2011 Chicagoland Tournament Champions & 2011 Lombard Tournament Champions!

Sunday, February 28, 2010

March 1st Development Sessions

The team's sixth, and final, player development session which is scheduled for Monday, March 1st at Junior Diggins. Following are the assigned time slots:

6:00 - 7:00 pm
Robbie Maxfield & Ryan Tannebaum

7:15 - 8:15 pm
Paco Lauciello, Jim Robley, Ryan Novak


8:30 - 9:30 pm
Tim Prendergast, C.J. Brucki, Sam Marc & Jack Lebert

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Warriors Add Palos to Tournament Schedule

The Warriors added a third tournament to its schedule. In addition to the Memorial Weekend and Lombard tournaments, the Warriors will now participate in the Palos July Rumble tournament. The Palos tournament will begin on Wednesday, July 14th and continue through Monday, July 19th. This tournament will conclude the Warriors' 2010 season.

The Warriors are attempting to schedule one more tournament earlier in the summer. One possibility is to return to the Oak Lawn Westside tournament in late June. However, before committing to this tournament again, we are awaiting announcements from Frankfort, New Lenox and Worth on its tournament dates.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

One Last Registration Fee to Go

Thanks to everyone for getting the second installment of the registration fee to me on a timely basis. Now, there's just one final installment left.

The third and final installment of the registration fee represents the amount due to the OYA Pony League for recreational play. That amount is $205 and is due on Saturday, February 27th.

If a player makes his High School baseball team, we will refund the third installment as well as half of the second installment of the registration fee.

Shoes

OYA has negotiated a discounted price for matching baseball shoes with SportsStation. I received the following message this morning:

"Rather than having everyone go to Dicks and buying mismatched shoes, we've arranged for special pricing at SportsStation. Fitting will be all day Feb 13 and 14 at SportsStation. All the spiritwear will also be on display and availble for purchase. There will be two types of Mizuno shoes available: a low top shoe for $28 and a mid top shoe for $32."

If you need new shoes and haven't yet purchased them for the upcoming season, you might want to take advantage of this offer.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Warriors to Travel to Lombard

The Warriors will travel to Lombard to participate in the Lombard Baseball Tournament from Friday, July 2nd through Sunday, July 4th. This will be the first time that the Warriors will play in Lombard.

My hope was to return to the Hickory Hills Tournament during this time frame--the site of our 2008 tournament championship. But, Hickory Hills has just one Pony field without lights--which causes its tournament to span over ten days. If our team were to block out ten days of prime tournament dates to participate in a three game tournament--we would lose all flexibility to participate in a host of other tournaments and likely lost at least four of five games from our overall schedule. So, Lombard it is!

We are still seeking two more tournaments. Another distant tournament looks interesting (four game guarantee for our final tournament): Wheaton runs from July 15th through the 18th. Also, we are waiting for announcements from Palos, Frankfort and Worth on their tournament dates. Information will be posted on this site as soon as it becomes available.