Event Details

2021 Spring - 8-9 Year Old Machine Pitch Baseball

The league is co-ed and is open to children from 8-9 years old. The league will consist of 2 or 3 age divisions with the exact age split to be determined based on registration numbers. Teams will have one practice per week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday evening from either 5:00 - 6:15 pm or  6:15 - 7:30 pm and a game on each Saturday. The games will be played at either 9:00 am, 10:15 am, 11:30 am or 12:45 pm (if our registration figures dictate a 6 team league, then there will also be games played at 2:00 pm). The first game of the season will take place on Saturday, March 27th. The final game will be on Saturday, May 22nd. There will be no games on April 3rd due to Easter Celebration and no games or practice April 22-24th due to the Impact Conference at The Shepherd's Church. Practices and games will take place at The Shepherd's Church. During each practice, a "team meeting" will be held in which the coaches will go through a team devotion. Devotional materials will be provided to the coaches.

Players will need a glove, tennis shoes or rubber cleats (optional), and black baseball pants without pockets. Jerseys, hats, balls, bats, and helmets will be provided. We will play on a lined field which will include team benches for the players, backstop and an outfield fence.

As you would expect, the success of our Machine Pitch Baseball League is greatly dependent on having parents and others volunteer to help. Please consider being involved as either an Assistant Coach or Head Coach.

Team Placements

As our Sports Ministry has grown to the extent that we now have more than 3000 participants annually, the number of "same team player requests" and "specific coach requests" has reached the point that we are no longer able to accommodate all the requests due to time constraints along with our desire to attempt to create "equally skilled" teams. However, if you invite a child to participate in the league and they have never played in any CrossRoad Sports leagues previously, we will place them on the same team as your child. If siblings are participating in the same league, then we will be able to place them on the same team. We always try to accommodate families and will do our best to ensure siblings practices on the same night, but sometimes, due to the availability of our coaches, we may not be able to place siblings on the same night for practice. 

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Date/Time:3/27/2021 9:00 AM - 5/22/2021 3:00 PM   Add To Your Calendar
Location:The Shepherd's Church - Soccer Fields
Contact:Matt Wetzel
919-573-1563
mwetzel@shepherdschurch.com
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