The tryouts for the 6th Grade West Bend Thunder baseball team have been set.  Tryouts will be held at the West Bend little League Complex.

2014 WSYBL West Bend Thunder 6^th Grade (U12) Try-outs

What is it?  Wisconsin State Youth Baseball League is the premier outlet for competitive baseball in southeast Wisconsin.  WSYBL offers “Grade Level” based divisions for grades 3-8 consisting of 18-22 game seasons.   Please visit www.wsybl.com to see all league guidelines and information.

Who are we?  The West Bend Thunder is a member of the West Bend Baseball Boosters.  Our goal is to provide an opportunity for kids to improve and build their baseball skills for the future by playing the top competitive teams in the area.  We offer more practice time, more games, and more instruction for a higher level, competitive, experience for those players and families that love baseball.  Playing time for games is earned through training and hard work.  In addition to league play and exhibitions, we will play 4-5 weekend tournaments targeting a 40-45 game season.  We will do winter work-outs that ramp up for our first game in late April / early May.   Check www.westbendthunder.com to check out our website!

How does it work?  The West Bend Thunder offer open try-outs each year to give all players an equal opportunity to make the team.  Evaluators not associated with each team, acting independently, will rate each player with a point scoring system.  They will be evaluated on hitting, infield, outfield, speed, and pitching.  The top 8 player scores automatically make the team.  The remaining 2-4 wildcard spots are selected by the Thunder Manager to fill out the roster to build the team as needed.

When? Try-outs for the 2014 team will be from 1:00 – 3:00PM on Sunday August 18^th at the West Bend Little League diamonds.  We will offer one make-up date: TBD.  Please email your player information prior to try-outs to help the sign-in process.

Include:  player name, grade level, birth date, and school district.  If you currently play for a WBLL travel team or WSYBL team you must have a release from your current team to be eligible to make the Thunder.

Contact and Questions: E-mail Mike Pettit at mj.pettit@att.net