First off, keep in mind that the term "tryout" here is a bit of a misnomer. It's actually more of an evaluation to help determine the appropriate league for each child. No one is omitted from participation based on this evaluation. We use the term "tryout" regardless, so bear with us.
To determine your child's official Little League Age, use the online age calculator here. Please use ONLY this official Little League age when considering which tryout session to attend.
All of the time slots listed below are for baseball only. There will not be a softball tryout session this year.
Please notice that only kids in certain situations need to come to tryouts. Read the conditions below carefully. If you find that your child does not fit into any of these situations, then there's no need to come to tryouts. Get it? If you're still not sure, you can contact the director.
Here is the schedule for tryouts:
- Date: Saturday, March 24th
- Location: East Grand Rapids High School Gym.
- Please plan to arrive 30 minutes prior to your scheduled time slot.
- These times are subject to change. We will announce all changes on the website and email all subscribers. Sign up for email notification here.
- 9:00am-10:00am: all 9 yr olds (baseball). If you have a league-age 8 year old who wants to move up to Minors, they must attend tryouts with the 9 year olds. No exceptions. No 8 year olds will be placed in the Minors if they do not attend this tryout. There is no guarantee any 8 year old will be placed in the Minors until all of the 9 thru 11 year olds are placed. There is a limit of one 8 year old per Minors team.
- 10:30am-11:30am: all 10 yr olds (baseball) who were not in the Majors last year and who wish to try out for Majors this year. Also, any 10 yr olds (baseball) who are new to Southern this year must attend at this time. (For 10-yr-olds who were in Minors last year and want to play in Minors again this year, you do not need to attend the tryout.)
- 12:00pm-1:00pm: all 11 and 12 yr olds (baseball) who were not in the Majors last year
- 1:00pm-2:00pm: all 13 and 14 yr olds (baseball) who were not in the Juniors last year
- 2:00pm-2:30pm: umpire sign-up and meeting. Details here.
- You must be at your assigned time on Saturday, March 24, to be evaluated.
- If you have a conflict at that time, you must contact the league director and make arrangements to be at the evaluations at a different time on Saturday March 24.
- In case of emergency or other unforeseen conflict, a parent or guardian of the player must call the league director and give a detailed evaluation over the phone to the director.
- If the player is 11 or under and trying out for Majors, the player will be placed in Minors automatically.
- If the player is 12 in Majors or any age in Juniors, the player will not be drafted but will be randomly placed on a team after the draft is completed.
