Hawaiian Hitfest
Perfect Game is home to Hawaiian Hitfest — the largest tournament in the world!
It’s the tournament that is on everyone’s schedule every year! The Hawaiian Hitfest is back and promises to be bigger than ever in 2023. Grab your grass skirts and surf boards and head on out to the ballpark for a weekend of fun in the sun! All the contests are back – dugout decorating, spirit, dance and social media!
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The Hitfest Experience
Your beach-themed weekend will include all the contests that make the Hawaiian Hitfest… well, the Hawaiian Hitfest! Players, Coaches AND Fans — Here’s all you need to know on contests to be on your way to earning credits towards the entry fee of future Perfect Game Midwest events and (of course) bragging rights as the best dressed, the best decorated or having the quickest thumbs in the Midwest!
Spirit Contest
Grab your grass skirts and lei’s! The Hawaiian Hitfest Spirit Contest is all about which team gets decked out in the best Hawaiian-themed gear. The more Hawaiian you and your entire crew dresses and the more spirit you show, the better chances your team will have to win the Spirit Contest!
Spirit Contest judging will take place at your first pool game on Saturday unless otherwise communicated to the team. Ex: In the event your team plays 1 pool game on Friday night and 1 pool game on Saturday, you will be judged at your first pool game on Saturday. If your team plays both pool games on Friday night, you will be judged at your first pool game on Friday.
FASTPITCH TEAMS: If you play any of your 3 pool games on Saturday, you will be judged at your first pool game played on Saturday.
Click the pictures to view some of the best outfits from past events!
A Champion, Runner Up, and 3rd Place overall in the tournament will be awarded. Coaches will be communicated with after the event regarding their winnings.
Champion: $150 voucher towards future Perfect Game Midwest event
Runner Up: $100 voucher towards future Perfect Game Midwest event
3rd Place: $50 voucher towards future Perfect Game Midwest event
(Applies to Baseball and Fastpitch)
Dugout Decorating
Grab your Hawaiian themed dugout decorations and get to decorating! Dugouts or Tiki Huts? You decide! The sky is the limit for this creative contest! The more creative and more decorations your dugout holds, the better your chances are at winning!
Dugout Decorating contest judging will take place at the same time as the Spirit Contest at your first pool game on Saturday, unless otherwise communicated to the team. Ex: In the event your team plays 1 pool game on Friday night and 1 pool game on Saturday, you will be judged at your first pool game on Saturday. If your team plays both pool games on Friday night, you will be judged at your first pool game on Friday.
FASTPITCH TEAMS: If you play any of your 3 pool games on Saturday, you will be judged at your first pool game played on Saturday.
Click the pictures to view some of the best outfits from past events!
A Champion, Runner Up, and 3rd Place overall in the tournament will be awarded. Coaches will be communicated with after the event regarding their winnings.
Champion: $150 voucher towards future Perfect Game Midwest event
Runner Up: $100 voucher towards future Perfect Game Midwest event
3rd Place: $50 voucher towards future Perfect Game Midwest event
(Applies to Baseball and Fastpitch)
Twitter Contest
Warm up those thumbs and tell all your friends! Everyone is invited to participate in the Twitter contest. The top three teams with the most tweets at the end of the weekend will earn credit towards a future PGMW event!
For tweets to count 3 THINGS MUST BE INCLUDED:
- Must tag @HawaiianHitfest
- Must use event hashtag: #HawaiianHitfestFP23 (for fastpitch) #HawaiianHitfestBB23 (for baseball)
- Must include team tag! (Ex: TeamPG12A)
This contest runs all day, all weekend — it begins Friday morning and ends Sunday night.
A Champion, Runner Up, and 3rd Place overall in the tournament will be awarded. Coaches will be communicated with after the event regarding their winnings.
Champion: $200 voucher towards future Perfect Game Midwest event
Runner Up: $100 voucher towards future Perfect Game Midwest event
3rd Place: $50 voucher towards future Perfect Game Midwest event
(Applies to Baseball and Fastpitch)
PG Love Medals
In 2012, MSP (now Perfect Game) lost a vibrant part of our family with the passing of Josh Williams. Josh, the one who phrased “MSP LOVE,” made it his mission to build relationships with everyone he met, while reminding us of the importance of living life to the fullest each and every day.
As a Perfect Game family, we have committed ourselves to continuing Josh’s mission to teach and lead others in demonstrating that same “Perfect Game LOVE” he so effortlessly displayed every day.
In youth sports we spend so much time chasing the performance based accomplishments, often missing the impact they can have on character. That’s why our goal is to not award the best athlete or best player on the team, but to award a player who demonstrates a Championship attitude in other areas of life that we feel are more important. This is what makes this award different from a game MVP award!
Attributes to look for when handing out this medal:
- Displays outstanding character on the field
- Example of respect
- Extraordinary example of sportsmanship
- Example of hustle
Coaches will be given one love medal per pool game at check-in. At the conclusion of each pool game, your team will award a player from the opposing team with a “PG LOVE” medal, and the opposing team will do the same for yours.