Burton Youth League, Inc.: Welcome

BYL
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Wednesday, April 25
The Burton Youth League (BYL) Website

Welcome to our website!

The BYL is a volunteer organization offering recreational based program that is more than 30 years old. We provide baseball, softball, and other programs for young people in our community. Teams are divided equally, using a standard system. We will host the following tournaments this year in conjunction with other Rec leagues in the area and the Geauga Co. PAL;.
 


  For 2011 we have opted to drop the 2011 MAPLE LEAF-EAST  NSA TOURNAMENT originally scheduled for June 18-19th 2011.  We hope to pick this tournament up again in 2012.


Sports for the Community of Burton, OH. 

The Maple Leaf NSA Tournament for more than 10 years drews elite fastpitch softball teams from Ohio and surrounding states to our community, Claridon, Newbury, Pakrman and Middlefield. 

 

We developed the Cliff Brila Memorial Tournament, which originally started as a Minors/Majors tournament for baseball to comemmorate the 200th anniversity of Burton.  Two years ago, we partnered with the Claridon Youth League to host the tournament in that community.  We also partnered with the Geauga Police Athletic League to assist the communities in obtaining insurance.  We began bastketball, volleyball and softball programs in our community and later turned the basketball and volleyball programs over to another group as these were school seaso sports.
 
Additionally we participate in the Travel Team mode through a partnering with Geauga County Police Athletic League (GCPAL). GPAL features teams in the 12U in the Great Lakes Baseball League . The BYL began the local participation of the Geauga Knights of Baseball program for 12U players in Cooperstown, NY (Cooperstown Dreams Park).  This year's team is scheduled to will play the week of July 16. 2011. For more information on this program, go to www.cooperstowndreamspark.com.

 


Mailing address: Burton Youth League, c/o Bob Himmelein, 15705 Tavern Road, Burton, OH. 44021.

 

In 2006 we entered into the Police Athletic League (GPAL) program in conjunction with the other community based Youth Leagues from the Geauga Youth Baseball and Sotball Association. This afflilation with the Geauga County Sheriff's Department enables us to continue to expand out programs.

Our fields at the Geauga County Fairgrounds, are in continuing renovation and we have made several improvements to the fields and storage facilities ovet the past two years. We would appreciate any help in the form of labor, material or financial donations you would care to make. Please contact Bob Himmelein by e-mail (arabayarjh@sbcglobal.net) or Matt Squire at 440-834-0389 if you can provide any assistance.

In 2008, the BYL, began it's affiliation withe Ohio Hot Stove Baseball, along with the Claridon, Troy, Huntsburg and Pakrman Youth Leagues as well as the Village of Middlefield and Newbury Rec Board.  These same commnities also joined the Ohio Girls Fastpitch Association in 2008 as we sought as a group to continue to improve the programs for our participants.



Centerfield (Let's Go!)
Handout: 2011 Maple Leaf East Tournament