By Paul Nimmo
The Lakewood Baseball Club has been serving the community since 1991, and strives to instill in our youth the belief in good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty and a sense of teamwork so that they may become strong, healthy, well-adjusted members of the community.
Come watch Lakewood’s Best and the future of Baseball at any one of these locations. The Lakewood Baseball Club is actively seeking Team level and League level sponsorships for 2017 as well as our participation in Lakewood Summerfest (Pitch, Hit and Run). For more information on Lakewood Baseball Club, please e-mail us at info@lakewoodbaseballclub.org.
Lakewood Baseball Club has levels for many of our community youth. Most start with our “Shetland” division which is ages 4-6, often called “T-ball”. Players advance to the “Pinto” Divisions, ages 7-8. This level uses a pitching machine, so often is called “coach pitch”. These levels work towards general skill development.
Upcoming Shetland games:
05/14/2016 Spinners vs. Angels 10:00 AM Clover Park High School JV Softball
05/18/2016 Spinners vs. Fire Hawks 06:00 PM Clover Park High School JV Softball
05/21/2016 Angels vs. Spinners 10:00 AM Clover Park High School JV Softball
Upcoming Pinto games:
05/14/2016 NW Sabres 8U vs.LumberJacks 8U 11:30 AM Clover Park High School JV Softball
05/14/2016 Cardinals vs. Angels 1:30 PM Clover Park High School Varsity Softball
05/18/2016 Spinners vs. Fire Hawks 06:00 PM Clover Park High School JV Softball
05/21/2016 Angels vs. Spinners 10:00 AM Clover Park High School JV Softball
The next age bracket, called “Mustang”, is for ages 9-10. This level introduces live pitching as well as modified base running, working towards the full game of baseball. The competition really starts to develop but our volunteer coaches are still working on development of the player.
Upcoming Mustang games:
05/14/2016 NW Sabres 10U vs. Tillicum Crushers 4:00PM Clover Park High School Varsity Softball
05/14/2016 Flexors vs. Radioactives 6:00PM Clover Park High School Varsity Softball
05/16/2016 Radioactives vs. NW Sabres 10U 6:00 PM Clover Park High School JV Softball
05/17/2016 Mariners vs. Flexors 6:00 PM Clover Park High School JV Softball
05/21/2016 Tillicum Crushers vs. Radioactives10:00 AM Clover Park High School Varsity Softball
05/21/2016 Flexors vs. NW Sabres 10U 2:00 PM Clover Park High School Varsity Softball
05/21/2016 NW Sabres 10U vs. Mariners 02:00 PM Clover Park High School Varsity Softball
“Bronco” increases the game to more resemble the full aspects of Baseball. Pitching and base stealing add excitement while the base paths and pitching distances increase, as well as the length of games.
Upcoming Bronco games:
05/14/2016 Patriot White vs. Royals 3:15PM Powder Works Field #1
05/16/2016 UP Mustangs vs. LBC – BLUE 6:00 PM Fort Steilacoom Park Field #2
05/16/2016 Patriot Gold vs. Lakewood Bombers 6:00 PM Powder Works Field #1
05/18/2016 LBC – BLUE vs. Futures 12-U 6:00 PM Fort Steilacoom Park Field #1
05/20/2016 Lakewood Bombers vs. Royals 6:00 PM Fort Steilacoom Park Field #2
The Pony/Colt Division rounds out the current levels LBC offers, with competition for kids 15 and under. This closely resembles true baseball, similar to the WIAA level in school.
05/13/2016 NW Blaze vs. Wolf Pack 6:30P M Vassault Field #1
05/14/2016 Wolf Pack vs. MBR #3 10:00 AM Fort Steilacoom Park Field #3
05/14/2016 Orting Cardinals vs. Warthogs 11:00 AM Orting Field 1
05/14/2016 Wolf Pack vs. MBR #4 12:30 PM Fort Steilacoom Park Field #3
05/14/2016 Orting Cardinals vs Warthogs 2:00 PM Orting Field 1
05/18/2016 Enumclaw Avengers vs. Warthogs 6:30 PM Fort Steilacoom Park Field #3
05/20/2016 NW Blaze vs. Warthogs 6:30 PM SERA Fields Field – Purple
05/21/2016 Warthogs vs. MBR #3 10:00 AM Fort Steilacoom Park Field #3
05/21/2016 MBR #1 vs. Wolf Pack 10:00 AM St Johns Field #1
05/21/2016 Warthogs vs. MBR #4 12:30 PM Fort Steilacoom Park Field #3
05/21/2016 MBR #2 vs. Wolf Pack 12:30 PM St Johns Field #1
Did you notice the “horse” related names? Lakewood Baseball Club is affiliated with PONY (Protect Our Nation’s Youth) Baseball.