The 2001 Tomorrow River Lions Club summer baseball/softball registration forms are now available. They have been handed out in school and can also be picked up at OK Hardware in Amherst.
The forms and registration fees must be turned in by April 15 to OK Hardware in Amherst. T-shirts and hats will be ordered on April 18 so those turning in registration forms late will not receive T-shirts.
To help offset expenses for the program, T-shirts will also be sold for $10 and baseball caps for $6.00 to anyone wanting to help support this program. They will be blue again this year with matching logos on the shirts and caps. They also must be ordered at OK Hardware by April 15 and be picked up by June 1.
All registration forms should contain the grade the child will be in school next year. Also as a fund-raiser the Lions are sponsoring a raffle limited to 300 tickets. Each ticket will cost $10, with half of the money returned in prizes to those purchasing tickets. The remaining $1,500 will help offset the nearly $8,000 in program expenses. Raffle tickets may be purchased at OK Hardware in Amherst or from Tomorrow River Lions club members.
T-Ball will be offered for children one year younger than in the past. This will include boys and girls now in kindergarten and first grade who will be entering first and second grade next year. Games will be played on Mondays and Thursdays, beginning at 6 and 7 p.m. on the small diamond in the park downtown.
There will then be a co-ed coach-pitch league for boys and girls entering third grade next school year at 8 p.m. Mondays on the small diamond in the park.
Girls entering fourth through ninth grades will makeup an intramural softball league with games also on Mondays at 8 p.m. and Thursdays at 6 p.m. on the large diamond downtown. Tim Pederson will again coordinate the softball program.
Also girls entering sixth through ninth grades next year will compete in the Central Wisconsin Softball League which travels to other towns in the area. The CWSL games will be played on Mondays and Wednesdays beginning at 1 p.m.
Boys entering fourth and fifth grades next year will be in an intramural baseball league with games on Mondays and Thursdays, beginning at 7 p.m. in the park.
Boys entering sixth and seventh grades next year will be in an intramural baseball league also on Mondays and Thursdays at 8 p.m.
Again this year there will be three boys traveling teams. One AAA team which will consist of boys 9 and 10 years old entering fifth grade next year with games on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning at noon.
An American Team consisting of boys 11 and 12 years old entering sixth and seventh grades next year will play games on Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning at 1 p.m.
A National Team consisting of boys 13, 14, and 15 years old will play games on Tuesdays and Thursdays, beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Coaches are still needed to work with the boys on the AAA team and the American Team. These positions pay $250 each. Anyone interested is asked to contact Mark Olson as soon as possible.
Practice schedules will be handed out in school in May. The season will begin right after school is out and conclude by the end of July.
If there are questions or concerns regarding the baseball/softball program, contact Mark Olson at 824-5614 (days) or 824-3405 (evenings).