Tryout Registration Form can be found on Bulletin Board

  Prep & Junior Legion Tryouts were held on Sunday August 27, 2023     

2024 Prep Legion Team Selections:

Kamden Boma          Franklin Middle   7th Grade                                                                                                        

George Dawson       Edison Middle      7th Grade

Tyrell Hopkins          Edison Middle      7th Grade

Bryan Kleiss              Unity Junior          8th Grade

Mason McCaffrey     Franklin Middle    8th Grade

Grant McKay            St. Matthews        7th Grade

Jack North                St Matthews         7th Grade

Joseph Park              Home School       7th Grade

Quentin Roundtree  Edison Middle      8th Grade

Pierson Sather          Jefferson Middle  7th Grade

Noah Schreder         Home School        7th Grade 

Issei Tanaka              Edison Middle       8th Grade 

Dylan Wiemelt         Urbana Middle      7th Grade

2024 Junior Legion Team Selections:

Tristin Alexander       Unity HS                   Sophomore

Garren Barker           Central HS                Sophomore

Bryce Clark               Central HS                Sophomore

Odin Cochran           Central HS                Freshman

Kash Farrell               Central HS                Sophomore

Anthony Happ          Heritage HS             Sophomore

Mark Johnson           Central HS               Sophomore

Micah Kang              Central HS                Freshman

Finn Kerins               Central HS               Sophomore

Matthew Kirby         Mahomet Seymour  Sophomore

Sebastian Morber    Home School          Freshman

Nathan Piercy          Centennial HS         Sophomore

Ian Weber                Central HS               Sophomore

Nico Wiemelt           Urbana HS              Freshman 

Senior Legion Tryouts were held on Saturday August 26, 2023

 Prep:  Champaign, Mahomet, Unity, Urbana, St. Joe-Ogden, Monticello and beyond

Junior:  Champaign, Mahomet, Unity, Urbana, St. Joe-Ogden, Monticello and beyond

Senior:   all of Champaign, Piatt, Ford and Iroquois Counties and possibly some adjacent counties

 PREP LEGION covers players who will finish 6th or 7th or 8th grade in May, 2024.  Players from Champaign Mahomet & Savoy must be born before 9/1/11.  Players outside Champaign-Mahomet-Savoy must be born in 2011 or earlier.  Fees for Prep Legion will be $185** at time of tryouts (checks payable to American Legion Baseball) and the balance of $185 in February, 2024. 

 Prep Legion begins indoor practice in February and has games from early May through mid July.  Typically their schedule includes about 30 games with about two mid-week games per week and about two weekend doubleheaders/tournaments per month.  We are exploring the possibility of playing in a doubleheader league once per week in Charleston, in order to get tougher competition for our Prep teams.  All of their games would normally be within 75 miles of Champaign. 

 JUNIOR LEGION covers those in high school for the 2023-2024 school year and born in the year of 2007, 2008 or 2009.     Junior Legion will practice once or twice per week.  Junior Legion schedule will include 30-35 games with 5-7 games per week.  All of their games are played in June, July & early August (after the high school baseball season is completed) and will generally be within 90 miles of Champaign.  Fees for Junior Legion will be $235** at time of tryouts (checks payable to American Legion Baseball) and the balance of $235 due in February, 2024.  Junior Legion team for 2024 will be a Champaign-Urbana area team hosted by Champaign American Legion.   

 SENIOR LEGION covers those in Junior or Senior year in high school during 2023-2024 school year (born 2005 or later) and those who graduated in 2023 with a birthdate in 2005 or later.  Senior Legion team for 2024 will be a Champaign/Ford/Iroquois County team hosted by Rantoul American Legion.  Senior Legion schedule will include 25 - 35 games with 4-7 games per week.  All of their games are played in June July and early August (after the high school season is completed).  Games are generally within 90 miles of Rantoul, but one overnight tournament may be played.  Fees for Senior Legion will be $225** at time of tryouts (checks payable to American Legion Baseball) and the balance of $225 due in February, 2024.  Tryout times and location for that Senior Legion team are shown above.  

 **   Fees will be returned to anyone who is not selected at the tryouts.  All other fees are non-refundable except for injuries that prevent participation during the entire 2024 season or for a permanent family move of more than 90 miles from Champaign. 

   For more information, you can send email to:   H_Rakers@Comcast.net  (underscore after H)