SHOALS SUMMER LEAGUE, Inc.

We at SSL are striving to bring the sport of baseball, the advantages of teamwork, and the importance of good sportsmanship to the youth of our area.

Home of Martin County’s Cal Ripken League!

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SSL Board Meeting Sept. 8th

6:30pm  @ The Ballpark Concession Stand.

        Everyone welcome to attend!

“The game is a routine game. If you do the routine things consistently well, you win. If you don’t, you lose.”-Tim McCarver

 

 

Fall Baseball coming in September!

 3rd Annual Fall Baseball Clinic

                                                                        

  The Shoals Summer League in conjunction with the Shoals High School/Babe Ruth coaching staff will be conducting a skills clinic throughout the month of September. The clinic will be held at the Shoals Community Park. The goal of this clinic is to enhance the fundamental baseball skills of our youth and prepare the SSL coaching staff for the upcoming 2009 baseball season. The clinic is open to all area youth between the ages of four to twelve. This clinic is being provided free of charge and all that is needed to attend is this signed permission slip, baseball glove, and a desire to learn solid fundamental baseball.  If you have any questions, feel free to contact Bradley Howell @ 247-2141

Please do not return this permission slip to the school.

·    The clinic will start on Tuesday September 2nd  and conclude on Wednesday September 24th

·    Daily sessions will be held every Tuesday and Wednesday with the exception of the fifth Tuesday. We will reserve this date for a make-up day if needed

·    Daily sessions will start at promptly 6:00 P.M. and conclude by 8:00 P.M.

·    T-ball sessions (Ages 4 and 5) will be held on Tuesday nights from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M.

  Registration for the Fall Clinic will be held prior to the first session on September 2nd. Registration will open at 5:00 P.M. and close at 5:50 P.M. Your child must be registered to participate.

 

Click here for a registration form.

 

1st Annual Fall Rookie League

                                                                        

    The Shoals Summer League is offering an opportunity for all area youth to participate in a Fall Baseball League. League games will be played on Sunday afternoons at the Shoals Community Ballpark. There will be no cost to participate. The Fall Rookie League is an excellent opportunity for your child to develop and enhance their fundamental baseball skills in preparation for the 2009 season. This would be a good time to register and play if you have never participated with the SSL before.

·    League games will start Sunday September 7th and conclude October 26th.

·    Games will start at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday.

·    Practice is currently every Thursday from 7:00 P.M. to 8:30 P.M. with a possible earlier start in a few weeks.

·    Free to all area youth

·    League is open to all 6,7,and 8 yr. olds for the 2009 season.

·    Player cannot play if 9 yrs. old prior to May 1, 2009

·    All games will be held at the Shoals Community Park with the possibility of area teams coming in to play us.

 

Please feel free to call if you have any questions:

Charla Ivey – 812-709-0493

Allen Hopkins – 812-653-1992

Bradley Howell – 812-247-2141

 

 

 

 

Regular Season Final Standings:

                                                     Rookies                             Minors                         Majors

                                                     Cardinals   8-1                 Reds      4-1                 Reds       4-1

                                                     Braves        4-5                 Orioles  1-4            Devil Rays  3-4

                                                     Reds           6-3                                                      Indians        2-4

                                                     Yankees     0-9

 

SSL would like to thank this year’s sponsors:

Carla’s Catering, RJ’s, Jones Oil, Old National Bank, Graber Insealators, Cedar Ridge Candles, Eagles #2442, American Legion, Pizza Junction, Backwoods Stone, National Gypsum, Stone Belt Freight Lines, US Gypsum, Avon (Brenda Rogers), West Side Auto, Harting Studio, Moffatt Brothers Logging, Toy’s Auto Parts, Bailey Bros. Used Cars, American Legion, Michael’s Truck Wash, D&D Country Store, Bo-Mac’s, and Farm Bureau Insurance.

Please thank these sponsors by purchasing from them when/where possible and saying “thanks” when you see the owners/managers!

 

 

Field Report!!!!

We trying to find an excavating company to do the work at this time.

We have currently raised $14,000! Please pass the word around. Any donations can be sent to the address below!

 We are currently looking for a major sponsor(s) to finance our new facilities. If you know someone who might be interested please give them our email address or a board members name and phone number. Any donation (we are not-for-profit 501 c (3)) can be sent to:

Shoals Summer League, Inc.

Attn: field fund

10526 Sherfick School Rd

Shoals, IN 47581

 

 

Attention: We have a new state website for Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth. Please visit it for statewide information at: http://southernindianababeruthleagues.com/

 

See the “News and Events” link to on the left for more details on the fields, sign-ups, etc…

Click here to see a drawing of the proposed fields! See more pictures here.

 

 

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