Majors Tryouts (required, registration closes Jan 31)

Select a date when you register for Spring Sports

AAA / AA Evaluations (required, registration closes Jan 31)

Select a date when you register for Spring Sports

Deep Run's 2026 Cal Ripken Winter Training will be held at the Pennridge HS Green Gym (Feb 21, 22, 28).

Opening Day ceremonies will held on Saturday, April 11, 2026 (April 18 rain-date). We have many activities including a parade of teams, DJ, food, prizes, games, and the start of games for all divisions. More details to come from your coaches and it will also be updated on DR baseball website and Facebook page. Games begin Mon, Apr 6.

Last date of regular season playoff games will be on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Pictures will be handed out Sat, May 30.

As a Cal Ripken organization, Deep Run roughly follows those guidelines.

• Coed Quickball / Backyard Ball: Age 3
• Coed Quickball / Little Sluggers: Age 4
• Coed Quickball/ Rookies: Age 5
• "Single" A: Ages 6-7 (Coach pitch)
• AA: Ages 8-9 (Coach / Kid pitch - evaluations)
• AAA: Ages 10-11 (Kid pitch - evaluations)
• Majors: Ages 11-12 (Kid pitch - tryouts)

Yes, after registering, you can contact the Baseball Board - baseball@drvsa.org. Our player agent and Division Directors will determine whether a player is ready to play-up.

Deep Run charges an annual club membership fee of $125.00 per family. The membership fee allows a family to register their child(ren) into any sport(s) at Deep Run, including baseball.

In addition to the club membership fee for each family, each sport charges a fee that covers expenses for that particular sport. Baseball scales it's fees as the costs differ slightly for each age group.

Cal RIpken Registration Fees (closes Feb 15 unless otherwise noted).

• Quickball / Backyard Ball - $50
• Quickball / Little Sluggers - $50
• Quickball / Rookies - $75
• "Single" A - $125
• AA - $190 (closes Jan 31)
• AAA - $195 (closes Jan 31)
• Majors - $200 (closes Jan 31)
• Spring Connie Mack - $140
• Summer Connie Mack - $210

A $40 Late fee is applied after Feb 15 (Quickball, A, Connie Mack), Jan 31 (AA, AAA, Majors).

• Quickball and Single A: we try to grant as many play-withs as possible as teams won't be overly lopsided talent-wise in these age groups. Younger kids tend to be shyer and a familiar face to start the season gives them the confidence needed to make new friends, have fun, and learn to love the game of baseball.
• AA: balanced teams become much more important, particularly with the introduction of kid-pitch. Evaluations help evenly spread talent across teams. There are no play-with requests.
• AAA: balanced teams are critical to a competitive and fun season. Evaluations help evenly spread talent across teams. There are no play-with requests.
• Majors and Connie Mack: balanced teams are paramount. Tryouts and a draft are held to select teams. There are no play-with requests.

It ultimately depends on the number of children that have signed up in a given year. Typically there are 350-450 players signed up which takes some time to work through all the Divisions. Deep Run tries to set rosters of 7 players (Rookies) - 12 players (Majors) on each team. We try to have all rosters finalized and sent to Division Directors by mid-March. There will be instances where due to lack of coaching volunteers or a rush of late registrations that will delay roster communications for certain divisions. Our end goal is that all players have been communicated to by March 15. Communication of roster assignments will come via email from your assigned team manager/coach.

Both practice dates, times and locations are determined by each individual coach. Practice locations will be the fields at Deep Run and will include school fields and parks within the local area (Hilltown, Dublin, Bedminster, Silverdale). Generally, practices start in late March or early April, depending on weather and field conditions. The scheduling and frequency of practice is wholly dependent on the availability of an individual coach. It would be fair to assume a practice schedule of 1 or 2 practices per week in the beginning of the season. Each practice normally would last from 1 to 2 hours, depending on the age group.

Backyard Ball and Little Sluggers (Ages 3, 4) meet once per week for a combined Quickball practice and game.

All Divisions start play on Monday, April 6, 2026. Games will typically end the first week in June.

Generally, a team has one game during the week and one game on Saturdays. Weeknight games start at 5:30pm early in the season when sunset is earlier and 6 pm later in the season as the sun sets later. Saturday games are played as early as 830AM to as late as 6PM. All games are played at the Deep Run complex - 953 Callowhill Road, Hilltown, PA. On occasion, due to reschedules or high enrollment, a game may be played at Blooming Glen Park (Hilltown, PA), Supplee Park (Dublin, PA), Sacred Heart Church (Hilltown, PA), or Hilltown Township Civic Park (Hilltown, PA).

Announcements will be made up to an hour prior to the first game time of that day. Deep Run's website (https://drvsa.org/) will be updated immediately once the decision has been made. Social media will also be updated. (Twitter/Facebook) You can sign up to receive text alerts for these types of announcements on the Deep Run Baseball website (https://drvsa.org/). You should also get email notification from your coach as well. There are instances when a game cannot be made up. Considering that score is not kept in many of our divisions and that there are no standings, this generally isn’t an issue. We do our best to complete the 10-12 games scheduled for each Division.

Deep Run Baseball will provide each team a baseball bat, balls, batting helmets, and catcher’s equipment. Your son will also receive a uniform shirt and baseball hat. Socks, Belts and Baseball pants are not provided. Your respective coaches will make a decision based on uniform color and instruct you what color baseball pants to purchase. (white, gray, or black).

Please contact any of the Deep Run Baseball Board members via baseball@drvsa.org.