OPENING CEREMONIES

Opening Ceremonies and the beginning of everyone's games are finally upon us!!  I hope you are all as excited as I am for the season to be officially kicked off!

Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for 12:00 pm to about 12:30 pm tomorrow, Saturday, May 12th.   If they don't already have games in the morning, your children should arrive at the complex between 11:30 and 11:45;   Locate your team; and begin moving back to the left field corner of the Boys Major field.     People there will help you get lined up in proper division and team order.    When your team is called the kids will run onto the field and into the infield of the majors field.   There will be a brief ceremony and then the kids will exit the field to meet back up with parents, etc.  

This should be a fun day... we hope you decide to hang out at the fields for a while and enjoy the great baseball and softball.

Little League is built on parent coaches...

If you are new to Little League baseball and softball you may not realize what makes Little League so wonderful. Little League is not simply a sports league in which a group of people you don’t know organize the league and coach your children.   Rather, Little Leagues in general are organized and coached by you… the parents of the children in the league.   All of us have a direct responsibility to make it a wonderful experience for all of our children to learn and grow in the world of baseball and softball.

We are nearing the end of the Harney Little League registration period (March 29^th for Girls Major and April 15^th for all other divisions.   Beginning at the beginning of April our Division Directors will be establishing teams for our kids to play on and will be identifying coaches for those teams. Some of you may have registered as a coach. Some of you may intend to coach but may have had trouble making this clear in the registration process.

Please consider coaching this year.   Coaching clinics will be held (beginning with a First Aid and Coaching Clinic at 1:00on April 21^st. We will help you know how to coach these children and provide you with the equipment and supplies you will need.   It’s fun and rewarding and a great way to be involved in your children’s lives.  

If you are interested, please let your Division Director know (See Board Member listing) or when they email you looking for coaches, please consider this.

Message from the President...

I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new President of Harney Little League.  I am Steve Deming and I have been involved with Harney for the past seven years.  Being involved with Harney has been a great experience for me and my family.   I will work as President with the hope of making it possible for you all to have great experiences also. 

For the past three years the League has been led by Jason McGough.  Jason was able to accomplish a lot and enabled our teams to be some of the most competitive teams in the region.   We thank Jason for the immense number of hours he committed during those years serving Harney, and pledge to continue making Harney better!

During the time I serve as President we will focus on several areas of improvement and growth:

• Develop the value of volunteerism throughout the league and increase participation.
• Formalize the development of players and coaches throughout all levels of play.
• Develop and promote the softball program.
• Improve communication throughout the League and improve participants' awareness of how the League operates.
• Complex improvement.

Steve Deming, President

605-390-2028

scdeming@hotmail.com