CO-County Youth Baseball – Spring 2022
This document represents the layout of how CO-County Youth Baseball will look in Spring of 2022 for the local leagues of Caldwell Youth Baseball Association, Middleton Baseball Association, Vallivue Youth Baseball, Homedale Youth Sports and Marsing Youth Sports.
We want to stress, every player will be given a fair shot at Elite teams, Competitive teams and summer All-Star teams. CO-County strives to advance baseball in the west end of the Treasure Valley and we want to be represented by the best talent and players available in the local Club leagues, State & Regional tournaments.
Scholarships are available.
*If you attend, or will attend, Caldwell Schools, sign up through Caldwell Youth Baseball Association.
*If you attend, or will attend, Middleton Schools, sign up through Middleton Baseball Association.
*If you attend, or will attend, Vallivue Schools, sign up through Vallivue Youth Baseball.
*If you attend, or will attend, Homedale Schools, sign up through Homedale Youth Sports.
*If you attend, or will attend, Marsing Schools, sign up through Marsing Youth Sports.
Definitions of divisions being offered:
BABE RUTH division/teams – All players, aged 14-15, and the 13-year old players who do not get accepted to the ELITE Club Ball team, in each local league will inter-league against each other, in the spring, in an effort to continue to advance their skill level and raise their game to the next level. The BABE RUTH season will consist of approximately a 10-game regular season followed by an end of season tournament and will run from late March through Mid-May.
ELITE Club Ball division/teams – The top players in each age division will be given the opportunity to play against other Club Ball teams from around the valley, in the spring, in an effort to continue to advance their skill level and raise their game to the next level. The ELITE Club Ball season will consist of approximately a 15-game regular season followed by a double elimination end of season tournament and will run from mid-March through Mid-May. If a player wishes to play up and try out for an older team, it needs to be the consensus of the evaluators that said player be in top 5 for that upper team and be able to play a majority of the time for the upper team.
COMPETITIVE AAA division/teams – The top players, aged 11-12, in each local league will play against each other, in the spring, as part of a competitive division, in an effort to continue to advance their skill level and raise their game to the next level. The COMPETITIVE AAA season will consist of approximately a 10-game regular season followed by an end of season tournament and will run from late March through Mid-May.
MAJORS Rec division/teams - All players, aged 11-12, who do not get accepted to the ELITE Club Ball teams or the COMPETITIVE AAA teams in each local league will inter-league against each other, in the spring, in an effort to continue to advance their skill level and raise their game to the next level. The MAJORS Rec season will consist of approximately a 10-game regular season followed by an end of season tournament and will run from late March through Mid-May.
COMPETITIVE AA division/teams – The top players, aged 8-10, in each local league will play against each other, in the spring, as part of a competitive division, in an effort to continue to advance their skill level and raise their game to the next level. The COMPETITIVE AA season will consist of approximately a 10-game regular season followed by an end of season tournament and will run from late March through Mid-May.
MINORS Rec division/teams - All players, aged 8-10, and any 7-year old that wants to play up from Coach Pitch who do not get accepted to the ELITE Club Ball teams or the COMPETITIVE AA teams in each local league will inter-league against each other, in the spring, in an effort to continue to advance their skill level and raise their game to the next level. The MINORS Rec season will consist of approximately a 10-game regular season followed by an end of season tournament and will run from late March through Mid-May.
COACH PITCH division/teams – All players, aged 6-7, unless a 7-year old wants to play up in MINORS, in the spring. Coach Pitch is your local league’s summer rec season that starts around Mid-May and runs through end of June.
T-BALL division/teams - All players, aged 4-5. T-Ball is your local league’s summer rec season that starts around Mid-May and runs through end of June.
*Players at try-outs will be assessed, evaluated & determined by the CO-County Board, Local League Boards and along with members of our community that have unbiased opinions and do not have players in the league.
*Once the spring seasons start CO-County plans to have open workouts every Saturday (time/location TBD) for all players in the league (grouped by age) to continue to get advanced coaching and instruction and better prepare them for all-star try-outs etc.
*All-Star try-outs for summer baseball will be held toward end of April. Our spring teams, will not necessarily be our summer all-star teams; this will be determined by this separate try-out period.
*CO-County plans to have multiple all-star teams for summer for each age division with the ability to have 2 teams from the same age division each qualify for State, if they so choose.
If you are 14-15 years old, here are your options:
Any Freshman, you will need to try-out for your local high school’s team on February 18-19.
You are welcome to try-out for your local high school’s freshman (Club Legion) team on February 18-19.
Any 8th graders, you can try out for our 14u ELITE CLUB team on Feb 26-27 (time/location TBD).
If you do not get accepted to the 14u ELITE, you can try-out for your local league’s spring Babe Ruth season on March 5th (time/location TBD).
If you are 13 years old, here are your options:
You are welcome to try-out for your local high school’s freshman (Club Legion) team on February 18-19.
If there is no freshman team or you do not get accepted, you can try out for CO-County’s 13u ELITE Club Ball team on Feb 26-27 (time/location TBD) (Must be present for both tryouts, unless prior arrangements have been made with the league).
If you do not get accepted to the ELITE Club Ball team, you can try-out for your local league’s spring Babe Ruth season on March 5th (time/location TBD).
If you are 12 years old, here are your options:
You can try out for CO-County’s 12u ELITE Club Ball team on Feb 26-27 (time/location TBD) (Must be present for both tryouts, unless prior arrangements have been made with the league).
If you do not get accepted to the ELITE Club Ball team, you can try-out for your local league’s spring competitive AAA season on March 5th (time/location TBD).
If you do not get accepted to your local league’s spring competitive AAA season, you will automatically be placed in your local league’s spring Majors rec season.
If you are 11 years old, here are your options:
You can try out for CO-County’s 11u ELITE Club Ball team on Feb 26-27 (time/location TBD) (Must be present for both tryouts, unless prior arrangements have been made with the league).
If you do not get accepted to the ELITE Club Ball teams, you can try-out for your local league’s spring competitive AAA season on March 5th (time/location TBD).
If you do not get accepted to your local league’s spring competitive AAA season, you will automatically be placed in your local league’s spring Majors rec season.
If you are 10 years old, here are your options:
You can try out for CO-County’s 10u ELITE Club Ball team on Feb 26-27 (time/location TBD) (Must be present for both tryouts, unless prior arrangements have been made with the league).
If you do not get accepted to the ELITE Club Ball teams, you can try-out for your local league’s spring competitive AA season on March 5th (time/location TBD).
If you do not get accepted to your local league’s spring competitive AA season, you will automatically be placed in your local league’s spring Minors rec season.
If you are 9 years old, here are your options:
You can try out for CO-County’s 9u ELITE Club Ball team on Feb 26-27 (time/location TBD) (Must be present for both tryouts, unless prior arrangements have been made with the league).
If you do not get accepted to the ELITE Club Ball team you can try-out for your local league’s spring competitive AA season on March 5th (time/location TBD).
If you do not get accepted to your local league’s spring competitive AA season, you will automatically be placed in your local league’s spring Minors rec season.
If you are 8 years old, here are your options:
You can try out for CO-County’s 9u ELITE Club Ball team on Feb 26-27 (time/location TBD) (Must be present for both tryouts, unless prior arrangements have been made with the league).
If you do not get accepted to the ELITE Club Ball team you can try-out for your local league’s spring competitive AA season on March 5th (time/location TBD).
If you do not get accepted to your local league’s spring competitive AA season, you will automatically be placed in your local league’s spring Minors rec season.
If you are 7 years old, here are your options:
You can try-out for your local league’s spring Minors rec season on March 5th (time/location TBD).
If you do not get accepted to your local league’s spring Minors rec season, you can play Coach Pitch in the summer from Mid-May through the end of June. More details to come on Coach Pitch around mid-April.
If you are 6 years old, here are your options:
You will play Coach Pitch, in the summer, from Mid-May through the end of June, through your local league. Sign up now, but more details to come around mid-April.
If you are 5 years old, here are your options:
You will play T-Ball, in the summer, from Mid-May through the end of June, through your local league. Sign up now, but more details to come around mid-April.
If you are 4 years old, here are your options:
You will play T-Ball, in the summer, from Mid-May through the end of June, through your local league. Sign up now, but more details to come around mid-April.