We want you to be as excited as we are that the Little League season is approaching!

Beginning six weeks before Opening Day, we'll add information here about upcoming events plus reminders and information you need to be ready.

Don't forget to watch your email as well.  Be sure messages from [email protected] do not end up in your junk mail folder.

It's almost time to start practices so here is some good information to help you prepare.

Practice Schedule

The practice schedule will be posted this week on the Schedules page.

Cleanup Day

Remember that we are having 2 Cleanup Days: April 12 starting at 9 AM and April 13 starting at 1 PM. Come and work on a field where you will be playing so that it will look and play its best for you. You can also help cleanup and prepare the rest of the grounds for the season. We;ll be picking up trash, sweeping out dugouts, weeding infields and fence lines, edging infields, putting up backstop tarps and the batting cages, and more. Bring work gloves and yard tools (we have many tools but can often use more on these days). Many hands make light work.

Equipment Needed

Your child should have their own glove/mitt. For Minors and older, we recommend baseball/softball pants; baseball is usually white or gray, softball is usually black. Minors may wear other athletic pants that let them move freely during the game. Tee Ball players may wear any type of pants.

Molded cleats are suggested for Little Majors and older; metal cleats may only be worn in the Intermediate, Junior and Senior divisions.

You may have your own helmet and bat but the league will provide those for your team's use if you need them.

Coach Contact

Coaches have received their rosters (Tee Ball coaches will receive them 3/30 in the evening) so you should hear from them very soon. If not, you can contact us and we'll follow up.

Team Sites

As teams are built, we will be posting the rosters through the league website. That also creates a "microsite" in SportsConnect for the team. Coaches and team parents will be able to post news items and pictures to share with the team. Stay tuned for more details on these team sites.

Opening Day Schedule

Opening Day is Saturday, April 26. The schedule for that day will be posted soon.

Here is this week's update as we count down to Opening Day.

Teams

We are working on building the teams in SportsConnect. Once they are built, you will receive a message with information about your team. That should be completed in the next week or so.

Interleague Play

Due to the number of teams we have in some divisions, we will be coordinating with other local leagues to play games against them. Those games may be at Westwood or at the other league. You can see the other league locations on the District 2 website. The specific leagues we'll play will differ by division and won't be known until a district scheduling meeting is held a little later. Divisions that will be playing an interleague schedule this year for Baseball are Intermediate and Junior; for Softball it is Little Major, Major, and Junior.

Schedules

Our goal is to have the schedules for practices, opening day, and regular season games done before the Meet-and-Greet. Some of the division schedules may not be done because they involve interleague play and we need to wait for the schedule coordinator to finish and publish them.

Practice Start Date

We plan to open the fields for practices on April 8 and they will run through April 24. The full schedule will be communicated to the coaches and posted on our website soon.

Weather Policy

As we get closer to the start of practices, know that we will not practice unless the temperature is at least 40 including wind chill. This is a District policy that we follow. There will also be no practices if there are any weather warnings or a tornado watch.

Cleanup Day

Please plan to come to the fields on April 12 and 13 to help get the fields cleaned up and ready to play. There will be trash pickup, weeding, raking, and sweeping to be done. More details will be sent later but put the date on your calendar and come for as long as you are able.

Cancellation Notices

We are able to send text notices out through the registration system for any cancellations due to weather or other events. However, that relies on you putting your mobile number into your profile in the system. Please login to your account and ensure your number is there. We will also put a notice on our website and try to post to Facebook as well. We will post the method of subscribing to these notices in the next couple of weeks.

Here is some important information as we kick off our weekly updates leading up to the season.

Opening Day

Our first day of play will be Saturday, April 26. We are ironing out details regarding the parade, so stay tuned.

Meet-and-Greet

What is it? Our annual gathering where you can see your neighbors, get information from the league for this season, and meet your coaches and teammates. We start at 6:00PM on Monday, April 7 at our fields.  You can also make outstanding payments plus complete your volunteer applications. See you there!

Swap Table

Bring your old mitts, bats, cleats, pants, or other playing equipment for our swap table at the Meet-and-Greet. You can get things out of your garage, put your old equipment to good use with another league member, and maybe even find something you need. This has been a big success in the past and we expect it to be popular again.

Coaches Meeting

Coaches, don't forget this mandatory meeting starts at 7:00 following the Meet-and-Greet. We'll have lots of information for you, including your rule book, and an update from D2 on what they want coaches to focus on this season, plus your required first aid training.  Bring a chair!

Umpires

We need umpires for the Little Major (9-10) division and up to be able to play. We provide training and equipment so you can do it even if this is your first time. High school students can be part of our umpire training program and be paid to call games. Contact our Umpire Coordinator Tom Wrench at [email protected] for details.