2023 season the East Conference has 7 teams playing a 24 game conference schedule. Each team plays home and away double headers (6 teams x 4 games).
For the 2022 season the East Conference has 7 teams split into 2 sub-districts for conference play. North subdistrict- Glasgow Reds, Glendive Blue Devils, Richland County Patriots and the South subdistrict- Billings Blue Jays, Billings Cardinals, Laurel Dodgers, Miles City Mavericks. East conference teams play 12 conference games within the sub-districts. Seeding for the district tournament will cross 1-4, 2-3, etc.
For the 2021 season the East Conference is split into 2 sub-districts for conference play. North subdistrict- Froid Bulls, Glasgow Reds, Glendive Blue Devils, Wolf Point Yellowjackets and the South subdistrict- Billings Blue Jays, Billings Cardinals, Laurel Dodgers, Miles City Mavericks. East conference teams play 12 conference games within the sub-districts. Seeding for the district tournament will cross 1-4, 2-3, etc.
2023 Season: The North Conference has 8 teams playing as a single conference this season. Each team will play home and way double headers for a total of 28 games (7 teams x 4 games)
2022 NORTH Conference has a CANADIAN & US Sub-districtS:
2022 Season: The North Conference has 8 teams playing this season. The 4 US teams will play a conference schedule, and the 4 Canadian teams will play a conference schedule in Canada. Each team plays the other 3 teams 4 times for a 12 game conference schedule. District tournament seeding will be determined from US and Candadian teams standings. US 1 will play CA 4, and US 2 will play CA 3, US 3 will play CA 2 & US 4 will play CA 1.
West District has a North & South Sub-district:
2023 Season: The West District is split into 2 sub-districts, North & South. The North District teams are Cranbrook Bandits, Glacier Twins, Libby Loggers & Kalispell Lakers. The South District teams are Bitterroot Bucs, Bitterroot Red Sox, Mission Valley Mariners & Missoula Mavericks.
For the conference schedule the 4 North District teams play a 20 game conference schedule (3 teams x 4 games + 4 teams x 2 games). The South District teams also play a 20 game conference schedule (3 teams x 4 games + 4 teams x 2 games)
West District has a North & South Sub-district:
For the 2022 season the West District is split into 2 sub-districts, North & South. The North District teams are Cranbrook Bandits, Glacier Twins, Libby Loggers & Kalispell Lakers. The South District teams are Bitterroot Bucs, Bitterroot Red Sox, Mission Valley Mariners & Missoula Mavericks.
For the conference schedule the 4 North District teams play a 20 game conference schedule (3 teams x 4 games + 4 teams x 2 games). The South District teams also play a 20 game conference schedule (3 teams x 4 games + 4 teams x 2 games)
West District has a North & South Sub-district:
For the 2021 season the West District is split into 2 sub-districts, North & South. The North District teams are Libby Loggers, Glacier Twins & Kalispell Lakers. The South District teams are Bitterroot Bucs, Bitterroot Red Sox, Mission Valley Mariners & Missoula Mavericks. The Cranbrook Bandits who would normally play in the North District can not play due to the Canadian border closure.
For the conference schedule the 3 North District teams play a 16 game conference schedule (2 teams x 4 games + 4 teams x 2 games). The South District teams play an 18 game conference schedule (3 teams x 4 games + 3 teams x 2 games)
Tie Breaker Rule
If two or more teams end the regular season with identical win/loss records for conference games, the team's eligibility for post season play shall be decided as follows:
a). The team winning the most of the conference games will advance.
b). If teams split the conference games, the total runs scored in all conference games by the teams shall decide the winner.
c). If both teams conference wins and total runs scored are identical. A flip of a coin will decide the eligibility of the two teams by the Chairman.
d). If three or more teams are tied, the best winning percentage against teams ending the season (tied or not) in positions 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 in the final conference standings will determine the highest seed with the other teams following in order based on highest to lowest winning percentage.