPPER TEAMS - Lady Selfmade, Lady Bubba Strong


Old School (Men’s Rec) - Equalizer every game
Galacticas (Women’s E) - Equalizer every game 
Daddies N Baddies (Mixed E) - Equalizer every game 
Hired Guns + Tune Squad (Mixed C) - will give opponent an equalizer every game unless playing each other

June 17, 2026 - 11:10pm

APPROVED PLAYERS (Coed/Womens)

TTG Elite - James Jones

Sweet Teas - Courtney Malin

Lady Selfmade - Lauren Taylor, Maggie Adams 

FOF - Ryon Valdez

Thin Brew Line - Dalton Millwood

June 17, 2026 - 11:04pm

Rosters and Roster Eligibility

All Rosters must be online.  

The database will not allow an illegal player (classification) to be added to a roster including the pending players.  

 In  the event of a roster protest, any pending player will be ruled eligible as long as he can provide ID that matches his rostered name. The only protest that will be allowed is that a player that is in the game is NOT on the roster. Managers will be allowed to see the online roster of the opposing teams "pending" players if requested.

June 17, 2026 - 10:58pm

Banned and Legal Bats / Banned and Legal Balls

COMPLETE LIST FOR BATS AND BALLS IN THE LINK BELOW HTTPS://USSSA.COM/SLOWPITCH/SLOWPITCH-LICENSED-SOFTBALL-BAT-BALL-MANUFACTURERS
ALL ONYX BALLS ARE BANNED.... ANY OTHER USSSA OR GSL STAMPED CLASSIC M, PRO M, OR CLASSIC PLUS IS LEGAL FOR USSSA PLAY.   GSL BALLS MAY NOT BE ALLOWED IN SOME EVENTS OUTSIDE OF THE CAROLINAS AND VIRGINIA. EVENT DIRECTORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CHECK ANY BAT AND ANYTIME FOR COMPRESSION TOLERANCE


240 Stamp   Old Stamp

ONLY 240 BATS ALLOWED

As you may know, there was a temporary ban on Suncoast and Juno Bats. They had testing issues and it was deemed a safety issue

the Juno bats have been reinstated,.........

The SunCoast banned models are listed below

Suncoast | SR12MUCETE
Suncoast | SRM12AASE
Suncoast | SR12MUCE
Suncoast | SRMAASE
Suncoast | SRMAASB
Suncoast | SRMUSE
Suncoast | SR12MUSE
Suncoast | SRMUSB
Suncoast | SR12MUSB

June 17, 2026 - 10:55pm

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