All-Star Tryouts Set for March

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All 11 all-star teams now have a great coach secured and are making plans for their rec travel season. We hope your ballplayer will join us for this competitive all-star season in 2025!

We offer two all-star programs — Bombers for baseball, Red Storm for softball — which provide a more competitive experience for interested ballplayers seeking additional game opportunities on Sundays and after the rec league season ends.

These teams are formed in March and early April based on player participation at tryouts hosted at OYO. So, discover the coach for your child’s age group — and ages are based on the player’s age as of January 1, 2025 (for softball) and April 30, 2025 (for baseball).

With the spring season underway, so is our all-star program in earnest. If you have a ballplayer between the ages of 6-12 in baseball or 6-14 in softball who might be seeking even a more competitive experience in 2025, then the all-star program is right for you.

Bomber Up! Go Storm!

 

ABOUT REC TRAVEL PROGRAM

At OYO, we offer a wide range of programs to help players of all levels of skill, interest and passion experience more baseball and softball.  As a registered family, you’re already intended to participate in our primary and most popular program — Spring Ball recreational league.  However, we also offer an all-star program for all our rec league baseball and softball players who are seeking even more baseball and softball development and competitive game opportunities against teams from across Central Indiana. From experience, we know the “all star” term can generate a wide range of misconceptions. We’d like to set the record straight on our all-star program before you and your ballplayer miss out on a tremendous opportunity this spring and summer.

 

BACKGROUND

Our baseball travel program is named the Oaklandon Bombers. Our softball travel program is named the Oaklandon Red Storm. And we offer two different levels — full-time travel (FTT) and all-stars. The full-time travel teams were selected last August and are all set for the 2025 season.

Our All Star squads are comprised of players from our rec league only, just as other youth program across Central Indiana do to form their teams. These teams practice or play games on Sundays during the recreational league season before coming together to play in local tournaments against similar clubs from other regional youth baseball and softball programs in June and July. A typical All Star Bombers/Red Storm regular season runs from April through July in which the team will participate in four or five tournaments (again, all in Central Indiana). To participate on an all-star team, families are required to pay an additional fee, which varies from team to team.

 

TRAVEL TRYOUT PROCESS

Here is how OYO will manage the All Star team tryouts for age groups we’re able to support this season:

  • Only players who were registered at OYO, are eligible to tryout for a Bombers or Red Storm all star team.
  • Players must attend a tryout to be eligible for a team. If a player cannot attend the scheduled date(s) and time(s), then they may request an alternate tryout date within two weeks of the posted tryouts for the respective age group.
  • OYO will seek to accommodate multiple teams in any age group where the interest from players is supported by qualified and eligible coaching candidates.
  • No fees are required to participate in any tryout session.

 

BOMBERS TRYOUT OVERVIEW | BASEBALL

To be eligible for an All Star age group in Bombers, the player must not be older than the team’s age as of April 30 2025. Attendance is mandatory, unless other arrangements have been made with the team’s coach prior to the tryout to schedule an alternate time.

Players should arrive 15 minutes prior to the scheduled tryout time and should not wear any hats or uniform apparel affiliating them with any past travel team involvement (at OYO or elsewhere). However, a team-branded batting helmet is acceptable.

For a comprehensive overview of the All-Star Bombers program, including coaches, tryout schedules in March, team schedule overview for April-July and projected fees, visit the All-Star Bombers page on our website.

 

RED STORM TRYOUT OVERVIEW | SOFTBALL

To be eligible for an All Star age group in Red Storm, the player must not be older than the team’s age as of January 1, 2025. Attendance is mandatory, unless other arrangements have been made with the team’s coach prior to the tryout to schedule an alternate time.

Players should arrive 15 minutes prior to the scheduled tryout time and should not wear any hats or uniform apparel affiliating them with any past travel team involvement (at OYO or elsewhere). However, a team-branded batting helmet is acceptable.

For a comprehensive overview of the All-Star Red Storm program, including coaches, tryout schedules in March, team schedule overview for April-July and projected fees, visit the All-Star Red Storm page on our website.