We are finalizing the cast of teams entering.  Looks like we will be pulling 3-4 teams from the waitlist this weekend.  We will start refunding money on Monday for those of you who have paid.  We simply filled up before the deadline.  With the economy and the different tryout structure the state did this year, I expected the numbers to be down.  I never thought we would have exceeded the limit.  We had about 218 teams apply. 

We will go to scheduling starting near the end of this next week.  We will proof it over the weekend and then post by next Sunday, Monday or the lastest Tuesday.  Then you will proof it and notifiy the mistakes that we made.  We do this by hand and not through a program simply because of coaches with multiple teams and multiple requests.  The number one request:  late morning games.  We are full to the max, so somebody has to expect to play early morning games.

Questions?  email me at yakattackdirector@yahoo.com
Gregg

Here is how the waitlist works.  A waitlist is established by time and by bracket.  This means that if a team drops out, our goal is to replace it with like age and gender.  What this means is that there is a waitlist for every age group including adults.  We will pull from the waitlist is we have a odd number bracket as well.  Hope this helps.
Gregg

It has happened.  The last minute flood of registrations as sent the total amount of teams over the maximum that is set aside for the tournament which is 175 teams.  Currently, I think we have 200 teams.  We probably had 70 teams apply on line yesterday with another 10 in the office which puts us in hold pattern. 
Our goal now is verify the incoming rosters through the applications that were received in the order they were received.  We will process them and then send confirmation letters over the weekend.  We will process the applications as they are timestamped through the internet.  This means that because you sent your application before the deadline does not guarantee a spot.  A waitlist will established.
Many teams have been on the unconfirmed list for a while waiting payment.  Those teams will be dropped from the unconfirmed list and replaced with a team on the waitlist.  The unconfirmed teams will have until Thursday April 24th to make that happen, then they will be dropped.  The unconfirmed teams are the ones that sent the application but no money, they should know who they are.
We are in the process of seeing if there are any field configurations that we can do to squeeze another field in which is a possibility.  We will have that answer by the weekend as well.
We are trying to do everything we can to get the teams in but it remains a mystery why so many teams wait till the last minute to apply.
Gregg

We are getting bombarded with the scheduling requesting to play later in the day "as we are traveling early in the morning".  I realize that saving some money on hotel rooms is important, I want to make sure that I can't honor all requests as we have a full busy day on Saturday.  Somebody has to play in the morning and it can't be all Yakima teams as I am sure they don't want to play each other.  We try our best to honor all request but we wanted to let everybody know that a lot of you are requesting the same thing
Gregg

As expected, we are getting quite a few entries as we get closer to the deadline.  A confirmation letter will be sent to you verifying that the team is accepted which means that the roster is verified and payment is received.  This letter will verify team name , city listed in the program, and it asks that you reply back so that I know the email system works. 
  It takes a few days as the YYSA office and I use the same spreadsheet which we electronically send back and forth every 4 days or so.  Please hang in there and a letter will be in your mailbox shortly

Gregg