House Program

Our House league is for children in Kindergarten through 8th grade.  Practice and games are on fields in Rochester.

In Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade, children are grouped on teams by the schools they attend and the neighborhoods they live in.  Practice and games are on the same nights with practice starting at 5pm followed by a game at 6pm.  Teams practice and play on either a Mon/Wed (K and 2nd) or Tue/Thu (1st and 3rd) schedule during the months of June and July with a week off for the 4th of July.  There are no umpires for the games; coaches officiate and instruct on the field during the games.

Starting in 4th grade we hold tryouts to group kids by their skill level.  Tryouts are optional and tryout boundaries are determined by home address.  We attempt to define an equal number of players in each tryout group based on the players who indicate an interest in trying out on their registration form.  Once tryout areas are defined we invite all registered players in the area to participate in tryouts regardless of whether they indicated trying out on their form.  Tryout boundaries are not based on quadrants of the city and do change from year to year depending on the coaches selected and the kids registered.  Our goal for the house league is parity; equally matched teams playing competitive games.  Players selected in the tryout process are then drafted onto major league teams.  Players not selected or who choose not to tryout are then placed on minor league teams.

Tryouts for 4th through 8th grade start in April.  Team practice starts after tryouts and regular season practice/game nights start in May and run through July.  There is also a year end weekend tournament for each league in July.  Games are officiated by umpires and game scores and standings are posted.  Trophies are awarded to the top finishing teams in the regular season and to the tournament winners.