Lakeland Lawn Care and De Pere Baseball are pleased to announce a partnership program for 2018. Use the attached document to refer friends to Lakeland Lawn Care and help raise money for De Pere Baseball's Capital Project campaign in support of our new fields project at Scray Hill Park!

Again this year, De Pere Baseball is using a text service to send notifications to parents in each league when a practice or game is cancelled. To subscribe to this service you will need to send a text message to 81010 with the abbreviation listed for your league (be sure to include the "@" sign in your message.)

Little Sluggers M/W (pre-K, K) - @litslugmw

Little Sluggers T/Th (pre-K, K) - @litslugtth

Pee Wee Minors M/W (K, 1st/2nd grade) - @pwminmw

Pee Wee Minors T/Th (K, 1st/2nd grade) - @pwmintth

Pee Wee Majors M/W (1st/2nd grade) - @pwmajmw

Pee Wee Majors T/Th (1st/2nd grade) - @pwmajtth

KD American (3rd/4th grade) - @kdamerica

KD National (5th/6th grade) - @kdnat

You will receive a confirmation text back once you have successfully signed up.

Click on the image below and enter code DePere18 to enter this year's store.

On January 1, 2018 many organizations will be implementing a rule change to the bats. Many organizations hosting teams 14 and under will adopt a rule stating any bat used must possess a USA Baseball stamp on it.  Bats that are USABats are big barrel, 2 5/8" bats, but are made of materials that create wood-like performance. It is important to note that these organizations also do not have a drop weight limit within their organizations. USSSA youth baseball is not implementing this rule change.

The current bats, which are marked with a 1.15BPF stamp, will no longer be legal for play in those leagues.

It is important to note that De Pere Baseball is NOT part of any of these leagues and is NOT subject to the rules as outlined above.

For the 2018 season, De Pere Baseball will allow its players to use either 1.15BPF small barrel bats OR the new USABats during league play. This applies to Pee Wee, KD, Pony and 14U Babe Ruth.

If your child is a tournament player, please recognize that you may go to tournaments that only permit USABat standards for a given tournament.