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The Baseball 2020 Dates and Announcements

All dates and times are subject to change until this note is removed
Bat Rules 2020:
For 10u and below USSSA Bats will be allowed, but cannot exceed 2 1/4 diameter barrel Size.

For 12u , USSSA Bats will be allowed, but cannot exceed 2 5/8 diameter barrel size.

For this year only, all USA BATS will be allowed in every division, Including big barrel. This is so anyone who purchased a USA bat last year can use it again this coming season in any division.

Check back before arriving at Scheduled times to confirm.

Spring Season Dates:
- In-person Registration Dates: January 26th and February 2nd from 2:00pm-4:00pm at Licking Heights High School
- Registration Due: February 28th
- Evaluations:
  - (8U): Tuesday, March 3rd, 6:45pm-8:30pm at LH West
  - Minors (10U): Wednesday, March 4th, 6:45pm-8:00pm at LH West
  - Majors (12U): Thursday, March 5th, 6:45pm-8:00pm at LH West
- Draft: March 7th
- Field preparation Day: March 28th ( April 4th if needed)
- Pre-season Majors Tournament: Week of April 20th
- Pre-season Minors Tournament: April 14th- April 18th
- Season Begins: May 2nd
- Regular Season Ends: June 16th
- End of Season Tournaments: June 18th-21st
- All Star weekend: June 27th
  12pm tball all star game. Jersey 2
  
  12:30pm 8u Home Run Derby and fastest pitch. Jersey 1
  
  2:30pm 8u all star game. Jersey 2
  
  3pm 10u Home Run Derby and fastest pitch. Jersey 1
  
  5pm 10u All Star Game Jersey 2
  
  5:30pm 12u Home Run Derby and fastest pitch. Jersey 1
  
  7:30 12u All Star Game.
Fall Season:

▪ Registration Due: TBD

▪ Games Begin:TBD

▪ Season Ends: Mid October

▪ End of Season Tournament: TBD

Notes: Sample Jersey's will be available to try on at all In-person signups, open gyms and evaluations. If you are unsure of what size your child will need, please take advantage of the opportunity. We can Change the size of what you registered your child for no later than March 7th

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Coach’s Corner

Concussion Training

All coaches (head and assistant) must complete concussion training online before your first game. Please use one of the following websites:

When complete, e-mail your certificate to:

[email protected]

Head Coaches Online Training courses:

Head Coaches will be given login Credentials upon being approved as a LHYA coach, follow the links below and select the Course based on the Division you are coaching. Tball and 8u will select 8 and under. all other divisons will select 9+.

NAYS online Coach's training

League Rules

LHYA Rec Baseball Team Draft Procedures

Baseball Practice Drills
You can click here to find some common drills you can run at your practices.

Field Locations

Addresses to all fields are below. In a couple of cases, the address provided is the nearest address available and once you get to this location, you will see the park and/or fields.

Licking Heights (LH)

LH Jersey Field 1 & 2 – 12201 Morse Road SW, Pataskala, 43062
LH West Field 1 & 2– 1490 Climbing Fig Drive, Blacklick, 43004

Others coming soon...

Registration

2020 Summer Rec Baseball

This will be for ages 13-18 and will participate in the league at Don Edwards Park in Newark, OH. All games will be played Monday through Thursday evenings with makeup games on the weekends. There will be two divisions. Middle school (7th/8th grade) and high school (9th-12th grades) based on what grade the child was in the previous school year.

The league will provide a jersey and hat for each player. Each player will be responsible for their own helmet, pants and socks. Your coach will notify you of the desired color.

Practices will begin as early as May 26th. Practices can be as multiple days per week at the coach's discretion. Regular season games will begin the week of June 1st and end mid-July. There will be a 12 game season.