A Message From the League Director

Welcome to G&T Athletics and the Bobby Bonner Baseball League. We strive to provide a safe, clean, and family friendly environment for young people to learn and play the game of baseball or softball.

Our coaches are trained and carefully screened with those goals in mind. Because young players will often look to their coaches for leadership and will model their actions, it is our desire that all our coaches not only be able to teach good fundamental baseball skills, but that they will also exemplify and teach skills that will help your child become successful in their lives as well. We are dedicated to developing young athletes by teaching Biblical principles and stressing respect for authority and displaying positive attitudes.

We encourage parent participation, desiring to build not only the character and self-esteem in your own child, but also in every child that participates in our league. There are plenty of places for parents to become even more plugged-in if they desire, from Assistant coaches to umpires and snack shack helpers. Please don’t hesitate to let me know where you would like to lend a hand.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me.

Sincerely,

Rik Benson
Director

We have programs for boys’ ages 5 to 18 and girls’ ages 5 to 13:

Tee-Ball and Coach Pitch
Our Tee-Ball and Coach Pitch Programs are designed to introduce your child to the game of baseball. We help them develop the skills of the game at a comfortable pace within their own age grouping. Each child will receive a Major League jersey and cap to keep. We also will provide state of the art equipment such as special tee’s to hit from that will help the child develop a proper swing; special balls that are soft so that a child will not fear the ball and will learn to watch the ball into their glove, yet which are designed to have the same flight patterns of a normal ball. Then, as the children gain in confidence and skill they are introduced to a more normal RIF (Reduced Injury Factor) baseball.

The sessions are broken down into a warm up/instruction time, batting practice, fielding and base running drills, and a Biblical devotion time, which are followed by a two to three inning baseball game.

Older Leagues
Our leagues for older children maintain the same themes of good sportsmanship and family values along with providing an environment conducive to the development of a child’s baseball skills. Practices for boys’ leagues ages 9-10 & 11-12 begin in early April. Their games start in early May and our goal is to finish before the 4th of July.

We also participate in tournament play during the month of July for those children that exhibit not only a higher level of skill, but have also proven their good sportsmanship throughout the season. These optional tournaments are held at various places around Monroe County and do have a small additional cost attached with them.

Our junior and senior leagues begin once their school baseball schedules allow, and although we still strive to finish by July 4th, they will sometimes play into the month of July.