2024 Showcase
Battle at the Borders Tournament

2024 Teams Registered

We started this event in 2018 and had 40+ teams our first year. 2nd year we had 60+ teams... Now... we are going to exceed 100+ teams for last 2 years! Whats next? We have teams coming from Canada, Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island in this one. If you are interested in participating in one of the Northeast's biggest and most traveled event, please secure your spot now or inquire at operations@firecrackersports.com for more details.

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2024 Hotel Policy

ALL TRAVELING TEAM MANAGERS/CLUB ADMINISTRATORS MUST REVIEW OUR HOTEL POLICY & RULES BELOW. FAILURE TO KNOW OUR POLICY COULD SUBJECT YOUR TEAM TO NON-ACCEPTANCE OR REMOVAL FROM THE TOURNAMENT

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To insure the quality of service provided during Firecracker Sports events, there is a Hotel Obligation Policy.

WHAT IS A “HOTEL OBLIGATION” TOURNAMENT?

Simply stated, if your team requires hotel accommodations (team traveling 75 miles or more to the event’s destination city) your team MUST stay at one of the approved participating tournament partner hotels. These participating hotels are reviewable by clicking on the “hotel” links on the tournament event page or on the main page of Firecracker Sports. Reservations can be made prior to being accepted and should be made ASAP as the hotels fill up quick.

WHY DOES THIS TOURNAMENT HAVE A “HOTEL OBLIGATION?”

We work very hard to keep our costs down and also balance the economic impact a tournament like ours can have towards the communities and programs we serve. The approved hotels on this website assist with both concerns and the following are the benefits to our programs:

• To make it manageable we have room nights “blocked” for our out-of-town teams from our participating tournament partner hotels.
• Because we do not use a Third Party Housing Group and we negotiate large blocks of rooms with the hotels directly, you’ll find a wide variety of best pricing and amenities from our hotels.
• Care in selecting location and proximity to our playing field. See our “fields/facilities” tab to find out where your team most likely will be playing so you can lock down hotels near your fields.
• All of our tournament hotels have been approved due to their quality and desire to give our guests the best event experience.
• Room inventory which is shared with the tournament to ensure that room demands can be met from year to year.
• By using participating tournament partner hotels, Firecracker Sports can offer our “Act of God” Clause. This states “Should this event be cancelled for reasons beyond the Event Organizer’s control (including weather), all outstanding reservations will be released at no charge to the participants.”

WHY ARE THERE PENALTIES FOR NOT ABIDING BY OUR HOTEL “HOTEL OBLIGATION” POLICY?

In order to best serve our out-of-town teams we need this to be a win-win for our guest teams and our hotel partners…If the rules are not followed then we jeopardize our relationships with these hotels and this could potentially add more costs to the teams.

WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES FOR NOT FOLLOWING OUR POLICY?

• Any accepted team to a tournament(s) who requires overnight accommodations and does not stay in one of our approved partner hotels will not be accepted to the tournament.

• An accepted team to a tournament(s) who requires overnight accommodations and double books their team at more than one hotel will not be accepted to the tournament or will be removed from the tournament.

• Teams who do not stay in our partner hotels will risk forfeiting their games and not be allowed to return to the tournament next year.

WHAT IF OUR TEAM DOES NOT GET ACCEPTED AND WE HAVE A HOTEL RESERVATION?

Teams will be able to cancel their hotel reservation if they are not accepted to the tournament.

2024 Fields & Facilities

2024 Tournament Rules

Thank you for your interest in Firecracker Sports and support for our baseball events. We have updated several rules so there is more clarity to lineups, tie-breakers and other dynamics like home vs. away. We answer all of your biggest questions regarding rules by checking out our "Team Information" section which includes event rules such as age requirements, tie-breakers, lineups and much more like insurance, rosters and payments. Please click on the button below for more advanced details.

If you have any questions or concerns please hit the chat button at the bottom of your screen or email operations@firecrackersports.com for more details.

Official Tournament Rules

2024 Team Roster Forms

Thank you for your interest in Firecracker Sports and support for our baseball events. In order to provide you the best experience possible, we request the entry of your team’s roster via the link below. The deadline for all summer tournaments is April 1st. This will allow us to promote your student athletes to the attending college coaches ahead of time along with promote the players who have committed to play in college, giving an extra boast not only to the student athletes but your programs as well!

We have created a brand new and innovative website that is user-friendly for our parents, players and coaches. With this exciting new addition, we have created a one-stop shop for all your showcase baseball needs. You can create a user account, setup your teams, register for any event, make payments plus enter your roster one time and being done for the entire calendar year! This platform also will be where you see hotels, shopping, schedules, scores, standings and playoff implications right from your mobile device. We hope you enjoy this special benefit and make your life easier.

Enter Team Roster Information right here!

2024 Tournament Schedule

We work on releasing our schedules 2 MONTHS prior to any event we host and run in a normal year. Once our event becomes full we begin to put the teams, fields and pool play together so you can plan your trip better to the Saratoga and Lake George, NY area. This allows everyone to plan in advance their hotels, social events but also let the college programs you're interested in, know the playing times of your team.

We will release schedules directly to the coaches when they have submitted all paperwork and payments, as early as February 1st. Public release for this event in 2024 will be June 12th, listed right here. We try to maintain first class customer service from the point of registration, all the way through our final Championship game of our events, so your experience always remains first class!

Please check out the latest scores and standings of our current event held for the Showcase Battle at the Borders.

2024 SCHEDULES/RESULTS

2023 Playoffs/Tie-Breaker System

13U Division

• The 3 pool winners will advance to Sunday's playoffs along with 1 Wild Card team, according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
• Semifinal games will take place at 9am and 1115am at the College of Saint Rose.
• We will have a championship game on Sunday, July 16th at the Christian Plumeri Sports Complex, home of the College of Saint Rose, immediately after the semifinal games.
• There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

14U Division

• The 3 pool winners will advance to Sunday's playoffs along with 1 Wild Card team, according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
• Semifinal games will take place at 830am at 2 different sites.
• We will have a championship game on Sunday, July 16th at the Skidmore College at 1115am.
• There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

15U Division

• The 4 pool winners will advance to Sunday's playoffs along with 1 Wild Card team, according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
• Quarterfinal and Semifinal games on Sunday morning will take place at multiple sites.
• We will have a championship game on Sunday, July 16th at the Skidmore College 345PM.
• There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

16U/17U Division

• The 5 pool winners will advance to Sunday's playoffs along with 3 Wild Card teams, according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
• Quarterfinals and Semifinal games will take place on Sunday morning at Central Park Diamond A along with Lansingburgh HS. 
• We will have a championship game on Sunday, July 16th at the Central Park Diamond A, home of the College of Bryant & Stratton at 4PM. 
• There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

18U/19U Division

• The 2 pool winners will advance to Sunday's playoffs, according to the tie-breaker system, listed below.
• We will have a championship game on Sunday, July 16th at the Skidmore College at 9am.
• There will be a short award and trophy presentation at the end of each championship game.

TIE-BREAKER SYSTEM (for advancing from pool play to playoffs):

1. Overall Record (if all teams have played the same amount of games within that pool. If event is impacted by weather, we will use winning percentage instead of overall record)
2. Head to Head (if all teams have played each other)
3. Runs allowed
4. Run Differential
5. Runs scored
6. Coin flip

Showcase Battle at the Borders Scores & Standings

We have stepped up your tournament experience by launching a mobile friendly scores, standings and brackets application to make your experience even better. Now you can see scores, schedules and standings right from your mobile device as soon as the games are concluded. No more calls, emails to find out where, when and who you are playing. Through our app, you can find the GPS location of fields, get notified of time changes, incase of inclement weather but more importantly know where your team is placed for standings after wins or unfortunately, losses.

Please check out the latest scores and standings of our events, past and present, held in Saratoga and Schenectady, New York.

2024 Results/Standings

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