Bonita Springs Little League: My Site News

As an organization our job is to protect and keep safe the children whom we gather for these sporting events.  As a board we have formulated guidelines for the dug outs, fields, and ballpark areas to achieve this goal.  Coaches and parents please try to adhere and uphold these guidelines.

PARK AREAS:

There is a NO DOGS ALLOWED sign as you enter the ballpark.  Please keep dogs out of the ballpark while games and practices are going on.

There is a NO SMOKING ALLOWED sign as you enter the ballpark.  Please be so kind as to smoke outside the park.

There will be NO SKATE BOARDS ALLOWED in the ballpark when practices and games are going on. 

Please discard all trash and gum in the garbage.

DUG OUTS:

There will be no eating food inside the dugout areas.

Players cannot leave the dugout during games unless they have received permission from their coach.

There is no swinging of bats in the dugout.   Bats should only be in players hands when next at bat.

There is no climbing the fence in the dugout.

Players must stay in the dugout until their turn to bat.

After your game is over, please have players discard all trash and gum in the garbage.

If there are items left in the dugout from another team (gloves, hats, balls etc),  please bring them to the concession stand.  This is where all "LOST and FOUND" items are kept.  Please remind the children that all hats and gloves should have their names on it.   For Minor Divisions, we do not post the scores, however, each team is required to keep their scores so that the rules can be followed.

This is our only Fund Raiser for the year.   Particiipants are asked to acquire donations in the amounts of how many home runs they may hit OR how far they can hit the ball.   A minimum of $10.00 is required to participate.

The LONGEST SMASH Contest -  Ages 4 - 8 will participate  in this event.   Players will receive seven pitches in which they will try to hit the ball as far as possible.   4 & 5 Year olds will be batting off the tees.  Other age catagories  will utilize the machine pitches.  A foul ball does NOT count as part of the seven pitches.

The HOME RUN DERBY Contest - This competition is for ages 9-15 and COACHES TOO !  Participants will bat until they reach seven outs.  An out is any ball that falls short of our home-run line.  A foul ball is NOT included as an out.  The pitching machine will be utilized.  Each category will have their own home run yardage that is age appropriate.

HIT-A-THON - Your donations also include the opportunity to participate in our Hit-a-thon contest.  Three (3) targets will be strategically placed in the field according to age group.  Contestants will receive 10 pitches.  For every batted ball that travels through the hole in one of our targets, you will receive $100 !!!!!  Submit another $10.00 get another 10 pitches...

Highest Player Contributor receives 4 Tickets to a Florida Theme Park

Highest Team Contributor receives a team out to a Florida Miracle Game - May 22nd

Thank you to everyone who participated in Saturday's Home-Run-Derby and Hit-A-Thon

The winning team who contributed the highest donation were the BRAVES!

The winner with the highest donation was Miguel Zaragoza!

Thanks to EVERYONE who attended this year's Home Run Derby.  We had 69 participants and 10 coaches ! The most attendance by a team were the Braves !  The most attendance of an age group were the 10 year olds ! We raised over     $2000 for the league!  Next year, we are looking for ideas for an even better turn out.  If you have any suggestions, please enter them on the Message Board.  Sadly there were no Winners for the Hit-A-Thon (it's not as easy as it looks !). 

Congratulations to the BRAVES for the highest team donation!  They will be going to the Florida Miracles game on May 22nd - 7pm.  A big YAHOO to Miguel Zaragoza of the Braves.  He had the highest player donation and will receive 4 Florida Theme Park tickets!  Way to go!  Thanks to everyone who contributed.

Did you see those great pictures in the Bonita Banner on Wed April 23rd ?  The winners of each event have been spotlighed in the Banner on Sat. April 26th.

This event wouldn't be possible if we didn't have the many volunteers who surrendered their Saturday (during a vacation week) to help out.  A big thank you to the event's committee members: Sue Dumas, John Hulbert, Maggie Long, Lisa Hobbs and Donna Raynor; Miley Hernadez who cooked for the concession stand; Frank Smith who manned the Hit-A-Thon;  John Sherman and Howard Hazen who manned the Pitching machine for the Home Run Derby; Jim Gamblin who tallied up all the stats for the awards; Linda Pratt, Maggie Long, Lisa Hobbs, Ron Hobbs, Amy Sherman, Rodd Vail, Tracy Abrahamson, Mary Ellen Vanderhoef, Buddy Flesher, Brian Pratt, Lisa Wasson, Marybeth Keegan, Angie Zaragoza for fielding the balls out in that GRUELING SUN; Nannette Mosbach, Carrie Schatzman, Mariella, Debbie Smith for manning the concession stand; John Hulbert for entertaining commentary on the Home-Run Field.  Thank you to Bobby V for supplying the boundary fences, Stoneybrook and Medittera for the designated flags for distances, Pete of Beef O'Brady's for the Free Lunch Certificates, Monica Freeman for the Snow Cone Machine and Michelle and Jocelyn for manning it.  If we forgot anyone, please forgive us.

Thank you to all who came to our End of Season Picnic !

Thank you to Beef O'Brady's for supplying the chips!

The Major Division Championship Game was played on Sunday, May 18th.  The two teams were the Detroit Tigers and the Pittsburg Pirates.  The winner was the Pirates  2 - 1.   A very exciting game !  Congratulations to the Pirates!

We would like to thank all the players and parents for a tremendous 2008 Season !  It's not over yet, we have the Junior Championship games coming up !

The Major Team - Atlanta Braves - will be going to the May 22nd Miracle Baseball Game courtesy of the Bonita Springs Little League.  The team was the highest contributor to the Home Run Derby !   Congratulations to the Braves !