Registration still open for El Rancho Chico Little Little League.  For information to register, contact Aaron Lyons at 899-7126 or show up at the Minors/Majors tryouts.....see dates below.

All boys playing Minor, Major and Junior level baseball must attend at least one of the scheduled tryouts.  Returning Majors players do not need to tryout.  In the event of a rainout or cancellation based on field conditions, please check the website prior to scheduled tryouts.  Tryouts will be held:

Saturday, February 6th Tryout Cancelled

Due to poor field conditions, the February 6th tryouts are cancelled.  February 11th tryout is still tentatively on.  See below.  Tryouts will be at the Eastside Little League Fields. 

Addtional Tryout times will be scheduled ASAP, Keep checking back.

Thursday, February 11th

Minors- 5:30 Check in - Tryouts are from 6-7:15pm

Majors- 6:45 Check in - Tryouts are from 7:15-8:30pm

Junior tryouts to be announced at a later date

All managers must attend the mandatory manager's meeting on Thursday, February 18th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at the St. Johns Church (Notre Dame School) on the corner of 5th and Chestnut. 

Mandatory Coaches Clinic for all managers and coaches.  There will be two sessions on Sunday, February 28th.  Clinic sessions will be from 8am to 12pm for manager's and coaches of Minor, Major, Junior, and Senior Teams, and 12pm to 4pm for managers and coaches of Tee Ball and Farm Teams.  All managers and coaches must attend one of the two sessions. 

The next board meeting will be on Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 @ 6:30pm St. John's Church (5th and Chestnut)

Clean up day and Safety Training will be Saturday, March 6th from 8am-2pm.  It is mandatory that all managers be present for the safety training, which will begin at 10am.  If a manager cannot attend, he/she needs to have a coach present.  Each team should have themselves or another representative help with the clean up day.  Encourage any of your team parents to attend.  Kids are also welcome to help.  Bring rakes, shovels, weed eaters, paint supplies (brushes, rollers, etc.).

Sunday, March 7th Jon Macalutas is opening up his hitting facility for El Rancho Chico Little Leagues Minor, Major, Junior and Senior teams from 9am to 1pm at no cost.  El Rancho will have food and beverages available at a reasonable cost (hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks).  For anyone who purchases a Slugger Card on March 7th (not mandatory), Jon Macalutas has agreed to donate 1/3 of that sale to El Rancho.  See details regarding Mac's Baseball School or slugger cards at Mac's facility, or on his website at macsprobaseball.com.  This is a great opportunity for El Rancho teams to utilize a great facility at no cost.  It's possible that coaches will sign their teams up for specific times.  Check with your coaches or managers regarding the free hitting day. 

Please join all the excitement at our Opening Day set for Saturday March 27th, 2010! We will be kicking our season off at the Chico Eastside Little League Field complex. All players and teams will pose for pictures in uniform and then take off to the fields for a mini-round of baseball at the Opening Day Jamboree!  More info and details to come.

Please make sure that you reside with the ERCLL boundaries before you sign up for Little League. The El Rancho Chico Little League boundaries have changed over the years. We do not have a map showing the current boundaries.  Any ERCLL players and their families that are no longer in the ERCLL boundary have the option of playing for ERCLL via a waiver or playing for the Little League they now live within. Once you play for the new league covering your area you can no longer play for ERCLL via a waiver.   

 The ERCLL Physical Boundaries are:

North of West Sacramento and West of The Esplanade

South of Eaton Road 

West of Hwy 32 and Dayton Road

South of Hegan Lane and West of The Midway