
Tee Ball Division for Pre-School and Kindergarten
- An instructional division introducing players to the game of baseball
- Goals are to teach to the very basic fundamentals and rules of baseball
- All hitting is from a batting tee with no pitching using a soft core baseball
- Score is not kept
- Teams are formed by school group, friend and/or coach request
Base Cost: $115.00 Early Bird Discount: $15.00 through 02/01/2023
Opened: 11/3/2022
Late date/fee: 03/16/2023 - $40.00
Closes: 03/16/2023
In Grades: Pre-K to K for 2022-23 School year
Coach Pitch Division for Kindergarten and 1st Graders
- Goals are to teach the fundamentals and basic rules of baseball
- Full coach pitch using a soft core baseball
- If the batter does not put the ball in play after the sixth pitch, a batting tee is brought out to hit off of
- Score is not kept
- Teams are formed by school group, friend and/or coach request
Base Cost: $130.00 Early Bird Discount: $15.00 through 02/01/2023
Opened: 11/3/2022
Late date/fee: 03/16/2023 - $40.00
Closes: 03/16/2023
In Grades: K to 1 for 2022-23 School year
Stallion Division for 1st Graders
- Players are introduced to kid pitch using a soft core baseball, the catcher position, and strikeouts
- Games are 5 innings - first 3 innings are coach pitch, last 2 innings are kid pitch (no batting tees are used)
- Score is not kept
- Teams are formed by school group, friend and/or coach request
Base Cost: $155.00 Early Bird Discount: $15.00 through 02/01/2023
Opened: 11/3/2022
Late date/fee: 03/16/2023 - $40.00
Closes: 03/16/2023
In Grade: 1 for 2022-23 School year
Pinto Division for 2nd Graders
- Coaches pitch three innings and players pitch three innings
- Players are introduced to competition as scores are kept and standings are maintained
- A post-season tournament concludes the season and is expected to end by June 25th
- The tournament is the climactic part of the season, hopefully travel plans and other activities can be scheduled around it
- Players are assigned a team using an evaluation and draft process (No friend requests)
- An in-person player evaluation is planned for the weekend of March 11th/12th. More details will be provided separately.
- The evaluation and draft process, and no friend request policy for this division has worked well for many years. Taking reasonable efforts to balance the talent on teams, by using this policy, has resulted in exciting games for all participants by reducing the number of lopsided scores and over-matched teams. We also believe that mixing with kids from different schools and making new friends is an important part of the youth baseball experience.
Base Cost: $180.00 Early Bird Discount: $15.00 through 02/01/2023
Opened: 11/3/2022
Late date/fee: 03/09/2023 - $40.00
Closes: 03/09/2023
In Grade: 2 for 2022-23 School year
Mustang Division for 3rd & 4th Graders
- Players pitch all six innings
- Players are introduced to base stealing (2nd base only)
- Field dimensions are 46 foot pitchers mound distance and 60 foot base paths
- A post-season tournament concludes the season and is expected to end by June 25th
- The tournament is the climactic part of the season, hopefully travel plans and other activities can be scheduled around it
- Players are assigned a team using an evaluation and draft process (No friend requests)
- An in-person player evaluation is planned for the weekend of March 11th/12th. More details will be provided separately.
- The evaluation and draft process, and no friend request policy for this division has worked well for many years. Taking reasonable efforts to balance the talent on teams, by using this policy, has resulted in exciting games for all participants by reducing the number of lopsided scores and over-matched teams. We also believe that mixing with kids from different schools and making new friends is an important part of the youth baseball experience.
Base Cost: $200.00 Early Bird Discount: $15.00 through 02/01/2023
Opened: 11/3/2022
Late date/fee: 03/09/2023 - $40.00
Closes: 03/09/2023
In Grades: 3 to 4 for 2022-23 School year
Bronco Division for 5th & 6th Graders
- Games are 7 innings
- Players are introduced to leadoffs and stealing of all bases is permitted
- Field dimensions are 50 foot pitchers mound distance and 70 foot base paths
- Games are played in Wheaton and neighboring towns
- Games run through mid-July, including the post-season tournament
- Teams are formed by friend and/or coach request
Base Cost: $220.00 Early Bird Discount: $15.00 through 02/01/2023
Opened: 11/3/2022
Late date/fee: 03/16/2023 - $40.00
Closes: 03/16/2023
In Grades: 5 to 6 for 2022-23 School year
Pony Division for 7th & 8th Graders
- Full baseball rules
- Field dimensions are 54 foot pitchers mound distance and 80 foot base paths
- Games are played in Wheaton and neighboring towns
- Games run through early-July, including the post-season tournament
- Teams are formed by friend and/or coach request
Base Cost: $220.00 Early Bird Discount: $15.00 through 02/01/2023
Opened: 11/3/2022
Late date/fee: 03/16/2023 - $40.00
Closes: 03/16/2023
In Grades: 7 to 8 for 2022-23 School year
by WBYB posted 11/03/2022