Due to the rain, all games for tonight, Thursday, May 9 are cancelled and will be rescheduled.

E league will begin it’s season in early June and rosters will be set by early May.  Parents will be notified of your assigned team after rosters are set in early May.  If you have already registered your son with the online registration, you need not do anything more.  There are no fees due to the League for E league.  Your individual team may have fees for hats, pants or other items such as practice fees.

Coaches and Parents,

Registration is now available online for the 2013 season.  Please click on the baseball in the upper left hand corner of the home page of the Independent League website (www.dilb.org) to access the link to the online registration website.  Coaches, please make sure you have your entire team (including coaches) registered online by Friday, March 8.  If you are parents of an E league player (ages 5 and 6), you may still register if you do not have a team.  Please select “Unknown / Other” for your team.  Your son will be assigned a team for the 2013 season by the league.

For anyone new to the league this year, proof of residency in Dubuque (copy of utility bill) or attendance at a Dubuque school (copy of report card) needs to be given to your coach prior to the team registration date of March 19.

Following are the dates for the Rising Stars and End of Year League Tournament:

June 8-9        A and C Rising Stars
June 15-16    B and D Rising Stars
July 12-14     EOY League Tournament

*July 19 will be the last day of the regular season.  (Start date for each level yet to be determined)

*Coaches – please turn in a preliminary roster for your team by December 1, 2012.  There is an Excel template that can be used located on the “Forms” section of the website.  It is important that you include the playing age for your players on the spreadsheet.

All waiver forms are due to a board member by January 15.  The waiver meeting will be held on January 29 at 7:00 pm at the DSC Hit Zone upper level.

Thank you for all of you who were able to attend the League Banquet this past Tuesday evening.  We had a very nice turnout.  For those of you who were unable to attend, here is a recap of the awards presented at the banquet.

Hall of Fame Inductees – Riley McCarron, Conner Grant, Alex Steines, Dylan Merritt, and Nick Stevenson

Final League Standings:

A League – White Sox (1st Place), Reds (2nd Place), Dodgers (3rd Place), Brewers (4th Place)

B League – Reds (1st Place), Twins (2nd Place), Brewers (3rd Place), Hawks (4th Place)

C League – Hawks (1st Place), Twins (2nd Place), Reds (3rd Place), Brewers (4th Place)

Sportsmanship Awards:

A league – Cubs,   B league – Yankees,    C league – Angels

Coach of Year Awards:

A league – Tom Evans (Brewers),   B league – Bart Timmerman (Brewers),   C league – Bill Beutin/Mark Konrardy (Angels)

End of Year Tournament Champions:

A league – Reds,    B league – Reds,     C league – Twins,    D league – Dodgers

Congratulations to all these teams and individuals recognized for their achievements and thanks to all for a great season!