Senior Baseball
League Age 13-16
League Age 12 may play pending skills evaluation and 3 years of baseball experience.

The Senior Baseball Division is a program for 13-16 year olds who are honing their abilities at the highest levels of competition. All registered players will be placed on a team. Younger players may be moved down a division, if Coach and Player Agent feels they are not ready for this division 
 
• TEAMS: Senior teams will typically have between 12-14 players.
• TRYOUT PROCESS: All player are required to attend both assessment nights to be drafted on a team. Certain exceptions apply and will need to be addressed by the Player Agent prior to tryouts. All players attending will be placed on a team. The draft starts with the oldest players then to the next age down. Some of the youngest players may be asked to attend the lower division tryouts or placed on a lower division. Property players are not a guarantee and will be discussed closer to tryouts.
• PRACTICES: Starting as soon as the snow thaws, end of April beginning of May. Coaches’ preference on how often to practice. Teams will usually have 2 practices per week until the season begins, then 2 game and 1 practice each week. Practices and games typically last 2 hours total with pre-game warm ups. Practices can be included during game nights.
• EQUIPMENT AND UNIFORM: Team uniform of hat, jersey, and pants are provided by SLL. Each team is issued catcher's gear, bats and helmets. Players may use their Little League approved USA Baseball bat or any legal baseball gear they choose. Glove and cleats are required for all players.
• FIELDS: Home Fields 7 and 8 at the SLL Park.
• PRACTICE: Starting as soon as the snow thaws, end of April beginning of May. Coaches’ preference on how often to practice. Teams will usually have 2 practices per week until the season begins, then 2 game and 1 practice each week. Practices and games typically last 2 hours total with pre-game warm ups. Practices can be included during game nights.
• GAMES: 3 games each week. Travel between Kenai during the week and then some weekends in the Anchorage area. Games start at 6:30pm and double headers are on Saturdays, 11a and 1pm. Games played Wednesdays and Double Headers on Saturday. Games are 3 hours including warm-ups. Senior teams play approximately 12 to 15 games per season.
• ALL STARS: Depends on interest. More details here. 
• RULES: The field uses a conventional 90 foot diamond with a 60’6” pitching distance. Games are 7 innings in length may be up to 2 1/4 hours, with three outs per inning. 
• VOLUNTEERS: Parent participation is necessary on many levels from Coaching, Umpiring, Field Preparation, Score Keeping, Team Parent, etc. If there is not a volunteer umpire available, we ask that a parent in the stands steps in to allow the game to proceed.
• MANAGER and COACH: Two coaches and one manager may request to be paired together prior to team formation. While attempts are made to honor requests, they are not guaranteed.

"Only those participants whose residence or the physical location of the school where they attend classes is within the boundaries of the league shall be eligible to participate."

Note: You will only be able to register your player/s for the program they are age-eligible for. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Player Agent. SLL reserves the right to move players from one level to another for safety reasons as well as to accommodate the most players depending on interest at each level. This is done at the Coach and Player Agents discretion.