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Dear Rising U13 Baseball Families -
General Info on U19 Program
Seniors (13 - 16) - This is the next step after Majors for intramural baseball within the NSB. There are NO evaluations/tryouts required for Seniors. Teams will be placed soon after registration is complete. The regular season typically runs from Opening Day to mid May. Playoffs ideally conclude by end of May, but can spill into the first weekends of June, depending upon weather and Legion schedule. There are typically 2 games a week through the regular season. Rick Eiel and Phil Gallagher will share Seniors Commissioners duties this year.
Legion (13 - 19) - Legion is the travel program for players beyond U12. Player evaluations/tryouts are required and will be the basis for team selection. Much like U12, and as a rule, players must participate in the intramural program in order to participate in Legion. Each age group has its own Legion team: Prep is 13s, Sandlot is 14s, Junior is 15s and Senior is 16 - 19. The travel season generally starts mid January with optional warm up activities. Once tryouts occur in late February/early March, practices and clinics will begin. Regular season starts just before Memorial Day weekend and will last through end of July (depending upon playoff implications). The regular season for Prep will include between 20 and 24 games (generally 1-2 weekday evening games and 1-2 weekend games, or a total of 3-4 games per week), so there is a lot of opportunity for kids to play across the summer.
The NP Legion Leadership reports to the NSB Board. Joining me as administrators of the Legion program are Bob Dawes, Rick Eiel, Kevin Yates and director emeritus, Ron Anderson.
When registering this year for baseball on the NSB site, you have two options for 13 year olds: register for Seniors or register for Legion Tryouts. Please register at your earliest opportunity, and certainly prior to the registration closing of February 9th. Registration is closing a full 3 weeks earlier than last year so that we can be better prepared for evaluations, team placements and overall administration of the program.
In either case, you will be charged $120 for the registration. If your child should go through Legion try outs across February and March and be selected for the team, you will then pay additional $330 (for a total of $450 for those who play Seniors and Legion) at that time. This additional fee will go to Legion uniforms, umpires fees, paid head coach for the team, multiple clinics that will be run through the Spring in partnership with Swarthmore College, etc.
On behalf of the NSB Board and our U19 leadership team, many thanks in advance for your participation! Here's to a great 2014 season!
Best, Peter Atsaves
NP Legion Coordinator