Attention HAL baseball players that are in 5th and 6th grade!

Whitesburg Middle School's 6th grade baseball team will hold tryouts on Sunday Oct 19th and Sunday Oct 26th from 2:00-4:00 on Fern Bell South, next to the school.  All 6th graders who are attending Whitesburg are eligible to tryout.  Also, 5th graders from Weatherly, Whitesburg and Chaffee that will attend Whitesburg Middle are eligible to tryout also.  Whitesburg will field at least two baseball teams next baseball season, so many players are needed.  Please be sure to come try out.  For more information email Tim Wirick at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call him at 653-1838.

For those boys who have aged out of Little League or will turn 13 before next summer, you should consider playing Fall Babe Ruth baseball. Babe Ruth in Huntsville has a 13 year old, 14-15, and 16-18 division.

Registration for Fall Babe Ruth Baseball will be at the locations:

• Huntsville East Babe Ruth. Optimist Park (Baseball Boardrooom) - 703 Oakwood Ave NE
• Huntsville South Babe Ruth. Sandhurst Park (Concessions stand) - 325 Green Cove Road

Registration Times include:

• August 23rd, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm
• August 30th, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

For more information refer to the following two websites:

• Huntsville East Babe Ruth (Optimist)
• Huntsville South Babe Ruth (Sandhurst)

Coach Johnson's 11/12 All Star team are the District 8 Tournament Champions! American defeated Eastern 9-2 in the finals at Mayfair Park. We won 8-1 Monday evening at Mayfair Park and lost 6-2 Thurs evening. Go American! We play the Winner the State Championship game between District 7 and District 4. Our game is at 5:30 on Sunday evening July 20th in Sheffield. Please support our 10/11s or our 11/12s in the State Tournament!

Coaches: Bryan Johnson, Rob Jones, Jamey Mann, Jay McLelland

Players: Cameron Kilgore, Michael Holloway, Clay Johnson, Ryan Jones, Blake Mann, Reed McLelland, Tanner Dunaway, Scott Traller, Rick Perez, Kevin Sommers, Johnny Komara, Russ Daniels.

Here is a note from Kate Burnette's website:

Good luck to the American League All Star Teams. The 10-11 year old team is going to State and the 12 year old team is playing tonight to win the district championship and go to state. Win one for Kate!

Blessings, Lesley

Well Kate, our boys won it for you and we'll work hard to win State too!

Here is a link to an article in the Huntsville Times: Times Article

Congratulations to Coach Wirick and the 10/11-yr old American All-Stars for winning the District 8 Championship. American beat Eastern 14-4 at Riggs Field in Huntsville on Monday, July 7^th, 2008. It’s off to Sylacauga, Alabama for the State Tournament for our boys! The State Tournament is scheduled to begin on 7/19/08. Let’s try to make the trip to support them if possible.

Coaches: Tim Wirick, Rick Perez, Fred Cothren, Ron Stephens

Players: Danny Perez, Logan Liddie, Russell Hyde, Bailey Cothren, Collin Wirick, Easton Brock, Madison May, Logan Bajoras, Jonah Smythe, Grant Ginsburg and Ryan Sivak.