Little League Challenger Division





WMLL Board Meetings

Next regular board meeting is March 4 - 6:30 pm at Vitense Golfland.

Everyone is welcome at board meetings. The WMLL Board thanks Joel Weitz, Pres. of Vitense Golfland,
for providing the meeting rooms for Board meetings free of charge.
In addition, Vitense is the official site of WMLL pre-season coach meetings and league drafts



Check out the great deals anytime at the Vitense batting cages or pro shop!
Click Here for details about batting cage tokens

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Dicks Sporting Goods

Click on the logo above for info on Dick's...a  proud WMLL sponsor. 

Click Here for Valuable WMLL Coupons at Dick's for 2012


Mark your calendars for March 31, 10am-3pm, for in-store specials for WMLL families at Dick's West Towne store
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2012 Registration is now OPEN!!!

Click on the Registration Info Page link to the right ------>

-- Click Here for Family Info Packet (All Families) --

-- Click Here for New Family Info Packet --
(new families should download both packets)


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-- Check the Umpire Page on this site for training schedule --

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Click Here for 2012 Online Umpire Application Form --

-- Click Here for an Overview of the new Umpire Development Program --

-- Jason Kelley selected to ump Jr World Series in 2012 - Click Here --



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Too young for WMLL?
Click Here for info about west side Coach Pitch Leagues

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Create Excitement for Youth Sports...& earn $$$ for WMLL

WMLL
has been chosen to be among the first to participate in an exciting new program called Create Excitement for Youth Sports. It's a great concept that will generate significant funding for WMLL. It's the painless fundraising method we have been searching for -- and it found us!

Through this initiative, WMLL is partnering with Create Excitement for Youth Sports to provide you with a special portal to Amazon, Groupon and a growing list of other great companies. By doing nothing more than redirecting your online buying, you can help raise money for West Madison Little League

Register by Clicking Here

Thanks for your support!!

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Teen Sobriety Program Offered at KEVA Again!!

SOBER SATURDAY NIGHTS at KEVA.
(Click Here for KEVA website info)

The 2012 season kicks off Saturday night, Jan 21, from 7 to 10 pm. It's open to all area 7th to 12th graders and teens get 3 hours of coached sports, pizza , soda , a chance to just chill with friends and a cool event t-shirt...all for FREE, thanks to the generosity of the Ballweg Family of Dealerships.  Former WMLL player Evan Stone coordinates the program.

Future dates are March 10, April 14 and May 19

Check it out on Facebook at "Kick It At KEVA"


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New Indoor Baseball Facility in Middleton

Madtown Sluggers is now open at 3040 Laura Ln. Suite 110, Middleton.
Contact by email at madtownsluggers@gmail.com
or by phone at 347-8663.
(Click Here for Website)

Click Here for Pricing Info

NOTE:  Brad Woodall is using this new facility for most of his training and recommends it highly.  Click Here for photo

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New Baseball and Softball Training Facility on Madison's East Side

GRB Academy is now open at 4009 Felland Rd, Suite 114, Madison

Check out the website at www.gregreinhard.com
Phone: 608-249-5044

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WMLL Clothing Available

Some new clothing items with an alternate WMLL logo are on sale in the new Crossovers ProShop in the Madison Ice Arena.
Check it out !!!

(Click Here for Crossovers Press Release)

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Challenger League Players Having a Ball !!!

Check out a photo montage of one of our new Challenger players
Click Here

Check out the great Challenger photos on Joe Henricks' website
(Click Here)


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Little Lg Youth Baseball Pitching Study Shows "Overuse" is Primary Cause of Arm Injuries, not breaking balls
Click Here for Full Article

Mark your calendars now for Monday, March 19, 6:00-7:30 PM.  This will be the date of the UW Sports Medicine Clinic annual Baseball Pitching Seminar for coaches.  The clinic will include Karl Fry of the UW staff plus a trainer from the Madison College baseball team and a coach from an area league.  The emphasis will be on proper mechanics to avoid injury and a discussion of the new study noted above from Little Lg Int'l.  The Sports Medicine Clinic is located on Science Drive off Tokay Blvd and the meeting will be in Room 1111-A.

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New Research Disputes Effectiveness
of Batting Weights

Click Here for Article #1          Click Here for Article #2

By the Way --- batting rings & sleeves (any weights) are illegal for Little League Play and have been for some time!!

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Local Baseball Clinics

Brad Woodall Winter Clinics -- Click Here

Note: mark your calendars for April 14 at the WMLL fields
for a baseball clinic hosted by Brad.  There will be two sessions (11:30 and 2:00 PM).  This is a player-fee clinic with a portion of the fee donated back to WMLL by Brad.  Coaches may attend either session at no charge and there will be a question and answer session for coaches with Brad following each session.  Watch for more details.


Edgewood College Winter Baseball Camps -- Click Here

UW-Whitewater Baseball Clinics --  Click Here



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Action Photos of all Leagues now available online!!

That's right!  Our roving pro photographer, Joe Henricks, has now been able to get photos of all teams who have played games last season.  Check out the great action shots on Joe's website.  Click Here

Joe donates 10% of all photo purchases back to WMLL

Site Last Updated
Jan 27, 2012






WMLL Sidebars:
 
 WMLL Registration Page Link

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WMLL Parent Handbooks for 2012

now available:

Baseball -  click here

Softball - click here



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LL Int'l Announces
Rule Changes for 2012
Click Here


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Bat Regulations

Click Here for the latest Composite Barrel Bat & BBCOR Update from LL Int'l
(Updated 12-15-11)


Click here for updated Policy and Procedures for handling composite barrel bat issues at WMLL during 2012 games
(Updated 1-9-12)


Composite Bat Policies relate only to Baseball, not Girls' Softball


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NEW!!!!

Click on the links below to check out some 2011 videos posted on You Tube by WMLL Team Parents:

2011 Verlo Team (Cen Lg)

2011 Madison CW (Mjr Lg)


2011 Mad City Labs (Atl Lg)

Know of any other team videos?  
Click here to email the addresss
 to Bill B


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Challenger League
for children with disabilities

 3rd season a Success!!


Click Here to read
Parent & Community Comments & Photos


Click here for
Challenger Brochure


Click for more photos

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Compression Only CPR
(Call and Pump)
Click here for a short training video on the latest in simple CPR now being recommended




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Scroll down and check out the photo below of the WMLL fields taken from atop the WMTV tower!!!


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Little League In Uganda with a Madison Connection

Click here for some amazing photos of a LL field built in the middle of Uganda with the help of a former Madison resident, Colin Casey.  He is serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer and is helping the Ugandan players upgrade their skills and love of the game.

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The Math & Science of Baseball
Click Here



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Forest Product Lab Scientists work on issues with maple wood bat breakage and splintering
Click Here for more info

Ordered Your WMLL Brick Yet?
-- Get on the Wall for  Opening Day --

All bricks ordered through March 1 will be mounted on the
picnic porch wall by opening day, 2012

Click on the photo below to order your brick now!



Click here for the latest photo of current bricks on the wall.


Stop by and check out the latest additions to the bricks on the wall. 

Click here for 2009 Senior World Series Team brick photo



more brick info below



"Click on the Brick"
above to place your order!!

Note: WMLL is using a service from PayPal to handle all credit card payments. However, you DO NOT need your own PayPal account to use this service.  Simply enter your credit card info on the PayPal secure system when you place your brick order and we'll handle the rest!


Order Now....."Be Another Brick on the Wall"
          Click here for a preview & basic info           


Order your commemorative brick tile NOW for the wall in the new Picnic Porch at WMLL.  See photos by clicking on "Full Story" below.

Lock in your special WMLL memories with a commemorative
brick tile like the one shown at left or a larger size.
Online ordering is now available.....

Just Click on the Brick at left to order!!
       
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Brick Update:
The first five batches of bricks have now been placed on the Picnic Porch Wall at WMLL.  Stop by and check it out.  Batch six is now building and should be placed by Opening Day 2011

Click Here for Photo


Great Opening Day Photo by Joe Henricks!!!
 
-- Click on the photo below to view more of Joe's photos
Click on photo for More WMLL Photos by Joe

WMLL from Above!!
Thanks to Richard Wood, an engineer who works on radio and television towers
, for this awesome photo.
WMLL From WMTV Tower

WMLL Picnic Pavilion and Flowers 2011

The "Stop-N-Go" Picnic Porch at WMLL

Thanks to Stop-N-Go Stores for their substantial financial support in securing the naming rights to this great new facility for 20 years!!!  Awesome!!!



WMLL Fund Raiser Update for 2011 - 12 

WMLL Night at the Mallards
--thanks to everyone who purchased Mallards tickets.  We have sold out of tickets for both nights!!!!  Thanks for your support.  Net take for WMLL = $1700.  
 *** WMLL Mallard Nights in 2012 will be June 7 and 8 ***


Schwan's Food Program -- for our second try at this new fund raiser, it went well.  Net proceeds back to WMLL were $718.  Thanks to all the families who ordered over $4300 worth of product.


Little League Night at the Brewers -- Monday, June 20, was LL Night at Miller Park as the Brew Crew played the Tampa Bay Rays.  Over 9000 other Little Leaguers attended.  All WMLL players wearing their team jerseys paraded on the field and were pictured on the giant scoreboard screen.  Net margin on this event for WMLL was over $5000.  Thanks everyone!!
*** LL Night at the Brewers for 2012 will be June 18 vs Toronto Blue Jays ***


Want to see how the WMLL fields were built back in 1964?

Thanks to Tom Schorr from Wells Print & Digital, our host for the WMLL website, we are now able to bring you a slide presentation of the actual construction of the Major and Senior diamonds at WMLL back in 1964.  Tom was able to work with You Tube and convert our Power Point presentation into a video for viewing over the internet.  The slides in the presentation were donated to WMLL by Art Peterson, former WMLL Board President and District 4 Little League Administrator.

Click here to take the time machine back to 1964 and "The Building of Bill Lister Memorial Fields"


Sr. Field in '64!!

Meet the WMLL Board Members & Staff

Check out our new WMLL website page featuring the photos and backgrounds of all the league's Board of Director members.  These are the folks who donate many hours each year to make the league run and keep it growing.  They each serve a three year term and are elected at the Annual Meeting in October.  The Board has 15 voting members, with five up for election each year.  Click Here for Board Profiles

It also takes a dedicated staff to keep our operation running smoothly every day of the season.  Its a challenging job, as WMLL is open 7 days a week during the regular season and Fall Ball.  There is also quite a bit of prep time before the season, as well as clean up after Fall Ball.  Our hats off to this dedicated group for a job well done.  Click Here for Staff Profiles



WMLL CHALLENGER LEAGUE A HUGE SUCCESS!


***More Major Sponsors Emerge for Challenger Program***

UPDATE  January, 2012:  RBC Wealth Mgt re-upped for another year of $2500 support for the 2012 Challenger Lg.   Also, the doctors at Melius, Schurr & Cardwell Women's Clinic have stepped up to the plate with a $1000 sponsorship for 2011.  And, the folks at Communications Innovations, a pediatric therapy center, have joined the $1000 club for 2011.  First Business Bank is also back with a $500 donation.  For 2012, TDS has stepped up with a $1000 donation and Kara Deans (mother of Challenger player Noah) has directed her United Way donation to the Challenger program in 2012.  MANY THANKS to all our sponsors!!!

The inaugural 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons of the Challenger league for children with disabilities were a GREAT SUCCESS!!  The league was covered by WMTV Chanel 15 and was featured on the front page of The Wisconsin State Journal! Enrollment in the Challenger League increased up to 36 children in 2011 (from 26 in 2009) and we expect to eclipse that level for 2012.               

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Click Here to read Parent & Community Comments from 2010-11 Challenger League Seasons


Lexi M scores!!


Click Here for  Challenger Lg Brochure

Challenger Buddy Wants More!!!

We speak quite often about the role sports can play in forming a lifetime of memories, friendships and the teaching of life's lessons.  To think that this small experience, shared by Athlete Katy Goldschmidt and Buddy Danny Zimmerman during West Madison Little League's inaugural Challenger Division season could have such an impact on this young man's life, is awesome!  Full Story
 









Thanks to
Stop-N-Go stores
for their substantial financial donation to WMLL to secure the naming rights to our new Picnic Porch
for twenty years. 
Scroll down this home page for a photo of the Stop-N-Go Picnic Porch.

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Click on the Logo above for more Information about Badger Sporting Goods.  Check with BSG for your baseball equipment needs.  Proud supplier to and sponsor of WMLL

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NBC15 -- WMTV
Donating Land for the WMLL Fields since 1964
NBC15
THANKS!!!

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Looking for the WMLL Fields?

We're at
701 Forward Dr.
Madison, WI
(do not mail to this address)

(Click Here for Map)

 

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