Baseball

Commissioner: Gary Koenig, Sr. Baseball

1211 Limekiln Rd

Douglassville, PA 19518

Home:610-689-4621 Cell:610-780-1583

Sr. Baseball Update

Hi, I'm Gary Koenig, Senior baseball commissioner. This year begins a new program alignment for OVYL baseball with a regrouping of the senior and junior baseball programs under separate commissioners. The junior program will be headed by Pat Solley and includes T-ball through the major league programs or through age 12. His report is elsewhere in this newsletter. The senior program that I will head up includes the Western Berks, Junior Legion and Legion teams. That covers ages 13 thru 19. We will soon start a new year of baseball workouts in preparation for the season beginning in May for the senior levels. Along with registration nights on Tuesday, January 7 and Thursday, January 12 from 6 to 8PM, and Saturday, January 17 from 10AM to 1PM, we will begin indoor workouts on Wednesday, January 6 from 6 to 9PM in the Oley Middle school Aux. gym. The Wednesday night workouts are for the senior level players only (ages 13 to 19) and will continue thru Wednesday, March 31 or whenever we can go outside. The junior level players will have indoor workouts other evenings. Also, on Saturdays beginning January 23 or possibly earlier we will begin pitcher and catcher only workouts for all ages. These workouts will run from 10AM to Noon in the high school aux. gym thru the end of February, and then in the middle school gym thru March. We are hoping that these voluntary workouts will help keep the players in baseball shape and teach and reinforce the fundamentals of the game. The winter workouts we have held over the last two years have been a good learning experience and a lot of fun. Don't miss out on your chance to get a jump on the competition and become a better player.

Finally, senior level head coaches Corey Williamson of the Western Berks team, Mike Distasio of the Junior Legion team, and Fred vanGulik of the Legion team and their assistant coaches are looking forward to getting a jump on the season and meeting the boys. Have a Happy Holidays, hope you get some new baseball equipment for Christmas, and I'm looking forward to seeing you at registration and the indoor workouts.

Gary S. Koenig

Oley Valley Sr. Baseball Commissioner

610-689-4621 (H)

610-780-1583 (C)

gkoenig@ovylbaseball.org