Event Description

North Side Hop And Hit Showdown - Crystal Lake

Hosted by JP Sports

📅 April 3rd - April 4th

🐰⚾ Event Overview ⚾🐰

Celebrate Easter weekend with baseball at the North Side Hop and Hit Showdown! Champions of each division will earn Custom JP Sports Rings

- This event is USSSA, giving your team the chance to play for USSSA points

*ALL TEAMS MUST BE USSSA SANCTIONED  AND ROSTERED BEFORE THE START OF THE EVENT*

🏟 Facility Information

• Lippold Park – Crystal Lake, Illinois is a spacious, well-maintained youth sports complex offering multiple synthetic turf fields as well as a couple Large grass infield high school level fields designed for tournament play. The facility provides ample parking, concessions, and an Iron Mike batting cage, making it a family-friendly destination for tournament baseball in Northern Illinois. 

        Facility Rules:

• NO metal spikes (On Turf)
• NO sunflower seeds or Gum (On Turf)

📋 Tournament Details

• Sanctioning: Teams MUST Sanction and Roster through USSSA 
• Waivers: Teams must complete waivers via JP Sports Login
• Roster Compliance: Teams must be sanctioned and have a completed USSSA roster uploaded before the event starts
• Refund Policy: Please reference the JP Sports Rules. See Item 45 for Refund Policy.
• Rules: https://irp.cdn-website.com/6a9b086b/files/uploaded/2025-baseball-rules-3f5b0c10.pdf

📅 Schedule

• Dates: April 3rd - 4th, 2026
• Start Times: Games may begin Friday no earlier than 5:00 p.m.
• Game Guarantee: 3 Games Minimum
• Format: 2 Pool Play Games followed by Bracket Play

⚾ Age Divisions & Field Dimensions

• 8u KP: 40’ mound / 60’ bases
• 9u: 46’ mound / 65’ bases
• 10u: 46’ mound / 65’ bases
• 11u: 50’ mound / 70’ bases
• 12u: 50’ mound / 70’ bases
• 13u: 54’ mound / 80’ bases
• 14u: 60’ mound / 90’ bases

⚠️ JP Sports reserves the right to modify and/or combine divisions as needed.

⚾ Bat Restrictions 

• All Bats 8u-14u AAA must be stamped 1.15 BPF per USSSA rule. All  bats for 14u Major and all high school divisions must use BBCOR per NFHS.
  
  Weight Drop Restrictions:
•  8u - 12u: No weight restrictions
• 13u: -3, -5 or -8 ONLY
• 14u A, 14u AA, 14u AAA: -3 or -5
• 14u MAJOR, High School Divisions: -3 BBCOR

💰 Entry Fees

Gate Admission:

- WHAT GATE FEES??.... THERE ARE NO GATE FEE'S FOR THIS TOURNAMENT PERIOD!!

- THE MORE JP EVENTS YOU PLAY, THE MORE YOU WILL SAVE! CONTACT US TODAY & SAVE!!

🏨 Hotels – Stay to Play

Stay and Play

Our tournaments are Stay to Play events - meaning teams outside of 90 miles from the complex are required to book their hotel rooms through our hotel partner, Creative Travels. With questions on this policy, requirements or restrictions, please email info@playjpsports.com.

We have partnered with Creative Travels to secure discounted room blocks at a variety of tournament approved hotels close to our venues. This is a Stay to Play event. It is required that all teams traveling to this event from 90 miles or more reserve their lodging accommodations through Creative Travels. Thank you in advance for your cooperation;

• Please note booking through a third party, such as Priceline, Hotels.com or Expedia is NOT allowed.
• We don't currently offer an opt out, if you have any questions please feel free to reach out at info@playjpsports.com
• Teams failing to comply with the stay to play policy are subject to removal from the event, without refund.  

📲 Event Contacts

For questions about the event, USSSA, Discounts and Promos, please see the corresponding contacts at the bottom of the page.

🐰⚾ Hop into Easter weekend with big swings, big moments, and the chance to take home custom Easter rings at the North Side Hop and Hit Showdown!

✅ Register today