LBA Competitive
Baseball
The Loveland Baseball Association offers
competitive baseball teams for players who are looking to play more games at a
higher level than is offered in the Recreational Leagues. Teams are offered for
players ages 8 through 13. The competitive teams typically play within the Fort Collins Baseball
Club's Rookie League though some may choose to be "Tournament Only" teams.
Only players who live within the boundaries of
the Thompson R2-J school district or attend an R2-J school are eligible to play
in the LBA.
For 2009, the Board has decided to allow players
who will have turned 8 by April 30th, 2009 to try out for the 9U team. In addition,
we have decided to allow players to "play up" at a higher age group if
they choose to tryout and are selected by the coach. Players who choose to try
out for an older age group than their natural age, may also try out for their
natural age group. (See times below)
2009
Competitive Team Tryout Results
The LBA Board would like to thank everyone for their
patience regarding tryout results. Although many parents and players were told
that tryout results would be posted by Tuesday on the website, we want to make
sure that every player who tried out is spoken to by a coach who can give them
the tryout results and explain "why" to any players who did not make a team.
There are several reasons for the delays regarding
notification:
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Because it looks like we may have enough players for an
"A" and "B" team at each age group (and possibly even a "C" team at some
levels), the "A" coach must have his team completely selected and notify the
"B" coach which players remain available before the "B" coach can really begin
to select his team. This has taken longer than anticipated due to the personal
schedules of several coaches. |
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Because we allowed players to try out for multiple age
groups, there is a "trickle down" delay effect. For example if a 10 year-old
player tried out at both the 11U and 10U levels, the 10U coach must wait on
the 11U coach's decision on that player before he can form his team. This
becomes even more complicated by having more than one team at the older age
group that could pick the player. |
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Creation of more teams than expected. At several age
groups, we had more players than anticipated try out and we are attempting to
find coaches (and sometimes a few extra players) in order to form teams and
not turn kids away. |
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We don't want any player to find out he was cut through
the grapevine or via the internet. We want to hear from every coach that they
have contacted all the players who tried out before we post the results on the
website. |