No Practice, Thursday March 29th

Hi Team,

Please enjoy the five day rest before our next practice. I am still waiting to confirm day/times/fields for next week. I am hoping everything remains the same. If so, we will practice 5:30 on Tuesday and will have one last scrimmage on Thursday at 5:30.

I will not be at the next practice, yet Dave and Kris (Thanks Guys) will be there and they will use this practice to focus primarily on hitting. I will be back in town for the scrimmage.

I hope everyone enjoys the rest of Spring Break!

Thanks
Merrick

Sorry everyone. 5:30 tomorrow!

Practice in on Tomorrow, Tuesday!

Hi Team,

It looks like we have enough for practice tomorrow. If I haven't heard from you, please let me know either way if you will be able to make practice tomorrow and/or Thursday.

See you at 5:00 at Village Greens #8.

Thanks
Merrick

Practice This Week, Another Scrimmage and Finally the Regular Season Begins!

Hi Team,

Thank you for coming out to the scrimmage Saturday. I hope everyone had a fun time out there. I feel it was great practice to get the butterflies out of the boys stomach, allow the kids to try different positions and overall get us thinking about game situations. We have a lot of positive things that our team will be able to build on as we get closer to the regular season opener!

Practice this week will be the same as past weeks. Tuesday and Thursday, 5:30 at Village Greens #8. It does sound like we will be a little light to hold a practice this Tuesday, yet could have enough for this Thursday. Would you please let us know by 6:00, tomorrow night if you can be at both or at least one practice. Once we have that information, I will send out an email to the team. Thank you.

We will have another scrimmage against the Creek AA team on Thursday, April 5th at 5:30. This will replace our practice for that day. Once we have the field locked down, we will let you know. I know our boys and us coaches :) are already looking forward to a friendly rematch against our brother Creek team.

The season schedule is now available. The schedule that is on the AYL website is current. It also includes the preliminary dates for the start of the playoffs. You can find this by filtering on the site for the 9 year old AA Teams and looking up my last name (Makowka). Additionally, to make it easier we had Brendan add our schedule to the calendar on our blog site. (Thanks Brendan!) If any changes are made to the schedule, the AYL will notify us. Additionally, I will have some hard copies of the schedule if you need one.

Our season opener will be on Saturday, April 7th. It's a home game at 11:00. Our home games will be played at Dry Creek, Willow Creek and Homestead Elementary Schools. Our away games will be in Parker, Castle Rock, Littleton, Louviers and southeast Denver.

I hope everyone enjoys the time off during Spring Break!

Thanks
Merrick

Scrimmage Reminder Tomorrow, Sat March 24th

Hi Team,

We have had a great three weeks of practice and I look forward to our scrimmage game tomorrow. Please remember to be at Village Greens #8 at 10:45 tomorrow. Also, please plan on wearing your full uniform and cup.

See you guys tomorrow!

Thanks
Merrick

Windbreaker Final Order Reminder

Just a reminder... if you would like a team windbreaker, please bring your check to tomorrow's practice made out to Megan Adams and we will place the order for you on Friday. They are $37.25 and $38.25 for adults based on an order of 11 or less. If we happen to get 12 or more, we can realize the bulk discount and we will return the savings to you ASAP along with your receipt. Thanks!

Team Batting Windbreakers

Hello everyone. The final numbers are in on the jackets. They are $37.25 and $38.25 for adults based on an order of 11 or less. If we happen to get 12 or more, we can realize the bulk discount. I know these are getting expensive, but if you are still interested, please bring your check to tomorrow or Thursday's practice made out to Megan Adams and we will place the order for you on Friday. if we get more than 12, we will return the savings to you ASAP along with your receipt.

Practice Week of March 19th

Hi Team,


We will continue practice this week on Tuesday and Thursday at Village Greens #8. Our practice time will continue to be 5:30-7:00.


Also if you haven't already, please let us know by Tuesday if you will be able to play in the scrimmage game this Saturday, the 24th at 11:00. We need to get back to the other team to confirm that we have enough.
I hope you had a great weekend. See you Tuesday!

Thanks
Merrick
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Scrimmage Game: March 24th

Hi Team,

The boys are looking good and doing more every practice. As we get closer to the start of the regular season, we are hoping to get in two scrimmage games. I was able to coordinate a field and set up a game with the other Creek 9yr old AA team for Saturday, March 24th from 11:00-1:00. The game will be played at our practice field, Village Greens #8.

Please let us know if you will be able to make it for the game by this Thursday, March 15th.

It will be fun going against our other Creek team!

Thanks
Merrick

Warm-up Jackets and Long Sleeve Shirt Color

In lieu of another Creek Sports cotton hoodie, we have selected an Alleson brand hitting jacket (nylon pull over windbreaker) in royal blue for the team this season. This ought to come in handy for those chilly, windy days of Spring. They will run about $32.50 per jacket for the players and $33.50 for adults including tax and shipping if we have 12 or more orders. The sizing runs a little big, so we will have two samples (a different style, for sizing only) to try on at practice on Tuesday. We will silk screen the "CC" logo on the left side of the chest and embroider the number on the back of the neck. http://baseball.epicsports.com/prod/21863/alleson-3j10y-youth-baseball-batters-jackets.html

These are completely optional, however, it will take about two weeks to get our order so we would like to place this by the end of the week. Please respond to this post as soon as you can so that we can understand quantities and place an order. 

On another note - as a part of the uniform on colder days - please make sure your son has a RED long sleeve athletic under shirt. There are several options at Sports Authority on County Line (if you are grabbing other uniform items) or any other sporting goods store. Thanks!

Practice week of March 12th

Hi Team,

Sorry for the delay getting this information to you, yet unfortunately I still haven't heard for the Creek office about practice this week. So since I haven't heard, we will continue practice for Tuesday and Thursday at Village Greens #8. The only change will be the time. We will practice 5:30-7:00.

I hope you had a great weekend. See you Tuesday!

Thanks
Merrick
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Practice week is here! Week of March 5th.

Hi Team,

So far, so good. It looks like the weather forecast is in our favor this week. We will have our first week of practice starting on Tuesday, March 6th. We have practice at 5:00 until dark on Tuesday and Thursday at Village Greens field #8. We also still have Slammers reserved for 5:30 to 7:00 on Wednesday. As of right now, I believe I have heard from everyone regarding Wednesday and it's a go. If we decide on Tuesday, we don't want to do the extra practice I am good with that as well.

I hope everyone had a great weekend and I look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

Thanks
Merrick

Mother Nature looks like could prevail. No practice today.

Hi Team,

I just checked the forecast for today, and it sounds like the snow could be rolling in faster than originally expected. The news is saying potentially beginning at 1:00 to 2:30. So we will not have practice today. Thank you to everyone who has responded to us.

So far it sounds like Slammers is in. We still haven't heard from everyone, so please let us know if you are good with next Wednesday.

I will reach out to everyone over the weekend on our exact practice schedule for the upcoming week.

I look forward to meeting everyone next week!

Thanks
Merrick