Hood County Youth Baseball Association: My Site News

Pool Play Times Will Be Posted 6/6/2012

 On the weekend of 06/09 the Hood County Youth Baseball Association in partnership with Brazos River Baseball will be hosting an All Star only tournament in Granbury. The tournament will be open to all Rec All Star Teams and any Rec level teams that want to extend their season. No Select, Travel, Prime, etc. teams will be allowed.

It is a 3 game guarantee. Tournament format will be 2 pool games on 06/08 - 06/09 and a single elimination tournament on 06/10. Costs will be:

6U - $325
8U - $325 (Coach pitch)
10U - $375
12U - $375
14U - $375

Please consider bringing your teams down to beautiful Granbury, where you can really make a weekend of it. We've got Lake Granbury, the Historic Downtown, City Beach, the Granbury Drive-In, etc. 

For more information on the tournament or to secure your team's spot in the tournament, please e-mail info@brazosriverbaseball.com or call 817-999-7657. Please note that it will be "First Pay, First Play".

Tournament Flyer

Who's Coming?

Here are the All Star Teams for HCYBA. Thanks to everyone for being so supportive of this new system as we work through the kinks. And thanks to all the kids for coming to tryouts!

6U Purple - Baseball

• Dallan Cheek - Astros
• Denham Cheek - Astros
• Reid Harrington - Pirates
• Jarmain Rucker - Rockies
• Sam Pemberton - Pirates
• Tucker Calcote - Phillies
• Dylan Seymour - Reds
• Braxton Heffernan - Pirates
• Clayton Allen - Rangers
• Kamden Medlin - Rangers
• Tyler St. Don - Phillies
• Gavin Current - Indians
• Drake Owen - Rangers

6U Gold - Baseball

• Tegan Dobs - Phillies
• Roper Copeland - Athletics
• Jesse Owen - Red Sox
• Blake Bramlett - Reds
• Levi Martinez - Indians
• Jacob Singer - Indians
• Devon Ellis - Athletics
• Gage Alderman - Angels
• Braylen Rice - Diamondbacks
• Spencer Burnfield - Angels
• Brooks Stone - Diamondbacks
• Reese Tennery - Red Sox
• Luke Basil - Red Sox

8U Purple - Baseball

• Parker Bradley - Pirates
• Tyler Guidry - Cardinals
• Austin Martinez - Pirates
• Adam Gomez - Pirates
• Daniel Hinojosa - Cubs
• Tyler McGowan - Cardinals
• Tyler Peterson - Cardinals
• Josh Seymour - Pirates
• Reese Villareal - Pirates
• Austin McGowan - Cardinals
• Hudson Wilson - Orioles
• Cole Clark - Cardinals
• JL Singer - Cardinals

8U Gold - Baseball (Final slots still being determined)

• Chance Wade - Rangers
• Trent Grey - Rangers
• Connor McDonald - Orioles
• Kade Brakeen - Red Sox
• Brandon Ingle - Rangers
• Thomas Whidden - Rangers
• Wyatt Walters - Cubs
• Zachary Payne - Yankees
• True Hughes - Rangers

10U Purple - Baseball

• Kaleb Shankles - Brewers
• Clayton Kracy - Brewers
• Kody Krause - Brewers
• Jacob Bates - Red Sox
• Zach Yarbrough - Angels
• Ryan Wheeler - Angels
• Colton Lucas - Rockies
• Branden Hunt - Angels
• Matthew Moody - Rangers
• Asher Felty - Dodgers
• Lawson Berry - Rockies

10U Gold - Baseball

• Juan Rodriguez - Cardinals
• Tristen Ticer - Rangers
• Tanner Thompson - Orioles
• Hank Herron - Rangers
• Daetyne Wilson - Orioles
• Kyler Gibson - Red Sox
• Jackson Ludwig - Brewers
• Brayden Fisher - Dodgers
• Brint Melton - Orioles
• Cash Bryan - Rangers
• Garrett Lewis - White Sox

12U Purple - Baseball

• Reagan Corr - Indians
• Ethan Current - Indians
• Kyle Saunders - Twins
• Kaman Wilkenson - Cardinals
• Colton Davidson - Indians
• Hunter Conatser - Indians
• Will Flower - Yankees
• Zachary Adams - Twins
• Ryan Ziegler - Indians
• Mason King - Twins
• Jake Cheyne - Red Sox
• Tyler Robinson - Indians 

14U Purple - Baseball

• Ben Bills - Diamondbacks
• Brody Ables - Cardinals
• Cody Wood - Cardinals
• Mauricio Garza - Diamondbacks
• Dakota Edmonds - Cardinals
• Chris Wulf - Rangers
• Dylan Morris - Dodgers
• Cordel Whitefield - Giants
• Cameron Matthis - Diamondbacks
• Connor Dixon - Dodgers
• Clay Walters - Diamondbacks
• Brady Holloway - Giants

8U Purple - Softball

• Kennedy Tackett - Rays
• Kadi Hickey - Rockies
• Grace Thompson - Diamondbacks
• Baili Deaver - Rays
• Courtney Smith - Rays
• Lillie Logue - Rockies
• Kate Jernigan - Rockies
• Zoe Christian - Rockies
• Danica Burnett - Rockies
• Cassi McGinnis - Diamondbacks
• Maddie Bills - Diamondbacks
• Clara Holson - Rockies 

10U Purple - Softball (Still To Come)

12U Purple - Softball

• Madi Yarbrough - Rangers
• Lani Hickey - Rangers
• Abby Jones - Rangers
• Macy Burch - Diamondbacks
• April Rhyne - Rangers
• Everly Carey - Cardinals
• Hannah Pallett - Cardinals
• Lark Horton - Cardinals
• Hailie Nicholson - Rangers
• Ashley Wilson - Cardinals
• Emily Brite - Rangers
• Hope Rose - Cardinals

Well, we had exactly six people put their names in for the Executive Board of HCYBA and we have exactly six positions. So, with everyone running un-opposed, we will not be running an election on 5/12.

With great pleasure, I'd like to announce the Fall 2012 / Spring 2013 Executive Board (taking over the program on 07/01)

• President - Chris Tackett (8U Softball)
• Vice President 1 - CJ Thompson (8U Softball, 10U Baseball)
• Vice President 2 - Ryan St. Don (6U Baseball)
• Vice President 3 - Scott Bradley (6U Baseball, 8U Baseball)
• Treasurer - Randall Walters (4U Baseball)
• Secretary - Jeff Yarbrough (10U Baseball)

We are so pleased to announce that the City of Granbury has turned over the Girls Softball program to HCYBA. We will be putting the same level of effort into making the softball programs every bit as sound as the baseball program has gotten over the past few years.

The addition means that all info and scheduling for baseball and softball will be in one place. Registration will be in one place and you can now get multi-child discounts across both leagues. How's that for cool!

We are still working through some of the season details for the softball, but you can bet as soon as they are ironed out, we will have them posted here.

The online registration system already has been loaded up with Softball (in addition to the baseball options), so feel free to sign up your sons and daughters! 

[Note - For Softball your bat just needs to have "ASA Certified" on the barrel] 

Bats standards have been updated by ALL of the major youth leagues and I need to pass along to you all what those new standards are.  We will be playing under these standards from here on out.

USSSA has published the new standards for 2012 and beyond. Here is a link to the full standard:

New USSSA Baseball Bat Marks and Grandfathering Rules 

Here is our summary.

• All big barrel bats (2 5/8" & 2 3/4") MUST have the new USSSA logo (see image) on them to be used in 2012. If a big barrel bat does not have the new logo, it cannot be used.
• Small barrel bats (2 1/4" and smaller) can be used if they have a BPF rating of 1.15 printed on the barrel. They DO NOT have to have the new logo, just the 1.15 rating.

The 2012 model bats are showing up in stores and online so they are available, but some of the old bats are certainly still out there. If you buy a big barrel bat (and this includes the CP or Coach Pitch bats) and you want to use it in 2012, it MUST have the logo. Big barrel bats just having a 1.15 (and no logo) will not be allowed in league play.