BY JOHN CACKOWSKI
Director of Scouting
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For the 3rd year PBR Colorado will be hosting a series of select elite youth tournaments starting in late February and running through May. The PBR Colorado state championship will be held May 6 and 7. Below are the dates of the tournaments.
+ One of the changes we will be making this year is we are only hosting the 12U through 14U level at the Majors and AAA level. D1 is now Majors, and D2 is now AAA. At both levels teams have to request an invite to enter. Invite requests are sent to [email protected]. All tournaments will be scouted by the PBR staff. Players will have their profiles updated on our website. Our scouting staff consists of current and former MLB Scouts. The recruiting process starts early, and over 850 colleges in the country subscribe to our website. In our state we currently have players in their freshman years already committed to places such as Texas Christian, Arkansas, and Oregon State
+ On request PBR will host 8U through 11U levels, and on request we will host AA level tournaments. Below is our schedule for the upcoming 2018 season.
+ All tournaments are a 4-game guarantee
+ Baseballs are provided for all tournaments
Below is our tournament schedule.
February 24-25: Season Kickoff
March 3-4: Spring Opener #1
March 10-11: Spring Opener #2
March 17-18: Spring Opener #3
March 24-25: Spring Opener #4
March 31-April 1st: Colorado Classic
April 7-8: Mountain West Elite Classic
April 21-22: Rocky Mountain Showdown
April 28-29: Spring Invitational
May 5-6: PBR Colorado State Tournament
May 26-28: Hyland Hills Challenge (Double Elimination)
July 12-15: PBR West Championships (Vail/Eagle Colorado)
Pricing
The cost for each tournament is $625, however the state tournament will be $725, and the PBR West Championships will be $825
We will be offering discounts to those teams that register and pay early for all tournaments other then the state tournament and PBR West Championships. We will also be offering discounts for teams that sign up for multiple tournaments.
+ Registration Before
November 1st: $575
+ If teams register for 4 or more tournaments, their players will receive an Adidas PBR jersey in their team colors.
+ If teams register for 5 or more tournaments, they will receive 50% off on entry to PBR State Tournament.
+ If teams register for 6 or more tournaments, they will receive free entry into the PBR West Championships (Will have to stay at our host hotels in Vail/Eagle)
Teams and Players Receive:
- High-Level Exposure
- Skill Evaluation
- Top-level Competition
- Player will be written up in Colorado Scout Blogs on website
- Potential to be invited to future high profile, invite only PBR Events
The Future Games is an Invitation-Only event that features the best identified prospects from across the counrty in a four-day tournament at Grand Park in Westfield, IN. Participants will compete against other top-level players while representing their respective state.
The Junior Future Games will take place at Grand Park in Westfield, IN. This state-of-the-art facility features 26 fields, including 8 all-turf fields. The event is a 5-game guarantee and will include single elimination bracket play to determine a champion in each age group. Players will participate in a PBR Showcase as a part of their experience.
The Junior Future Games will run in conjunction with the Prep Baseball Report’s Future Games.The Future Games features the top rising sophomores and juniors from across the Prep Baseball Report’s 29-state coverage area. It is one of the most highly recruited events of the summer and attracts more than 200 college coaches from across the country each year with most Power 5 schools in attendance.
- 81% of the players since 2016 who committed to play college baseball out of high school from Colorado have participated in a PBR Colorado Event
- 78% of the players since 2016 who committed to play D-1 baseball out of high school from Colorado have participated in a PBR Colorado Event
- 72% of the players since 2016 who were drafted out of Colorado from high school have participated in a PBR Colorado Event.
* These numbers do not count PBR Colorado Tournaments where numbers would be higher
Click Here to Request Invite to the Junior Future Games Tryouts held on 2-11-18 for 12U-14U players
PBR Youth Tournaments have a "Pencil In" option for registration.
When you register there will be a spot for a coupon code. In that spot type in "pencilin" and you will be registered for that tournament for free.
PBR Colorado will be using a points for tournament registration system for their youth tournaments. First, Second, Third and Fourth Place will all be issued PBR points which can be redeemed towards their entrance fee for the PBR West Championships.
1st Place: 75 Points
2nd Place: 50
3rd Place: 35
4th Place: 35
Each Point counts as $1 towards the PBR West Championships
PBR Colorado Tournament Refund Policy
The Prep Baseball Report Colorado will issue the following Refund Policy for its tournaments:
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0 games played: 100% credit toward a future PBR Tournament
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1 game played: 50% credit toward a future PBR Tournament
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2 games played: 25% credit toward a future Game PBR Tournament
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3 or more games completed: No credits due
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If event brackets have been posted there is no refund.
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If a team cancels 15 business days or more prior to the event start date Teams may transfer the registration to another PBR Colorado Youth Tournament Series event for full value.
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50% of the tournament fee will be refunded if a team cancels 10 to 14 business days prior to the event.
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If a team cancels 9 or fewer business days prior to the event there will be no refund given.
ABOUT PBR COLORADO
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www.prepbaseballreport.com/colorado Your No.1 source for Amateur baseball in Colorado. Tweets include scout notes, Colorado High School team & player coverage, scores/highlights/showcases/games
ABOUT PREP BASEBALL REPORT
Since its inception in 2005, the Prep Baseball Report has evolved into one of the country’s biggest and most respected independent scouting services, with a singular focus of providing comprehensive coverage in every state we are in. The mission of the Prep Baseball Report is to promote high school baseball and, ultimately, help prep athletes achieve their dreams of playing baseball at the next level.
The Prep Baseball Report is the No. 1 resource for high school baseball in each state we cover through our variety of events, boots-on-the-ground scouting staff, daily coverage, and multimedia platforms. Our multimedia platforms and events work in tandem, ultimately creating the most powerful source of high school baseball promotion in each state. While other organizations take a national approach, our goal is to become the authoritative voice on the ground level of each state.
Our flagship state, Prep Baseball Report Illinois, was launched in 2005 as a print magazine. Over the last 10 years, the Prep Baseball Report has brought the same comprehensive coverage model into 34 states, the District of Columbia, Ontario, and counting. Now, more than 850 colleges and pro scouts subscribe to the Prep Baseball Report services.
We take great pride in providing the most thorough and comprehensive high school baseball coverage in each state and have now added tournaments to events that we host for both youth and high school aged players.
