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Burnsville Traveling BaseballPre-Tryout

Information Meeting

BTB 2019 Parent Meeting 1

Thursday, March 7, 2019

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2019 BTB Board Members

• President: Jordan Dam• Vice President: Todd DeLack• Treasurer: Dave Santelman• Secretary: Vicki Classen• Majors Director: Mike Neutz• Minors Director: Eric Mulder• BTB Tournament Director: Kelli Mitsch

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All board members are elected for a one-year term. Anyone interested in a board position fornext year should talk to a board member and fill out an application.

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2019 Age-Level Directors

• 10s: Jason Skoglund• 11s: Terry Eastman• 12s: Alan Giddings• 13s: Nick Heger• 14s: Tim Emerson• 15s: Ken Quimby

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2019 Traveling Baseball Extended Board

• Fields/Equipment: Dan McHugh• Field Scheduler: Vicki Classen• Apparel: Jen Dam, Brenda Santelman, Jen Gust• Burnsville Tournament Concessions: Tom Gleason• Website Coordinator: Susan Isebrand• BTB Pictures: Jen Gust

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BTB Mission Statement

Our mission is to assist our athletes in developing advanced baseball skills ina fun and positive environment while competing against players with similarabilities. Our objective is to provide an organized program for the youngathletes in our community that will: •Develop self-confidence•Promote physical fitness•Teach respect for others, teamwork and pride in the community•Incorporate the spirit of sportsmanship in both victory and defeat•Allow players to compete in a safe environment•Promote hard work and a positive attitude•Highlight life lessons to be learned from winning and losing•Prepare players for the high school program•Encourage everyone to have fun **We expect everyone associated with the program to be a good role modelfor the kids and represent our community in a positive manner. Pleaseremember, you represent all of us with your behavior at games!

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Past Burnsville Traveling Baseball Survey Highlights

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Myth #1: “Tryouts are biased because certain dads only coach so their kidcan be on that team. No coaches should be announced until after tryouts.” Fact: Coaches are NOT chosen until after tryouts are over. A player willnot be rewarded or punished just because their parent has volunteered tocoach. Myth #2: “It shouldn’t just be AAA coaches who get to evaluate during thetryout process.” Fact: It’s not. BTB makes a concerted effort to choose potential coachesfrom all levels to take part in the evaluation process. Sometimes that’s notpossible or doesn’t end up being the case once teams are formed. Myth #3: “Allowing coaches to pick players because of their parents or whothey want as assistant coaches is ridiculous.” Fact: We agree, and that is why it’s not allowed.

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Past Burnsville Traveling Baseball Survey Highlights (continued)

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Myth #4: “A third party needs to be involved with tryouts so the evaluationsare done in an objective way.” Fact: They are. At each age level, BTB uses a combination of threepotential coach evaluators and two independent evaluators. While nosystem is perfect, we feel strongly that this is the best “formula” to get themost accurate teams with the most kids at the proper level. Myth #5: “This league is too expensive.” Fact: BTB’s fees rank second-lowest in the entire metro area, andscholarships are available that would allow those with a demonstrated needto play for just $100. Myth #6: “I see no reason why parents should have to volunteer their timegiven how much it costs to play. BTB expects too much from parents.” Fact: BTB is a community-based program run entirely by parentvolunteers. Without them, there is no BTB for your child. If we didn’t hosttournaments in town, the league fees would be substantially higher.

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Traveling Baseball Commitment

Those players/parents interested in the Traveling Baseballprogram must recognize the responsibility and commitment thataccompanies being selected to play Traveling Baseball.

• It is understood that the players will be on time for practices and games. Other

sports or sports camps are not acceptable reasons for missing tryouts, practices,games or tournaments. Players can and will face consequences for failure toadhere to this policy, including progressively severe suspensions.

• All parents or guardians of Traveling Baseball players are required to volunteertime for our Burnsville Tournament (June 7-9) and the Burnsville-hosted MBTState Tournament (July 19-21).

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BTB Volunteer Positions:

Volunteers are vital to any well-run program. For our program to continue to be successful, newvolunteers are needed each year. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact any one ofthe board members for details. Each Traveling Baseball team will have volunteer positions to fillonce teams are selected. These positions include, but are not limited to: Team Manager: The team manager will perform all the necessary administrative duties for the team. This includes communicating

schedules/information to their team, tournament travel organization, checking team into tournaments with birthcertificates/roster forms, collect/hold players’ birth certificates and medical information, uniform distribution,facilitating volunteer sign-up for Burnsville tournaments. They will work with coaches and website coordinatorin communicating information to their team. Team managers may delegate their duties to other team members.

❖ Time Commitment – On and off throughout the season. Sponsorship Representative:The Sponsorship Rep is the main contact person for their team and works directly with the BTBSponsorship Coordinator. They communicate with their team about the program and their team'sresponsibility during the sponsorship drive. They help identify potential sponsors, motivate theirteam, provide follow-up with potential team sponsors and work closely with the BTBSponsorship Coordinator in getting the information BTB needs from their team sponsor. ❖ Time Commitment – beginning of the season.

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Field Maintenance:The Field Maintenance position is usually a shared responsibility for all home games. They willarrive early to prep the baseball field for the game, including raking, dragging, chalking andbase placement.

❖ Time Commitment – field prep usually starts 45 minutes before home games throughout the season. Scorekeeper:The scorekeeping position is based on the coaches’ needs. The official team scorebook is themain book for all home games. They maintain the books according to the coaches’ specifications.

❖ Time Commitment – present at games throughout the season; baseball scoring knowledge is a mustfor this position.

Team Website Coordinator:The team website coordinator is responsible for maintaining their team's BTB web page(s). Theywill work with their team coaches and manager in communicating information to their team. Thecoordinator will update the website with news bulletins, schedules, pictures, tournamentinformation, game results, etc.

❖ Time Commitment – On and off throughout the season (need access to a computer and be computer savvy)

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Site Operation Director (SOD)

Time Commitment – Duration of BTB Tournament WeekendJune 7-9, 2019

This position will be stationed at the assigned sites for the duration of the BTB

Tournament weekend SODs will perform the following duties:• Ensure site is prepared for the tournament on Friday morning/afternoon• Assist in initial stocking of concessions stand (be available to unload and organize

when supplies are distributed)• Organize site, including concessions stand, novelty sales, and bathrooms• Manage the concessions and novelties sales• Check in and track volunteers for the site• Ensure non-baseball issues are taken care of or escalated• End-of-day securing of the concessions and any site lockdown (shared with Site

Baseball Director)• Ensure tidiness of site• Track stock in concessions and request additional supplies when needed

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Site Baseball Director (SBD)

Time Commitment – Duration of BTB Tournament WeekendJune 7-9, 2019

The SBD is responsible for running the tournament at the age level.This person will perform the following duties: • Check in teams at the site - ensure birth certificates and teams rosters are presented• Responsible for updating site tournament board and keeping official track of results• Keep logs of innings pitched• First point of contact for teams and umpires in case of issues• Determine rankings and filling of brackets after pool play for their age groups - this

will be done in conjunction with the Assistant Tournament Directors• Determining the recipients of MBT, GSTC and MSF state berths, as well as keeping

these records• Handing out trophies at the conclusion of the Third-place and Championship games• Participate in emergency planning committee in the case of rain or delays

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BTB Tournament Site Prep

Time Commitment – Duration of Burnsville Tournament WeekendJune 7-9, 2019

• This position will be partnered with another individual who will be

responsible for setup, teardown and concession replenishment ofthree tournament sites. This will include running supplies betweensites, gaining access to the site early on Friday to ensure they areready to operate once the tournament begins.

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Notes about Volunteer Signup for BTB TournamentJune 7-9, 2019

Exempt members identified on signup sheets fall into one of the following

categories: • Board Members, Age-Level Directors, Field Scheduler, Equipment

Coordinator, Head Coaches and Tournament Committee members.• Exempt members should not sign up for a position unless they intend to

perform the additional role.• Volunteer positions assigned to the team are the team’s responsibility to fill.

If an individual signs up for a position and does not perform that role, theteam will need to provide a replacement.

• When you sign up, make sure you fulfill the role. If you can’t you MUSTfind a replacement.

• Each position is for a single individual. Please do not sign up with the intentof sharing unless it is within a family.

• SBD and SOD will not need to fill additional slots at the BurnsvilleTournament.

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State Tournament SBDs, SODs

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Time Commitment – Duration of State Tournament Weekend:

July 19-21, 2018

10AA MBT

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Bat Rules• See the MBL website at www.mbl.bz for current bat information.• 10-13u: All bats must carry the new “USA Bat” stamp. All USA Bats

will be either 2 1/4 or 2 5/8 inches in diameter. The largest allowed“drop” in bat weight is -11. Any bat that does not carry the USA Batstamp will be considered illegal. That means any USSSA-stamped batused in league or tournament play in pre-2018 will not be valid foruse in MBL/MBT play.

• 14u: Must be either a -5 (or less) with a USA Bat stamp or a BBCORbat with a -3 (or less).

• 15u: Must use a BBCOR -3 (or less) bat.• **Legal bats must be used for tryouts too!

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Birthdate Cutoff• The birthdate cutoff is May 1. The team (age level) for which a player is

eligible is the same as the player’s age on or before that date. Players mayNOT play down an age level per AAU and MSF and MBL rules.

• A copy of the child’s birth certificate should be supplied to the head coach

at the first team meeting. • 9-year-old rule: All 9-year-olds (as well as 8-year-old third-graders)

accepted into the 10-year-old Burnsville Traveling Baseball program willremain as a 10-year-old the following season unless they are following theirschool grade level.

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2019 Participation Fee:All Players:

• The balance of the 2019 participation fee is due by March 21.• Uniform distribution will be held on April 18

Total fee = $400.00 (includes $50.00 non-refundable tryout fee) A uniform will not be issued without payment in full

• Each player will receive:– Two jerseys– Team hat (with #)– One pair of white baseball pants

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Traveling Baseball Rules & Guidelines

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Please review on the website at: www.bacsports.org Baseball->Traveling: Under theDocuments section, you’ll find BTB Rules& Guidelines, as well as the BTB Bylaws

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Inclement Weather• In case of inclement weather, the coach will determine if there will be a

practice. At games, the home team’s coach is responsible for determiningwhether the game will be started. Once play begins, the umpire isresponsible for determining whether play should be halted. In all cases,unless you receive a communication from your team’s coach or manager,you should appear at the site of the game or practice as scheduled. Weatherconditions can vary widely even over short distances, so our policy is tomake the decision at the field site. Games and practices will be suspendedwhen lightning is visible. If you (parent/guardian) are not able to be presentduring an event, be sure that your child knows another parent who will bepresent with whom he/she can take shelter if bad weather suddenlythreatens.

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Traveling Teams Forecasted for 2019• 10s: 2-3 teams• 11s: 1 team• 12s: 2 teams• 13s: 2-3 teams• 14s: 2 teams• 15s: 1 team

• Actual number of teams, team sizes (12 players on a standard team) and levels

will not be determined until after tryouts. We will do so by assessing the numberof registrants, the players’ and teams’ results on the field last season and theplayers’ scores during tryouts this year.

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Important Dates• Saturday & Sunday, March 16-17: Hitting and fielding tryouts

for all ages at the Savage Dome. Groups run from 1 to 9:30p.m. on Saturday and from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.

• Tuesday, March 19: Team rosters posted on BTB website.• Thursday, March 21: MANDATORY parent team meetings

(no kids allowed), minors at 6:30 p.m. and majors at 8:00 p.m.,at the Nicollet Middle School cafeteria. Apparel will be on saleat this meeting too.

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2019

BTB Traveling Baseball Timeline

Please check the BTB Calendar on BAC Website.

www.bacsports.org

Facebook @burnsvilletravelingbaseball

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Metro Baseball League

▪ League play starts the week of April 22 for 10- to 14-year-olds and the weekof May 13 for 15-year-olds (and 14/15A).

▪ A total of 16 league games (12 league games for 15s), plus playoffs.▪ League championships and state tournaments will be completed by the end

of July. The only extension beyond this date would be if a team qualifies andelects to play in a national tournament.

▪ 10- to 14-year-olds will play continuous batting with free substitutions inleague and tournament play.

▪ 15-year-olds play 9-man baseball in league and tournament play.▪ Each team will also compete in up to four tournaments during the regular

season, with the opportunity to advance to one or more state tournaments.

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• Parents, please have players check in 15 minutes before the start time of their group. Allbats must be approved in the lobby by BTB staff prior to hitting tryouts. • Tryouts are closed for the benefit of your child. Parents are not allowed inside on the fieldsat the Savage Dome during tryouts. • Players should be dressed for cooler weather at the Savage Dome and should wear tennisshoes or rubber-molded cleats. • Players must bring their own bats, helmets and gloves. Players must wear a protective cupfor all fielding evaluations. The only time a player will not need a protective cup is for thebatting evaluation. • Players MAY NOT wear any clothing that has their first and/or last name visible toevaluators. Players will be given a tryout number when they check in to be worn throughoutthe tryout process. Bring the number back with you to wear on Day 2.

Important Notes for Parents and Players Regarding Tryouts

2019 BTB TRYOUT INFO

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Important Notes for Parents and Players Regarding Tryouts (continued) •Please keep things in perspective, and don’t lose sight of the big picture. •The purpose of tryouts is to place kids at the competitive level best suited forthem this year. This will not affect a player’s “baseball status” in Burnsville forlife! Rosters change every year, and the varsity coaches don’t care what levelyour son played at in youth baseball. •Kids grow and develop at different speeds. It is impossible to predict now whomight be the top players down the road or even next year. •It’s often a much better situation to be a top player on a lower team than abottom player on a higher team, as there are usually more opportunities to playa key role and better odds of individual success. •Do not allow your potential disappointment over what level your child ends upat to ruin his season. Everyone that makes a team gets the opportunity to playbaseball with their friends!

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• Players are divided into groups of approximately 7-10 players. Potential coaches as well asindependent evaluators from outside the program or from a different age level will evaluatethe players. • Players are evaluated and graded in three areas: hitting, fielding and throwing. • The pitching/catching evaluation is not required but is strongly recommended. Thepitching/catching evaluation is used to help potential coaches determine who can pitch/catchbut may also separate players that are close in their evaluations. • A 2nd Look will be held to help validate the grading. Like the pitching/catching portion, itis also optional but strongly recommended. After this final look, player selections arecompleted. • The age-level directors and potential coaches will structure the 2nd Look for their agegroup. The potential coaches will then meet with board members to determine teams. ***The Age-Level Director is responsible for running the tryout. ***

Burnsville Traveling BaseballTryout Evaluation Key

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FIELDING & THROWING

Infield: The player will take 2 practice and then 6 live ground balls at the shortstop positionand will make a throw to first base after each ball. Scoring done per ground ball. If a player misses the ball while attempting to field it, he willbe given a ball so that he can still make the throw to first base.Scoring range is 0-96. Note: Odd numbers can be used to further differentiate plays. Grading Fielding:• 8 Excellent form (feet and hands), play nicely completed• 6 Play completed without bobbling ball• 4 Bobbles ball, ball remains in front of player and play is completed• 2 Play is completed but with great difficulty• 0 Play is not completed, ball continues to the outfield Grading Throws:• 8 Strong throw straight to the first baseman’s chest• 6 Strong throw to first baseman without pulling off base• 4 Rainbow throw to the first baseman’s area• 2 Strong throw but pulls first baseman off base• 0 Throw is not completed

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Outfield:The player will take 2 practice fly balls and then 6 live fly balls in center orright field and will make throws to different bases, as determined by the age-level director. Each fly ball will require the player to move forward, backwardor laterally. Scoring done per fly ball. If a player misses the ball while attempting to field it, he will be given a ballso that he can still make the throw. Scoring range is 0-96. Note: Odd numbers can be used to further differentiateplays. Grading Fielding:•8 Play nicely completed (proper footwork and body/arm/hand position)•6 Play completed without bobbling ball•4 Play is completed but with great difficulty•2 Bobbles ball, ball remains near player and play is then completed•0 Play is not completed, ball continues past the player

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Grading Throws:• 8 Strong throw straight to the target (max 1 bounce)• 6 Strong throw to the target area• 4 Rainbow throw or several bounces straight to the person catching the ball• 2 Throw is a rainbow to the target area• 0 Throw is not completed, wild or inaccurate BATTINGWarm-up: There will be a warm-up area consisting of batting nets and soft toss/tee work.Each player will also receive 3 warm up pitches in the evaluation cage prior to beginningtheir evaluation. Evaluation: In the evaluation cage, each player will have his batting skills evaluatedutilizing the short toss and then the batting machine. The batting-machine speed will beset to a maximum of the number listed below for each age group. 10s – 40 MPH (46’) 12s – 50 MPH (52’) 14s – 60 MPH (60’6”)11s – 45 MPH (46’) 13s – 55 MPH (54’) 15s – 65 MPH (60’6”)

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Short Toss:Each player will receive 6 pitches in the strike zone and then will be evaluatedon the following: Mechanics: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0Bat Speed/Hands Through the Zone: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0Contact/Hard Hits: 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 A player will receive one score for each of Mechanics, Bat Speed and Contactafter all 6 pitches are completed. The scoring is not done per pitch.Scoring range: 0-24. Batting Machine: Each player will receive 9 pitches in the strike zone. They willbe evaluated per pitch on the following:• 8 Line drive/good mechanics• 6 Hard ground ball/good mechanics• 4 Made contact/poor mechanics, popup/good mechanics• 2 Missed pitch/good mechanics• 0 Missed pitch/poor mechanics or did not swing at strike Note: Non-strikes will be called “no pitch” by the age-level director afterwardand will not be counted unless the batter would’ve earned a high score from allevaluators. Scoring done per pitch. Scoring range is 0-72.

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Pitching/Catching Player evaluations for these events are not figured in to the total tryout score.However, they can be used to assist the potential coaches in determining in-housereassignments and team selection. Pitching:• The purpose of the pitching evaluation is to give the potential coaches a look atpotential pitchers. Evaluation:• Each player will be evaluated after the pitches are completed. Typically theplayer will throw fastballs. The player may, at their discretion, throw a change-up.They should inform the evaluators before the pitch in this case.

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Catching: The purpose of the catching evaluation is to give the Internal Evaluators a lookat potential catchers. Each player will catch several pitches from a pitcher. The player will bewearing full catchers gear during the evaluation. The player will make twothrows from home to second base. BTB will provide the catchers equipment forall players. 2nd Look: Game situations, final look, additional hitting/throwing/fielding, etc. may beused at the discretion of the ALDs and Internal Evaluators.

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Player Selections Posting

We will be posting the names of all players who earn a spot on a traveling team at:www.bacsports.org.

Team rosters will be emailed and posted on the BTB website no later than

Tuesday, March 19, 2019.

Coaches will NOT be calling individual players to inform them of their placement. After a 24-hour cooling-off period, BTB will be available for questions by e-mail atthe addresses listed on the website. Any emails sent prior to the completion of thecooling-off period will be deleted without being read.

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In-House Reassignments: • A player who does not make a traveling team will be re-registered with BACIn-House Baseball (unless they choose not to). Your fee that you have paid will betransferred to the in-house program, minus the tryout fee, as indicated during yourregistration. • We regret that since In-House Baseball teams may already be formed at the time thatTraveling Baseball makes its selections, it is unlikely that you will be placed on yourneighborhood/school team. • If you selected a refund instead of a transfer to In-House, that money will be refunded toyou as soon as possible.

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10-year-old groupsGroupTryoutNumber

LastName

FirstName

10A 1 Breun Isaac

10A 2 Weller John

10A 3 Amsden Carson

10A 4 Brookins Will

10A 5 Henke William

10A 6 Santiago Tyler

10A 7 Eckland Dylan

10A 8 Jenstad Gabe

10A 9 Mulder Jack

Group

TryoutNumber

Last Name FirstName

10B 10 Procaccini Kaleb

10B 11 Cooke Preston

10B 12 Leffelman Mike

10B 13 Giddings Aiden

10B 14 Procko Toryn

10B 15 Dukart Kellen

10B 16 Reinen Gavin

10B 17 Lange Ian

10B 18 OchoaHerrera

JosephGroup

TryoutNumber Last Name First

Name

10C 19 Kuechle Spencer

10C 20 Johnson Evan

10C 21 Hahne Marshall

10C 22 Jacobson Luke

10C 23 Sczepanski Isaac

10C 24 Heckman Braeden

10C 25 Poirier Andrew

10C 26 Bellmont Aiden

Group

TryoutNumber

Last Name FirstName

10D 27 Chapman Noah

10D 28 Hueckman Hardy

10D 29 Schroder Emery

10D 30 Bakke Griffin

10D 31 Garrett Mozes

10D 32 Skoglund Sam

10D 33 Pihlaja Vance

10D 34 Mitchell Caiden

10D 35 Werb Addison

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11-year-old groups

Group TryoutNumber Last Name First

Name

11A 1 Stauble Isaiah

11A 2 Pearson Nathan

11A 3 Poirier Dylan

11A 4 Mercer Ryan

11A 5 Kiminski Kameron

11A 6 Zitnick JulianGroup Tryout

Number Last Name FirstName

11B 7 Miller Spencer

11B 8 Hueckman Heston

11B 9 Schroeder Joey

11B 10 Bakke Grady

11B 11 Eastman Mavryk

11B 12 Peters Caleb

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12-year-old groups

Group

TryoutNumber

Last Name FirstName

12A 1 Cooke Bredeson

12A 2 Happe Ethan

12A 3 Ahern Garrett

12A 4 Dukart Braidon

12A 5 Charlton Dane

12A 6 Heinen Dane

12A 7 Giddings Andrew

12A 8 Cook Jack

Group

TryoutNumber Last Name First

Name

12B 9 Ackerman Devon

12B 10 Zimmerman Landen

12B 11 Limberg Teagan

12B 12 Heckman Collin

12B 13 Nyane Ozzy

12B 14 Briese Adam

12B 15 Erickson Riley

Group

TryoutNumber Last Name First

Name

12C 16 Oxendale Callan

12C 17 Schroeder Nathan

12C 18 Leafblad Soren

12C 19 Nelson Riley

12C 20 Millis Drew

12C 21 Friese Drew

12C 22 Perez Javier

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13-year-old groupsGroup

TryoutNumber

Last Name FirstName

13A 1 Gust Nathan

13A 2 Heger William

13A 3 Woelfel Benjamin

13A 4 Isebrand Greydon

13A 5 Schultz Reed

13A 6 Johnson Eli

13A 7 Discher Nick

13A 8 Leipnitz Noah

13A 9 Classen Chase

13A 10 Galvin Aj

13A 11 Gleason Nick

Group

TryoutNumber Last Name First

Name

13B 12 Giancarlo Dominik

13B 13 Jacobson Ethan

13B 14 Einberger Darren

13B 15 Moher Braiden

13B 16 Steffen Kenny

13B 17 Schaefers Thomas

13B 18 Asleson Connor

13B 19 Einberger Brandon

13B 20 Krueger Adam

13B 21 Johnson JJ

Group

TryoutNumber Last Name First

Name

13C 22 McGowan Aidan

13C 23 Santelman John

13C 24 Neutz Jacob

13C 25 McHugh Luke

13C 26 Bakke Gavan

13C 27 Steinhouse Noah

13C 28 Dam Luke

13C 29 Klavins Benjamin

13C 30 Skoglund Jack

13C 31 White Mason

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14-year-old groups

Group

TryoutNumber

Last Name FirstName

14A 1 Stone Brayden

14A 2 Watkins Brayden

14A 3 Christenson Leo

14A 4 Rahier Dylan

14A 5 Henry Will

14A 6 Reinen Elijah

14A 7 Westrum Colin

14A 8 Miranda Daniel

Group

TryoutNumber

Last Name FirstName

14B 9 Osterhaus Bryce

14B 10 Lobben Beck

14B 11 Kilgore Jr Eric

14B 12 Hatting Niles

14B 13 Machacek Jack

14B 14 Sczepanski William

14B 15 Meuser Nicholas

Group

TryoutNumber Last Name First

Name

14C 16 Sieben Cole

14C 17 Keirstead Eli

14C 18 Inglis Trevor

14C 19 Emerson Sean

14C 20 Oxendale Caige

14C 21 Nesvig Mario

14C 22 McDonough Jack

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Thank you all for participating in the Burnsville TravelingBaseball program for the 2019 season.

Have a great year, and please remember:

Your child’s success or lack thereof in sports does not

indicate what kind of parent you are.But having an athlete that is coachable, respectful, a greatteammate, hard-working and resilient IS a direct reflection

of your parenting.

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Saturday March 16th - Savage Dome Sunday March 17th - Savage Dome

10 Year Olds 10 Year Olds

Time Event Age/Group Time Event Age/Group

1:00-2:00 Hitting 10A 8:00-9:30 Second Look 10 A,B

2:00-3:00 Hitting 10B

3:00-4:00 Hitting 10C 10:00-11:30 Second Look 10 C,D

4:00- 5:00 Hitting 10D

5:00-5:30 set up

5:30-6:30 Fielding 10A

6:30-7:30 Fielding 10B

7:30-8:30 Fielding 10C

8:30-9:30 Fielding 10D

11 Year Olds 11 Year Olds

Time Event Age/Group Time Event Age/Group

3:00-4:00 Fielding 11A 8:00-9:30 Second Look 11 A,B

4:00- 5:00 Fielding 11B

5:00-6:00 set up

6:00-6:30 Hitting 11A

6:30-7:00 Hitting 11B

12 Year Olds 12 Year Olds

Time Event Age/Group Time Event Age/Group

2:00-3:00 Hitting 12A 8:00-9:30 Second Look 12 A,B,C

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13 Year Olds 13 Year Olds

Time Event Age/Group Time Event Age/Group

2:00-3:00 Fielding 13A 10:00-11:30 Second Look 13 A,B,C

3:00-4:00 Fielding 13B

4:00-5:00 Fielding 13C

5:00-6:00 set up

6:00-7:00 Hitting 13A

7:00-8:00 Hitting 13B

8:00-9:00 Hitting 13C

14 Year Olds 14 Year Olds

Time Event Age/Group Time Event Age/Group

2:00-3:00 Hitting 14A 10:00-11:30 Second Look 14 A,B,C

3:00-4:00 Hitting 14B

4:00-5:00 Hitting 14C

5:00-6:00 set up

6:00-7:00 Fielding 14A

7:00-8:00 Fielding 14B

8:00-9:00 Fielding 14C

Saturday March 16th - Savage Dome Sunday March 17th - Savage Dome