The Philomath Youth Activities Club is now registering youngsters for T-ball, softball and baseball. To guarantee a spot, organizers need registration forms by March 3.
The T-ball (coed for youth entering kindergarten and first grade this fall) and Mites (coed, youth currently in first and second grades) seasons begin in mid-May and end in mid-July. Games are played Monday and Wednesday evenings for T-ball and Tuesday and Thursday evenings for Mites. The cost is $90 per player for T-ball and $100 for Mites.
The Minors (boys, third and fourth grades), Juniors (boys, fifth and sixth grades) and Seniors (boys, seventh and eighth grades) begin practices after spring break with games into mid-July. Games are played evenings with limited travel across the Willamette Valley. The cost is $150 per player for Minors, $160 for Juniors and $180 for Seniors.
Softball teams compete in a league with other towns and are organized into teams for girls currently in the third and fourth grades, fifth and sixth grades, and seventh and eighth grades. Games are played on weekday evenings from mid-May through mid-July across the Willamette Valley.
Softball costs are $150 for third and fourth grades, $160 for fifth and sixth grades and $180 for seventh and eighth grades.
Baseball players in the Minors, Juniors and Seniors will be placed on teams based on skill level. Team placement clinics will be held at Philomath High School on Sunday, March 8 with Minors at noon, Juniors at 1:45 p.m. and Seniors at 3 p.m. A softball team placement clinic for girls in third through eighth grades will be held Sunday, March 8 at times to be determined on an as-needed basis.
For information and registration forms, go online to PYAC’s website at www.pyac.net/athletics. For those with questions, call 541-929-4040.