2024 Flyer
Season: Wednesday, March 13, 2024 conclude w/Tournament week of May 13
Playing Location: Home Playing Field
Age Group: 9th Grade Freshman (only)
eMail Participation Deadline: Sunday, January 14, 2024
Registration Deadline: Friday. March 1, 2024
Team Fee:  $620 to UPG + Umpire Fees $1080 to ArbiterPay (refpay)

League:
We had a great season last year and look forward to providing a strong league for the 2023 season. We plan to offer the same product with a few minor changes. The League will run like in years past; One game a week (on Wednesdays) and a double header every Saturday. Some Mondays!

Number of Games:
Teams will play an 18 game schedule and also participate in a true double season ending tournament. The season will begin Wednesday, March 8th and conclude with the tournament the week of May 13th to 20th. Wednesday game times will be 5:00 p.m. (7 innings) and Saturday DH will start at 11:00am. Wednesday games will be 7 innings. DH games will be 2 hrs, timed. Participating teams will be required to supply a home playing field.

Umpires:
Two umpires will be assigned to work each game. These umpires will be assigned by our administration. Most umpires will be high school certified umpires. Pay rate will be $60.00 per umpire. All umpire pay will be done through arbiterpay. You will pay $1080.00 in umpires. No on the field payments. Umpire fees will be sent to UPG.

Fees:
Cost per team to participate in the league will be $600.00 paid to Utah’s Premier Game. This fee will cover league insurance, arbiting, scheduling and the post season umpire fees and awards.

Coaches Meeting:
Coaches meeting: We are planning to hold a coaches meeting in January. This meeting will be to cover any league issues, questions and include a free meal. If you are planning to play with us please send us a responding e-mail, to let us know you’re in, prior to January 14th . Money ($620 League fee) and umpire fees ($1080) are due Monday, March 1, 2024 – Total is $1700

Topics and Rules:
This will be a 9th grade age group, league only. Players in 8th grade or younger will have plenty of opportunities on the Super League level. Your team is invited to play with us if you are looking for a 9th grade league. We are well aware that some of your schools will have a hard time field a 9th grade team due to players playing up. If you can not field a team this year we will look toward your participation in the future.

Boundaries: After seeing the issues involved in the past years in other 9th grade sports dealing with boundaries, we are not planning to put a boundary rule in place. We strongly encourage players to play for the team they will be with in high school. No super league teams will be allowed in this league. All teams must be submitted by a high school coach. If you have players looking to change schools it will be up to the coaches involved to figure out the solution. We are looking to offer a 9th grade league that is well organized and is about building future varsity players. We are not interested in dealing with boundary issues or younger player issues.

Wins + Half of Ties / Total Games Played
(Wins + (Ties/2)) / (Wins + Losses + Ties)
Example – team with a 7-3-2 record
(7+(2/2)) / (7+3+2) = 8 / 12 = .667

Contact Info: Matt Marziale (801) 404-1090) eMail: matt@upgbaseball.com

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

  • American Fork
  • Lehi
  • Lone Peak
  • Maple Mountain
  • Olympus
  • Pleasant Grove
  • Salem Hills
  • Spanish Fork
  • Wasatch
  • Westlake

SCHEDULES

Updated:  Sunday, April 21, 2024

Freshman League Schedule


TOURNAMENT RULES:

  1. Players may only play in this league. If a player plays up on sophomore, JV or Varsity they are not eligible to play in this league. This is a league rule and a UHSAA rule.
  2. Teams may bat 10 players. A DH and EH are welcome. Batting line up (subs) must be managed like an official line up.
  3. All Bats must meet High School Federation BBCOR regulations. Must have the BBCOR Stamp.
  4. Defense players must be in the batting order. Starts may re-enter the batting order. Once a sub enters and is pulled, they are done for the game. The Eh is the only free sub player you have for defense.
  5. High School federation rules will be the standard for this league. Catchers cannot wear a skull cap.
  6. No bat boys allowed. Players and coaches are the only persons allowed in the dugout.
  7. If a player is coaching a base they must wear a double ear flap helmet.
  8. Home sites should have balls supplied by UPG- game balls.
  9. Games do not have a time limit. They are 7 innings or mercy rule. Must end with a winner

FIELD / WEATHER STATUS

LEGEND

Playable

Unknown

Cancelled

Games: Saturday, April 27, 2024

11:00am @ Spanish Fork

11:00am @ Olympus

11:00am @ Maple Mountain

11:00am @ Lehi

3:00pm @ Lone Peak

STANDINGS

UPDATED:  Sunday, April 21, 2024

REGISTER

9th Grade Freshmen League

    VENMO @upg-baseball or MAIL CHECK TO:

    UTAH’S PREMIER GAME
    773 EAST 640 SOUTH
    SALEM, UT 84653

    *PLEASE NOTE: Online Registration has a 4% Surcharge Added (Pay Pal Transaction Fee – Currently Not Available)
    NO Extra Fees for Mailed Payments.