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Is there a difference between the 4 Divisions in NCPAL for 4th grade?

I was under the impression that the Board encouraged balanced teams through 4th grade (whether towns comply with that mandate is another discussion and based on the comments in this thread it appears that many towns do not). That said, if every town is supposed to have 'balanced' teams, are the Divisions merely structured to group towns that have similar abilities based on history?

Would be interested to hear if anyone can shed some light on how the 4th grade Divisions are determined.

Divisions are determined based on the previous years records. PAL tries to create balanced divisions so that similar strength towns play one another. PAL asks the directors to let them know if the team for the current year has similar players from the previous year, and looks at their record as well. They match similar strength teams. It usually works out well unless a director lies and stacks a team that is put in a lower division.

That is why the Select division was created--so teams could compete if they chose to with the towns that have cuts for PAL and only put forth one team into PAL play and up until this point would roll over many of the other non stacked multiple team PAL towns...

wondering how the opening weekend worked out for you? we were involved in a blowout. great job seeding teams pal.

Middle Country 8 th grade team is a sandbagging fools.. Their Coach is a tool.... Plays down just to win games....

Middle country not a stacked team combined two teams. They r a good team but like all other teams have some good players and some weak players

My sons 4th grade malverne played Franklin square today.

Division 4. It was 11-9.. Evenly matched. Both teams had 1 or 2 players with most kids without a clue

Is there any where to get the results of Suffolk PAL games?

there is an 8thgrade PAL division??? what the what

Don't think so.

why the need for scores, is there a playoff? if not then each game is a new season each week building on the next!

Just a shout out to Long beach 5 "B" team. They played North Shore and blanked us. Long Beach was well coached, played clean and were aggressive. Good experience for my North Shore guys.

any good games yesterday??

No, but there are 7th/8th divisions.

This is a pure 8th grade division as well - played yesterday

I am new to this... Anyone know where to find Nassau results/standings week to week?

That is not posted. Never has been, probably never will be.

This site no longer works. Anyone know whats going on?

it worked this morning...

Hey 4th grade. How is the Suffolk PAL season going for everyone? Who are the teams that you're having troubles with (any division)?

B+ division seems pretty light. How do they pick the teams?

The Sayville Purple team in the 4th Grade Blue Division is a very good team. They should really be in the A division.

Most town pal division bracket teams are picked and separated by a group of coaches or the director. It's basically done that way to give each kid the realistic opportunity to play at his or hers own level.
Many parents although feel that their child is more advanced then they really are which creates animosity amongst the parents from the no kid should be seregated factor . as usual politically correct syndrome will ruin youth town ball if the objective is to build a stronger program by placing the advanced with advanced and the devolopmental with the devolopmental , there's no value in placing both together on both ends of the fence , when neither will benifit from it .

Thanks for the info. We play them later in the season. Anyone else play any solid teams in B+? Port Jeff? Comsewogue? Riverhead? SYAG?

Who's the best 4th grade team? Three Village?

Jericho Gold is definitely in the conversation.

What about 3rd and 5th?

That Comsewogue team is an average B+ team.

West Islip is team to beat

Bayshore has a pretty good 6th grade team.

No, the team to beat is Bayside.

What are you basing that Comsewogue statement on. Did your son's team play them? What was the score? And if not what teams has your son's played?

The Bayside Tigers? I heard that, too. **deleted**is the best fogo the team has ever seen. And if he can get it up to ***deleted**at lefty attack, it's a goal, no doubt. With **Deleted***at LPM, they are definitely a force to be reckoned with; even with **Deleted****in goal.

You had to ruin it in the end!!

No one will know who that is now!

Very nice!

How is 4th grade A competition so far We play B and want yo see difference. Smith town 3v etc.

Lets start posting in the 2015 PAL thread.

That was a reference to the 90's TV show "Saved By The Bell" and their team the Bayside Tigers

How did suffolk pal go today? Any good games in 4th grade?

SCPAL Rules Article 1 Section 1 Paragraph 4:
No player can participate in a scheduled league game unless he/she is on that team’s official roster. A player may appear only on one (1) roster and registered in only one (1) community. All league teams must produce their official roster if requested by an opposing coach or league official.

I am aware of a few teams that broke a few of these rules this weekend by leaving A team players in for the following B games or using older "filler" players. I will be educating every official of this rule and will ask that it is enforced for any game my team plays. Coaches, save your stories and just bring your rosters. I don't want to hear your lame justifications, simply follow the rules.

Happening in Nassau too. Never thought I would see the day towns would cheat to win PAL games. This sport is going down a very sad road. Someone has to step up or baseball is going to start seeing a lot of their players coming back. It's already starting to happen.