Reservations for Batting Cages at Southern Little League East Field

Coaches, this is where we keep the official reservation schedule for the batting cages at Southern Little League East Field. If you would like to add, change or delete a reservation, just leave a comment below, and the webmaster will incorporate it into the schedule for you, usually within a few hours.

• The batting cage is located here.
  
• These are one-hour reservations.
  
• Please limit your team to one reservation in each color-shaded two-week period.
• Sundays are first come, first served.
• If you find this view of the schedule inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here.

Reservations for West Field at Lakeside School (Minors)

Coaches, this is where we keep the official reservation schedule for the West Field at Lakeside School. If you would like to add, change or delete a reservation, just leave a comment below, and the webmaster will incorporate it into the schedule for you, usually within a few hours.

• These are one-hour reservations.
• This field is for Minor League teams.
  
• This field is located here.
  
• Please limit your team to one reservation in each color-shaded two-week period.
• Make sure to include your email address and phone number in the comment so the webmaster can contact you with any questions.
• If you find this view of the schedule inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here.

Reservations for East Field at Lakeside School (Majors)

Coaches, this is where we keep the official reservation schedule for the East Field at Lakeside School. If you would like to add, change or delete a reservation, just leave a comment below, and the webmaster will incorporate it into the schedule for you, usually within a few hours.

• These are one-hour reservations.
• This field is for Major League teams.
  
• This field is located here.
  
• Please limit your team to one reservation in each color-shaded two-week period.
• Make sure to include your email address and phone number in the comment so the webmaster can contact you with any questions.
• If you find this view of the schedule inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here.

Reservations for West Field at Southern Little League (Minors)

Coaches, this is where we keep the official reservation schedule for the West Field at Southern Little League. If you would like to add, change or delete a reservation, just leave a comment below, and the webmaster will incorporate it into the schedule for you, usually within a few hours.

• These are one-hour reservations.
• This field is for Minor League teams.
  
• This field is located here.
  
• Please limit your team to two reservations over this two-week schedule.
• Make sure to include your email address and phone number in the comment so the webmaster can contact you with any questions.

Reservations for East Field at Southern Little League (Majors & Softball)

Coaches, this is where we keep the official reservation schedule for the East Field at Southern Little League. If you would like to add, change or delete a reservation, just leave a comment below, and the webmaster will incorporate it into the schedule for you, usually within a few hours.

• These are one-hour reservations.
• This field is for Softball and Major League teams.
  
• This field is located here.
  
• Please limit your team to two reservations over this two-week schedule.
• Make sure to include your email address and phone number in the comment so the webmaster can contact you with any questions.

Reservations for Field #2 at Manhattan Park (Softball, Juniors & 78ers)

Coaches, this is where we keep the official reservation schedule for Practice Field #2 at Manhattan Park. If you would like to add, change or delete a reservation, just leave a comment below, and the webmaster will incorporate it into the schedule for you, usually within a few hours.

• These are one-hour reservations.
• This field is for Softball, Junior and 78ers teams.
• The park is located here.
• Please limit your team to one reservation in each color-shaded one-week period.
• Make sure to include your email address and phone number in the comment so the webmaster can contact you with any questions.
• If you find this view of the schedule inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here.

Reservations for Field #1 at Manhattan Park (Softball, Juniors & 78ers)

Coaches, this is where we keep the official reservation schedule for Practice Field #1 at Manhattan Park. If you would like to add, change or delete a reservation, just leave a comment below, and the webmaster will incorporate it into the schedule for you, usually within a few hours.

• These are one-hour reservations.
• This field is for Softball, Junior and 78ers teams.
• The park is located here.
• Please limit your team to one reservation in each color-shaded one-week period.
• Make sure to include your email address and phone number in the comment so the webmaster can contact you with any questions.
• If you find this view of the schedule inconvenient and would prefer to download it, print it, or view it on its own, you can do that here.

Reservations for Big Field at Southern Little League (Juniors)

Coaches, this is where we keep the official reservation schedule for the Big Field at Southern Little League. If you would like to add, change or delete a reservation, just leave a comment below, and the webmaster will incorporate it into the schedule for you, usually within a few hours.

• These are two-hour reservations.
• This field is for Junior League teams.
• This field is located here.
• Please limit your team to three reservations over this two-week schedule.
• Make sure to include your email address and phone number in the comment so the webmaster can contact you with any questions.

Seniors Bow Out

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The Southern Senior All-Star team bowed out of the State Tournament in Gladstone (in the U.P. near Escanaba) on Sunday night. They lost the opener to the home team Gladstone (District 10 Champions), then beat Harper Woods (District 6) and Rochester Hills (District 4) before losing to Rosedale (District 5) to end their season. It was a fine run by the team, which was composed of mostly 15 year olds playing in the 15-16 year old division. They started the tournament with a forfeit win over Allendale, and then beat Grandville, Northeastern, Holland and Western to win the District 9 title. They then beat Muskegon Reeths-Puffer (District 12) twice in the Sectional, to advance to the State Tournament in Gladstone.

Congratulations to a fine team - they represented Southern well!

You can see more photos and find out how to submit your own photos here.

On To the U.P.! Southern Seniors Win Sectional!

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The Southern Senior League All-Stars swept District 12 Champion Muskegon Reeths-Puffer on Saturday to advance to the Regionals in Gladstone, Michigan (in the U.P.). They won the opening game 10-1, and prevailed in the second game, 15-9.
The All-Stars are:

Brandon Cusey       Miles Dankovich
Ben Cok             John Gavin
Colton Lentz        Andy Malnor
Alex Luke           Trevor Mason
John Sasek          Kyle Schepel
Louis Soltysiak     Alec Trierweiler

Coaches are Daryl Mason and Brad Lentz. Head Coach is Daryl Trierweiler. Congratulations, Seniors!!

You can see more photos and find out how to submit your own photos here.

Senior All-Stars Win District 9 Championship!

The Southern Little League Senior All-Star team, coached by Daryl Trierweiler, defeated a fine Western team to win the District 9 title at Georgetown. The final score was 7-6 in extra innings. John Gavin pitched a complete game for Southern - Ben Kok and Kyle Schepel launched home runs, and Louis Soltysiak singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning. Congratulations, Southern Senior All-Stars!

Big League Regional Tournament

The Big League Regional Tournament is set to begin Friday, July 21, at Pinery Park. Southern Little League is well represented. Here's the roster:

Matt Schepel        Matt Malewitz       Jason Kole
Mark Sabota         Dan Norton          Eric Soukup
Rob Kool            Luke Glendenning    Joey Nowak
Dan Jennings        Eric Milanowski     Pete Zessin
Zach Lewis          Billy Kosters       Steve Mason

And here's the schedule:
Fri. Dist. 9 Host vs. Indiana at Pinery 8:00P.M.
Sat. Dist. 9 Host vs. Missouri at Pinery 4:00P.M.
Sun. Dist. 9 Host vs. Ohio at Pinery 8:00P.M.
The final 4 is Monday at 4:00 and 8:00 with the finals on Tues. at 8:00P.M. at Pinery. For a complete schedule District 9 website here.

The teams participating are:
Dist. 9 Host
Nebraska
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan State Champ
Kentucky
Indiana

Come Watch Your All-Stars!

Come Watch Your All-Stars!
Sunday, July 16th, at 1:00pm you can come out to Southern and cheer on your all-stars.
Southern's west team in the Major division will go up against Zeeland to try and capture Southern's first Majors district championship in 18 years!
At the same time Southern's Minor and Junior division all-stars will be playing tournament games at Southern.
We will be grilling food, so it's a great chance to bring the whole family and cheer on your Southern all-stars!

11-Year-Old All-Star Photo

This is the 11-Year-Old All-Star team coached by Jim Schipper. Click on the photo to be taken to our Shutterfly site, where you can see the full size image and order prints, etc.

You can see more photos and find out how to submit your own photos here.

Our Comment Policy

Commenting has been turned off on our site. This is due to the large number of anonymous comments and questions coming in. We want to answer these questions, but when they are posted anonymously, we really can't.

But if you have a comment or question relating to the website please email the webmaster. If you have comments or questions about baseball or our league, please email the director. By emailing us, it allows us to respond to your personal concerns privately. Thanks for understanding.

Junior All-Stars - West Team

Here is the all-star roster for Southern's West Team:

• Graham Lavoie
• James McKiever
• Kyle Wollet
• Zack Schwenneker
• Josh Laarman
• Tomas Gonzales
• Brett Schepel
• J. Ludlow
• Andrew Mooney
• Jon VanderLaan
• Jake Buffinga
• Christian Hines

You can follow their progress in the district tournament here.

Photos from Paul VanderLei

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You can see more photos and find out how to submit your own photos here.

Photos from Paul Soltysiak

Click on the photo to be taken to our Shutterfly site, where you can see all six images in this album and order prints, etc.

You can see more photos and find out how to submit your own photos here.

Junior All-Stars - East Team

Here is the all-star roster for Southern's East Team:

• Kai Koopman
• Tyler Lewis
• Chase Marshall
• Jonathan Grit
• Steve Barbour
• Ryan Elble
• Grant Page
• Connor Foy
• Issac Berkowitz
• Joe Mead
• Sam Nystrom
• Trevor Krause

You can follow their progress in the district tournament here.

Big League Photo

Here is a photo of the two big league southern teams that played in the finals of the wooden bat tournament. Each were undefeated going into the finals. The younger team came out ahead 3-2 in a great game by both teams. Click on the photo to be taken to our Shutterfly site, where you can see the full size image and order prints, etc.

You can see more photos and find out how to submit your own photos here.