Baseball at St. Mark Catholic School
Would there be any interest on the part of St. Mark students and families for St. Mark School to pursue establishing an IESA boys baseball team. The IESA schedule begins with practices around August 1st with regional play beginning around September. It is a rather short season but all in all alot of fun. It would draw some students away from soccer and cross country but could we maintain all three?
posted by croy @ 4:13 PM
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I was thinking practices and games at Franciscan park within a short walk. There are teams at St. Pat's in Washington, St. Mary's in Metamora, the Heights, Creve Coeur, Pleasant Valley, Brimfield, Princeton, and IB.
If we offered a 7th and 8th grade team we would only be drawing from soccer - cross country from the older boys.
In terms of equity adding softball is a non requirement. The girls have cheerleading and volleyball that gives them a current two sport edge over the boys.
Hate to see soccer crumble....maybe I am just blinded by my love for the world's greatest game.
I wonder which sport the students would prefer? After all the programs are there for them. Maybe over time we could convince all the area parochial schools to sponsor spring baseball teams.
Wow Ed, your ignorance of the sport of soccer shows.
" than sports that require finer motor skills for success."
Huh? Soccer is very demanding of fine motor skills. It is also very intellectually demanding. Baseball could hardly be considered physically demanding compared to soccer or many other sports. There is a reason it has the moniker of 'pasttime'.
I will concede that the whole travelling team thing is messed up and in need of reform. Part of the problem tho, is that there are not enough parents with the know how to adequately coach a larger number of kids. This is gradually changing. The first generation of kids to have really gotten into the game have grown up and now have kids. I am one of those. Baseball, football, basketball, have much greater numbers of knowledgable people of all ages. But as more n more former players and fans come of age, the quality of the game and the coaching will hopefully improve.
We have put our toes into the waters of the traveling team world. It is NOT the same as what I experienced. To say the least, it was disappointing. While there are some fantastic coaches out there, Peoria's clubs have a disfuntional air about them. Part of that too is in how the leagues have evolved over the years. The numbers of kids playing the game seem way down and the people 'in charge' strike me as being part of the problem.
I think polling the kids is a good idea. We don't have enough boys to cover soccer and baseball. I'm pretty sure mine would choose baseball.
I would love to get together with some parents that have kids that play West Peoria Little League and brainstorm how that program can be improved and if it can be improved. Not really a St. Mark issue, but lots of our kids play. I think a lot of families are leaving the West Peoria league for better programs.
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