Avon Township Youth Baseball & Softball: Welcome
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Avon Township Youth Baseball & Softball Leagues
Boys Baseball - Leagues
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Girls Softball - Leagues
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Upcoming important dates to remember
- Week of September 8th
- Fall Ball games scheduled to begin
- September 10th
- ATYB Board meeting.
- September 24th
- ATYB Board meeting
Our 10U travel team - Double Headers hosted its inaugural invitational tournament on July 31st - August 2nd.
The tournament was a great success with 5 teams participating. There was much anticipation for this tournament and the weather cooperated for the most part. We did get a little rain on Saturday that forced us to push the 3pm game to Sunday. But Sunday was great baseball playing weather.
Our thanks go out to all of the teams that participated: Grayslake All Stars- Antioch Jr Sequoits- and our own 10U ATYB Double Headers.
A Special thanks goes out to the Lake Villa Defenders who took 1st place in the tournament and to the Algonquin Storm who ended up in 2nd place. It was a closely contested battle between the two teams with Lake Villa taking an early 4 - 1 lead. But Algonquin battled back to take a 6 - 5 lead going into the bottom of the 6th. Lake Villa put together a two out rally and won the game 7 - 6.
Both teams had very complimentary comments about the tournament.
From Tom Jones of the Lake Villa Defenders
On behalf of the Lake Villa Defenders, coaches, players and parents, we would like to say "thanks" for hosting a great tournament. The parents and players had a wonderful time. Please extend our appreciation to the umpire crew as they too did an outstanding job. The players were so geeked to see THREE umpires in the Championship Game. That was awesome - they did a great job. Thanks again for hosting and extending your hospitality.
Tom Jones
Coach, Lake Villa Defenders
From Rich Riedel of the Algonquin Storm
There is a growing controversy surrounding wood vs. aluminum bats. There has been a bill introduced to the
Illinois General Assembly to outlaw the use of aluminum bats for any baseball & softball games played in the state
of Illinois involving children under the age of 13. In an effort to make our environment safe and fun for the kids,
beginning in the 2008 season, ATYB will add wood bats to our Boys leagues as an alternative to aluminum bats.
Keep in mind, we do not plan to prohibit the use of aluminum bats for the Pinto or Mustang leagues, unless the bill
has been passed into law during the season.
We have prohibited the use of aluminum bats in both the Boys Bronco & Pony leagues. Keep up with the status of this bill at
We are currently evaluating what brand of wood bat will work best. We are looking at the following manufacturers:
Click on the hyperlinks below for more information about why this has become a very hot topic...
http://www.nbc5.com/health/14221358/detail.html
http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/aluminum.bats.prep.2.329211.html
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=92402
If you are interested in being a sponsor and want to have a sign with your company's logo proudly displayed at our complex,
or just want to help out in any way you can
please click on the Booster Club link to the left to find out how.
Monday, February 9
It is being reported that Kevin Costner ("Crash" in the movie Bull Durham) announced Feb. 3, 2009 that he is a partner in a
new minor league team scheduled to begin play in Lake County in 2010. The team which has not yet been named will play its
home games in Zion.
