Peru IL Little League: Welcome
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Welcome to the electronic home of Peru Little League Boys Baseball.Our League was founded in 1953. We celebrated our 50th anniversary in 2003. We have had a great tradition here. Please come out to the parks and cheer for the teams.Please check this site often for further announcements and events.
All-Star
Sunday, July 5
Monday July 6th ; Peru #2 Eight Year Olds vs Ottawa National Blue at 6:00 P:M at Oglesby
Peru #1 Eight Year Olds vs Ottawa National Red at 7:30 P:M at Oglesby
Peru Senior League All - Stars vs Streator at 6:00 P:M at Spring Valley Kirby Park
Peru 11-12 All-Stars vs Ottawa Americans at 7:30 P:M at Princeton Zearing Park
Peru Junior League All- Stars vs Mendota at 8:00 P:M at La Salle M& H Field
Tuesday July 7th; Peru 10-11 All- Stars vs Bi County/Streator Winner at 7:30 P:M at Tonica
Saturday July 11th : Peru Big League All- Stars vs District 15 at 5:00 P:M at Oglesby
Tuesday July 14th : Peru 9-10 All-Stars vs Spring Valley/Bi County Winner at 6:00 at Spring Valley
Sunday, July 5
This year Oglesby will be hosting a 8 Year Old Tournament starting on Monday July 6th for area teams. This is not a All- Star Tournament. All towns are encouraged to send all their 8 Year Old players to this Tournament. Please check the Tournament Rules and Brackets by clicking on the Headline and scrolling down.
Monday, June 29
Peru 7 - 8 Instructional League Regular Season and City Tournament Champions
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Friday, June 20
Peru Steinberg's : 2009 Peru 9-10 Regular Season and City Tournament Champions
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Monday, June 29
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| Peru Eagles: 2009 Peru Little League Regular Season Champions |
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| Peru Letterkraft: 2009 Peru Little League City Tournament Champions |
Tuesday, June 30
This year the News Tribune will be publishing a Special section honoring the local Little League Baseball and Softball teams All teams are encouraged to submit photos of their teams , The deadline for submitting photos is Friday July 24th. This Edition will be published sometime in August Photos can me mailed or dropped off at the News Tribune Offices at 426 2nd St La Salle.No late photos will be accepted.
E-mail Address(es):
sports@newstrib.com
Tuesday, June 2
This year Illinois District 20 held their inaugeral Challenger Division Season.The players were divided into two teams.No outs or runs were recorded in the games.All the players were allowed to bat and take to the field to play defense each inning.Tracy,Tom,and Molly Payton threw out the Ceremonial First Pitch at the First Game.We would also like to thank everybody who graciously helped us.This year was a huge success.We would also like to thank our District Administrator Tim Trevier,Jude McVey, and Alicia Vezzetti who helped start this League. We would also like to thank all the orginizations for their donations. We are enthusiastically looking forward to next year. Please check the "Albums" section for more photos
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| 2009 District 20 Challenger Division Team |
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| Peru Little League March |
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| Peru Mayor and LL Player | |
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On May 2nd on a beautiful sunny Saturday afternoon Peru Boys Baseball and Girls Softball Little League held their annual Parade. The "Star Spangled Banner" and "Take Me Out to The Ball Game" was played by the City Band. The teams were announced by their respective Board Members.Peru Mayor Scot Harls threw out the first pitch. After the Opening Ceremonies the 3rd Place and Championship 11-12 Jim McVey Tournament Games were played . Please check out the "Albums" section here for photos.
Peru Test beat Minonk for the 3rd place game
Peru Eagles beat Ottawa Giants for the Championship Game
On Sunday May 3rd in La Salle the 9-10 Jim McVey Championship Game was played
Oglesby Ladzinskis beat Peru Debos 10-9
We would like to thank everybody who helped us out on this great day that we had.
Congratulations to all the Peru Teams !
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| Peru Eagles 11-12 Jim McvVey Champions |
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Monday, March 30
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| Peru Travel Agency Utica Runnersup |
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In a well played hard fought game Peru Travel Agency lost to the Spring Valley Cubs 8-4 in the 2009 Utica Earlybird Tournament Championship Game
Congratulations to Peru Travel Agency for finishing 2nd in the Tournament !
Friday, April 10
Please check out the "Little League Files and Forms" section here for these files
Saturday, March 14
On behalf of all of us at Illinois Disrict 20 we would like to thank ,first of all our Administator Tim Trevier for organizing this event that was held on March 14th at the YMCA. Secondly,we would like to thank Mike Legge,Central Region Director, Nina Johnson,Assistant Central Region Director ,and Mike Kresovich ,Director of Insurance from Little League International for presenting a very informative great program. We all learned allot from this program. We would like to thank HyVee Foods for the food and the Illinois Valley YMCA for letting us use their facillities for this program. We would also like to thank all the other District 20 Little Leagues that attended this program.
Please click on the headline for the Little League Central Region website
Click on the link for Little League International:
http://www.littleleague.org/Little_League_Online.htm
Thank you
Sunday, October 19
Important files,forms and publication from Liitle League International can be found here. Check it out
Sunday, November 2
Here are the rule changes for the 2009 All- Star Tournaments:
CHANGES/UPDATES TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL®
TOURNAMENT RULES AND GUIDELINES – 2009
(Last update: October 30, 2008)
Teams
What is changed: Increases the maximum number of players on a Senior League or Big League affidavit.
Senior League: Teams and Eligibility Affidavit shall consist of, and must be limited to, a maximum of sixteen (16) players, one (1) manager and a maximum of two (2) coaches.
Big League: Tournament teams may be selected from all league teams in a district or may be a regular season unit team. Teams and Eligibility Affidavit shall consist of, and must be limited to, a maximum of seventeen (17) players, one (1) manager and a maximum of two (2) coaches.
Participation In Other Programs
What is changed: Removes the prohibition on participation in non-Little League programs for all divisions, but still provides the local league with the ability to remove a player who repeatedly misses games or practices.
Participation in other programs during the International Tournament is permitted, subject to the provisions of Regulation IV (a) Note 2.
League Eligibility
What is changed: Clarified to establish that the league must schedule at least on-half of the regular season games to be played not later than June 15; Establishes the last date by which certain forms and/or requests must be submitted.
In order for a Little League program to be eligible to enter a team or teams into the International Tournament (including 9-10 Year Old Division and 10-11 Year Old Division) the following must be accomplished as indicated:
1) The league must be chartered in the division(s) for which it wishes to enter a tournament team(s), no later than June 9, 2009. Examples: Chartered in Little League Majors to enter a Major Division team (11-12 year olds); chartered in Senior League to enter a Senior Division team, etc.
2) The league must have scheduled and played, at a minimum, a 12-game (per team) regular season exclusive of playoffs and tournament games for each division entering tournament. See Reg. VII. The schedule shall be arranged so that at least one-half of the games are scheduled prior to June 15.
3) All waivers requests (for the league, team, player, manager, and/or coach) of any kind must be submitted and approved not later than June 9, 2009.
4) All regular season team rosters must be submitted to Little League International in accordance with the requirements outlined in Regulation IV (g), not later than June 9, 2009;
5) Team number revisions and fees incurred by the league must be paid in full by June 9, 2009.
6) All combined team and interleague play requests that may involve tournament play must be submitted and approved not later than June 9, 2009.
Failure to meet any of the listed requirements could result in a team or teams being declared ineligible by the Tournament Committee at Little League International.
4. PITCHING RULES – LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, 9-10 YEAR OLD, 10-11 YEAR OLD DIVISION, AND JUNIOR LEAGUE
What is changed: Increases the maximum number of pitches a pitcher could deliver, and then be allowed to become a catcher in that day; Removes the Senior League pitching rules from this section and places them with the Big League rule. Exception: If a pitcher reaches the limit imposed above for his/her league age while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until any one of the following conditions occurs: 1. That batter reaches base; 2. That batter is put out; 3. The third out is made to complete the half-inning. Note: A pitcher who delivers 41 or more pitches in a game cannot play the position of catcher for the remainder of that day.4. PITCHING RULES – SENIOR LEAGUE AND BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
What is changed: Increased the maximum number of pitches a pitcher could deliver, and then become a catcher in that day; Added the Senior League pitching rules to this section. These rules replace the regular season pitching regulations. Violation of these pitching rules is subject to protest and action by the Tournament Committee in Williamsport if protested before the umpire(s) leave the playing field. a. Any player on a tournament team may pitch. (NOTE: There is no limit to the number of pitchers a tournament team may use in a game.)b. A tournament pitcher may not pitch in regular season or Special Games while the team is still participating in the tournament.
c. A pitcher remaining in the game, but moving to a different position, can return as a pitcher anytime in the remainder of the game, but only once per game.
d. The manager must remove the pitcher when said pitcher reaches the limit for his/her age group as noted below, but the pitcher may remain in the game at another position:
League Age: 16 – 18 (Big League) 105 pitches per day
14 – 16 (Senior League) 95 pitches per day
Exception: If a pitcher reaches the limit imposed above for his/her league age while facing a batter, the pitcher may continue to pitch until any one of the following conditions occurs: 1. That batter reaches base; 2. That batter is put out; 3. The third out is made to complete the half-inning. Note: A pitcher who delivers 41 or more pitches in a game cannot play the position of catcher for the remainder of that day.e. Pitchers league age 14 and above must adhere to the following requirements:
• If a player pitches 61 or more pitches in a day, two (2) calendar days of rest, and a game (see f. below), must be observed.
• If a player pitches 36 to 60 pitches in a day, one calendar day of rest, and a game (see f. below), must be observed.
• If a player pitches 1 to 35 pitches in a day, no rest is required.
f. A player may not pitch in consecutive games. Exceptions – A player may pitch in consecutive games if:1. less than 36 pitches were pitched in the previous game, or,
2. the previous game was at another level, and the pitcher has received the required number of days of rest as noted in (e.) above. (Levels are District, Section, State, Division, Region, and World Series.)Note: A contest decided by forfeit does not constitute a "game" for the purpose of this rule unless one complete inning was physically played before the game was forfeited. (Forfeits are only by decree of the Tournament Committee in Williamsport.)g. A player may not pitch in more than two games in a day.
h. In a game suspended by darkness, weather, or other causes and resumed the following calendar day, the pitcher of record at the time the game was halted may continue to the extent of his/her eligibility, provided he/she delivered 60 or less pitches, and subject to each of these conditions:
1. If the pitcher delivered 35 or less pitches before the game was suspended, that pitcher’s pitch count will begin at zero for the continuation portion of the game;
2. If the pitcher delivered between 36 and 60 pitches before the game was suspended, that pitcher’s pitch count will begin with the number of pitches delivered in that game;
Sunday, October 19
Here is the copy of the email that I received from Little League International about 2009's bat rules changes.
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Tuesday, January 8
Please go to the "Little League Files and Forms" section of our site to see and download the latest documents and rule changes for the 2008 - 09 season
Rick
Thursday, March 13
Little League International has developed a new web site that shows videos for coaches to help develope their players and plan their season to be as successful and fun as possible. Signing up to view these videos is free. . Give it a try. If you have anyother questions about this site please feel free to email me at rlaegens@comcast.net
Thank you
Rick