13-year-olds and parents,

Now that Majors Little League is over, it’s time for the big leagues...

Welcome to LGLL Juniors! It’s the most fun you’ll have playing baseball — with and against your friends — as well as competing against other local baseball teams.

Please read this important program overview and remember to register beginning November 1st at lgll.org.

About the Juniors Program
LGLL Juniors is a competitive program for boys and girls age 13-14, designed to prepare them for high school baseball. Players graduate to a conventional “60/90” baseball field — a 90-foot diamond with a pitching distance of 60 feet 6 inches — which is the same size as high school and MLB fields.

While the Los Gatos Juniors program is only a few years old, it has seen some phenomenal success thus far. Of the 18 kids that made the LGHS freshman team last year, 13 of them played Juniors in their 13yr and 14yr seasons.

Training and Games
Juniors is an interlock league that competes locally against other leagues within our district, allowing them to play against several of the same kids they’ll play in high school. Dedicated parent volunteers manage and coach the teams, and professional umpires staff every game.

Practices are held at Fisher Field — featuring newly renovated batting cages — so players can walk from school. To ensure proper high school preparation for our players, LGLL hires Sirious Baseball coaches to help with practices and skills drills.

Spring Season Kick-Off: “Battle of The Cats”
We kick off the Juniors season in early March with the highly-anticipated “Battle of The Cats” at Fisher Field.  This annual, weekend-long event is an inter-Los Gatos tournament, with a format similar to those in travel ball.

This fun-filled, family event includes music, BBQ, and friendly, competitive baseball. AND the winning team gets their individual names engraved on the trophy for years of boasting rights!

Important Dates

Registration:            November 1, 2018 - January 4, 2019 at lgll.org

Evaluation Day:       January 12, 2019

Draft:                      Late January/Early February 2019

Battle of the Cats:    Early March 2019

ALL STAR & Tournament of Champions
Brackets for 2018 Season.



2018 d12 tournament schedules.pdf

Managers and Parents,

As we continue toward the end of season and tournaments we wanted to provide you information regarding the All Star process and timeline for All Star player and managers/coaches selection. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding the below information.    

All Star Process:

Availability Form: The attached availability form will serve as the players nomination for his/her age appropriate All Star team.  The deadline for returning the availability form is Friday May 4^th. If the managers do not have a form for a player they will not be eligible for All Stars.  Please distribute these forms to your team parents ASAP, let them know about the deadline for submission and return this information to you. The Board will collect this information from you.  I will give managers further information on specifics for delivery

All Star Voting: There are 5 levels of play for LGLL All Star eligibility, Juniors (13 & 14 year olds) Majors (12 yr. olds), 11 yr. olds, 10 yr. olds and 9 yr. olds. Once all the forms have been received the Board will develop ballots by age group and begin the voting process.  The process is as follows; the ballots will be provided to the players in Juniors, Majors and AAA for voting by their peers.  For instance, 9s will vote for 9s to represent LG All Stars, 10's for 10's and so forth.  The kids will be asked to vote for up to 6 players in their age group, however it is not mandatory to vote for 6.  They are encouraged to only vote for those players they feel deserve to represent LGLL All Stars. 

Over the last couple of years a board member has provided the ballots to each team for voting.  We will continue with this process to expedite voting and allow the managers/coaches to focus on their games.  The ballots will then be returned to the committee for tallying and presented at the All Star selection meeting where the managers will complete the voting process

Timeline:

• Availability Forms received and reviewed by the Board committee on Friday May 4th.
• Ballots issued to players starting Saturday May 5th to the juniors, majors and AAA teams.
• Player Votes tallied and recorded.
• All Star selection meeting for team MANAGERS ONLY TBD, times and venue to follow.
• 9's, 10's, 11s, Majors, and juniors to sequentially.  We have a few of 10s playing majors so you may be asked to attend both sessions to represent the 10s on your team.
• All star selections will be announced on June 1st per little league rules
• This timeline will be modified as needed.

All Star Managers/Coaches selection process:

We have several coaches from each age group expressing interest with managing and coaching an All Star team.  The All Star selection committee will review the managers and coaches under consideration and present a slate to the board for approval at our next meeting, May 15th. If you are interested in managing or coaching an All Star team please submit your name in writing (via email to Nick Burg  -n[email protected]) prior to May 13^th.  Only rostered managers/coaches from majors and AAA will be considered.

  If you have any questions please send an email to [email protected].

all star availability form 2018.pdf