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2025 NORTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS/STEVE SIMMONS MEMORIAL (New Dates)

Twin Cities Gateway, MN • June 6 - June 8, 2025

Director: Senior Softball-USA, 916-326-5303, E-mail

Winners qualify for the TOC

Entry Fee: $570

Deadline: Entry fee payment must be received by: May 21, 2025

Note: Senior Softball-USA charges a 4% convenience fee for all payments other than cash or check.

Important reminder: The US Postal Service is experiencing delays in their deliveries, so please let us know if you intend to play in this tournament. Team lists for tournament are published on the tournament pages at the entry deadline. If your team is not listed, please call immediately. Teams are not officially entered until payment is received.

Refund policy: Entry Fees are non-refundable after the deadline. Full refunds are given to teams withdrawing BEFORE the deadline. NO refunds are given after the deadline.

Tournament Format

Note: SSWC reserves the right to combine divisions of three or fewer teams within one age level and/or skill level.

This is a "Ring Option" Tournament.

Five games minimum initially scheduled (not "guaranteed"), with Round Robin into Double Elimination or Three-Game-Guarantee brackets or other acceptable tourney formats.

 

Final Standing:

Men's 50+ Major:
1. Ductech/Stagecoach (MN) - TOC Berth
2. Chi-Town Ballers (IL)
3. Elite Reality/KR Signs (MN)

Men's 50+ AAA:
1. Iowa Demons - TOC Berth
2. MN 50 Core
3. Heroes 50s (NE)

Men's 50/55+ Silver:
1. Heroes NE 50s - TOC Berth (50+ AA Champions)
2. Oshkosh Ambassadors 55 (WI)
3. Gray Ghost (IL)

Men's 55/60+ Platinum:
1. Minnesota Merchants - TOC Berth (60+ Major Plus Champions)
2. Escape Fire/Ancell (MN)
3. Priority Construction Services/Lumberjacks 55s (MN)

Men's 60+ AAA:
1. Isle Edge Trucking 60s (WI) - TOC Berth
2. Paape Legends (MN)
3. Minnesota Thunder

Men's 60/65+ Platinum:
1. Iowa Demons - TOC Berth (60+ Major Champions)
2. MN Merchants
3. Pope Transport 60s (WI)

Men's 65+ AAA:
1. Minnesota Road Warriors - TOC Berth
2. Playmakers (WI)
3. Silver Lumberjacks (MN)

Men's 70+ Platinum:
1. KC Kids 70s (MO) - TOC Berth (70+ Major Champions)
2. Doctors Care MD (WI)
3. Minnesota River Bats

Men's 70/75+ Gold:
1. Blizzard (MN) - TOC Berth (70+ AAA Champions)
2. Team Minnesota
3. Minnesota Masters 75s

Men's 70/75+ Silver:
1. Handeland Flooring 75s (WI) - (75+ AAA Champions)
2. MN Lumberjack 75s
3. Chicago Strikers (IL)

Men's 75+ AA:
1. Oshkosh Ambassadors 75 (WI) - TOC Berth
2. Badger Classics (WI)
3. MN Lumberjacks 75s

Men's 80/85+ AAA:
1. Dunns/Studz (WI) - TOC Berth (80+ AAA Champions)
2. Minnesota Mavericks 85s
3. MN Lumberjacks 80s

Tournament Results

 

DRAFT Game Schedules & Brackets (PDF's)

Men's: 50's thru 60's | 65's thru 85's

Complete: All Ages & Divisions [Larger file: 14 pages]
 

Tournament Administration (PDF's)

Master Games & Field Grid: Northerns's 2025

Participating Teams List: Northerns's 2025
 

Sponsor:

 



Playing Facilities

Sand Creek Athletic Complex
1008 Northdale Blvd
Coon Rapids, MN 55448


Hotel Information:

Please mention "Senior Softball" when booking to receive special rates for the following hotels:

If you experience any issues booking, please reach out to Twin Cities Gateway's Al Stauffacher at 612-269-0041 or at@tcgateway.com.

 

Country Inn and Suites Coon Rapids
Distance to Sand Creek Park 4.1 Miles
155 Coon Rapids Blvd. Coon Rapids,MN

Rate: Thursday night $99 Friday-Saturday $149
Contact Linda P# 763-780-3797
Email: linda@countryinncr.com

WINGATE BY WYNDHAM
Distance to Sand Creek Park 4.6 miles
3420 Northdale Blvd NW, Coon Rapids, MN

RATE: Single King rooms $119 and Double Queen rooms for $129 and1 King Bed w/ Pull-Out Sofa at a rate of $139
Contact: Sam P# 763-260-1671
EMAIL: wingatecoonrapidsmgr@gmail.com

 

Livinn Hotel
Distance to Sand Creek Park 9.6 miles
5201 Central Avenue Fridley,MN 55421

RATE: $104 for King or $114 Queen Room
Contact Bill Godbe P# 763-571-9440
Email: Bill.Godbe@livinn.com

RATE:$139  room
Email: Barbara.White@hilton.com
Contact Person Barb White P#763-746-7999

Best Western Plus Shoreview
Distance to Sand Creek Park 13 miles
1000 Gramsie Road Shoreview,MN

RATE: $139 for King or Double Queen
EMAIL: erin@birddoghospitality.com
Contact Person w/PH#: Erin Lafferty 651-482-0402

 

Comfort Inn and Suites
6440 U.S. 10
Ramsey, MN 55303

Contact: Jenna Beckstrand
763-323-4800
RATE $169
8 miles to Sand Creek park

 

LivInn Hotel - Minnesota North/Fridley
5201 Central Ave. NE,
Fridley, MN 55421

Book by May 5.
Click here to book online.

866-994-3681
Rate: $104-114/night (1 King or 2 Queens)

Enjoy recreation amenities such as a 24-hour fitness center or take in the view from a garden. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, a television in a common area, and a banquet hall.

Dates of Play

Men's 40
Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2025
Men's 50
Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2025
Men's 55
Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2025
Men's 60
Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2025
Men's 65
Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2025
Men's 70
Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2025
Men's 75
Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2025
Men's 80
Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2025
Men's 85
Friday, June 6 - Sunday, June 8, 2025

Men's 50 7 teams

Chi-Town Ballers
Chicago
IL
Ductech/Stagecoach
Burnsville
MN
Elite Reality/KR Signs
Blaine
MN
Heroes 50s
Omaha
NE
Heroes NE 50s
Omaha
NE
Iowa Demons
Des Moines
IA
MN 50 Core
Minneapolis
MN

Men's 55 5 teams

Escape Fire/Ancell
Albertville
MN
Gray Ghost
Gary
IL
Isle Edge Trucking
Watertown
WI
Oshkosh Ambassadors 55
Oshkosh
WI
Priority Construction Services/Lumberjacks 55s
Eden Prairie
MN

Men's 60 10 teams

Buddies, Sampson's, Mid-Michigan Merchants
Olivet
MI
Iowa Demons
Des Moines
IA
Isle Edge Trucking 60s
Ixonia
WI
Lumberjack Red
Eden Prairie
MN
Minnesota Merchants
Forest Lake
MN
Minnesota Thunder
St. Paul
MN
MN Lumberjacks 60
Boy River
MN
Paape Legends
Rochester
MN
Pope Transport 60s
Elkhorn
WI
Road Warriors 60
Casa Grande
AZ

Men's 65 4 teams

Minnesota Road Warriors
Plymouth
MN
MN Merchants
Bayport
MN
Playmakers
Greenfield
WI
Silver Lumberjacks
North St Paul
MN

Men's 70 5 teams

Blizzard
Lakeville
MN
Doctors Care MD
Altoona
WI
KC Kids 70s
Overland Park
MO
Minnesota River Bats
Little Canada
MN
MN Lumberjacks 70s
Bemidji
MN

Men's 75 7 teams

Badger Classics
Oconomowoc
WI
Chicago Strikers
Bensonville
IL
Handeland Flooring 75s
Milwaukee
WI
Minnesota Masters 75s
Mound
MN
MN Lumberjacks 75s
Bemidji
MN
Oshkosh Ambassadors 75
Oshkosh
WI
Team Minnesota
Savage
MN

Men's 80 2 teams

Dunns/Studz
New Berlin
WI
MN Lumberjacks 80s
Bemidji
MN

Men's 85 1 teams

Minnesota Mavericks 85s
Mahtomedi
MN
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