Hickory Creek Middle School Boys Baseball Tryouts

Baseball at Hickory Creek Middle School is open to all incoming 7th and 8th grade boys. Tryouts for this upcoming season will be held on August 7th, 8th and 11th at the school at 22150 W. 116th Avenue in Frankfort on the following schedule:

 7th Grade Tryouts: 8:30-10:00 a.m. on August 7th and August 8th, 8:30-11:00 a.m. on August 11th

 8th Grade Tryouts: 10:00-11:30 a.m. on August 7th and August 8th, 8:30-11:00 a.m. on August 11th

No private tryouts or additional dates for tryouts will be held. Two teams (Varsity and Junior Varsity) will be created to continue to develop the program and strengthen the teams to compete at a high level of playing against competitive schools.

In order to make the team, participants must attend at least one day of tryouts.  Cuts may be made after the second day.  The third day will be comprised of game-like situations. Participants should dress for tryouts and bring plenty of water to drink.  No shorts are allowed.  A physical exam taken after July 7, 2013 must be on file with the school prior to tryouts.  Those athletes making the team will need an updated physical exam that goes through October 4, 2014. Practices will begin before school starts and are mandatory for all players to attend.  Once the school year begins, after-school practices will end at 4:30 p.m.

Team members cannot play baseball and also participate in cross-country or volleyball at Hickory Creek. Bats that are 31 inches and longer must be BBCOR labeled.  Bats 30 inches and shorter do not have to be BBCOR labeled and can have a greater than minus 3 inch drop, as along as the barrel does not exceed 2-1/4 inches. No metal baseball cleats are allowed for games.  Molded baseball cleats must be used for games but students can try out and practice in metal. 

For more information, contact Coach Josh Purpura at jpurpura@fsd157c.org or Athletic Director Jason Smit at jsmit@fsd157c.org.