Woodland Cal Ripken Youth Baseball League: Welcome

   Our league was founded on the belief that in order to be successful at the next levels of Babe Ruth, High School, American Legion, and beyond, players have to receive fundamental baseball instruction at a young age. We feel strongly that the best way to do that is the Cal Ripken program. Please join us in building a great competitive baseball league for our children and our community.

TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS

The TOC started on Saturday the 23rd. Click the local tournaments tab on the left or contact you coaches for additional information.

GOOD LUCK!

 


Closing Ceremony/Awards/ All Star teams 
 
June 2nd, 10am - 12pm
 
Woodland Cal Ripken closing ceremonies is scheduled for June 2nd from 10am - 12pm. Please arrive 15 minutes early so that players can take the field with their team.
 
Team/player trophies and Derby day medals will be handed out during closing ceremonies. We will also announce the 2012 All Star teams. 
 
Thank you for a wonderful season!
Woodland Cal Ripken

  Spencer Melvin

Many of you may have heard about the little boy who passed away in Las Vegas at a youth baseball game. 9 year old Spencer Melvin was walking onto the field to begin his baseball game with his dad Bob and older brother Sam who are also his coaches. Spencer collapsed and though his dad and brother began CPR immediately his heart was not strong enough to survive.
 
Spencer and his family were part of the Woodland community where his father Bob Melvin served as the Cal Ripken League President during the 2008 to 2009 season . Lisa Melvin worked as an OB nurse at Woodland Healthcare and helped many Woodland babies come into this world. Older brother, Sam Melvin attended Douglass Jr. High for 1 year, and played Cal Ripken Baseball prior to the family's move to Las Vegas. Spencer and his older sister Skylar also played baseball in the Cal Ripken League.
 
The Melvins could always be found at Klenhard field where the whole family could be depended on to help with any project. Spencer's smile and his wonderful spirit would put gladness in everyone's heart. There is no consolation for losing a child. There is an unwritten rule that children should never go first. While we cannot heal the hole left in the in the Melvin family and in their hearts, only time and inner strengths and beliefs will help with that, we can help with the practicalities, like the expenses of funeral costs. Many, many people, who have heard of the tragedy have contacted Woodland Cal Ripken asking how they can help.
 
To help the Melvin family defray the many unexpected costs that come at this time, a trust account has been set up for the Melvin Family at Chase Bank. Any Chase Bank branch can accept donations. 
Chase Bank
Account number: 3011 642427
"Spencer Melvin Memorial Trust"  
 
              
  Why Should You Choose Woodland Cal Ripken Youth Baseball?
• Our T-Ball program starts at age 3& 4.

• Our Farm program (ages 5-6) utilizes “coach pitch” instead of a machine so players get used to hitting live pitching.

• Our Rookie program (ages 7-8) uses “kid pitch” and introduces stealing bases by allowing second and third base steals.

• Our Minors program (ages 9-10) is all “kid pitch” and allows kids to steal all bases.

• Our Major program offers the closest thing to “Major League baseball” for players aged 11 and 12. The games are played on a 70’ base path with the pitchers mound set 50’ from home plate. Base runners are allowed to lead off. The pitcher can pick off, balks calls are enforced by the umpire, and the ball is live on a dropped strike three.

• We end the season with a double elimination tournament for the rookie, minor, and major divisions.

• We participate in FIVE different all star tournaments – 8 and under, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, and 12 year old. All our top players of each age play together on one team.

• All levels of All Star play start at the State level and the winner advances to the Regional. The 10 and 12 year old Regional winners advance to the World Series.

                                                   
     

2005, 2008 & 2011 State Champions

Contact Us:
Hotline: (530) 666-0731

Please keep it clean

The league would like to ask everyone who comes out to enjoy the games at Klenhard Park to PLEASE dispose of all of your trash in the cans supplied at the parks provided by the City of Woodland.

Our volunteer staff members are pitching in and cleaning up the parks late in the evening after all of the games are completed so that we may keep these parks available to our league in the future.

Please help do your part by depositing your trash in the receptacles available at the park and help us show our pride as an exceptional youth sports league within the city of woodland.



Official Forms

There are official league forms available in our Handouts section to view, print, or save for your convenience.

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League Sponsors

Sponsors play a vital role in the success of the Woodland Cal Ripken Youth Baseball League. Please visit our sponsors page and show them your support as well. Click on the logo above to jump directly to the sponsors page.


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Field Locations

For your convenience, there are game fields, practice fields, and parks listed on the Locations page. Click on the map link to view a map for any location. 



Player Scholarships Are Available

Please contact a board member or send us an email at woodlandcalripkenleague@yahoo.com for more information. 

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