All Star Tryouts Coming Soon | Come Participate!

All but two of our 10 all-star teams (formerly called rec travel 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 2024! (And, if you’re interested in learning about the coach openings for the two softball all-star age groups, contact Curtis Dillman today!)

We offer two all-star programs — Bombers for baseball, Red Storm for softball — which offer 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, 2024 (for softball) and April 30, 2024 (for baseball). Bomber Up! Go Storm!

As the spring season is about to begin, so is our all-star program. As parents of a ballplayer between the ages of 6-12 and in either baseball or softball, who might be seeking even a more competitive experience throughout the season, then the all-star program is right for you.

 

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 a travel 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 when families hear “all star” or “rec travel” the misconceptions quickly follow. We’d like to set the record straight on our travel 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 2024 season.

Our All Star squads are comprised of players from our rec league, 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 4 to 5 tournaments (again, all in Central Indiana).

Only those players who play in our recreational program can tryout for and be selected to play for the All Star Bombers or Red Storm. These teams do require families to pay an additional fee to participate, and those fees vary 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 (based on eligible coaching volunteers):

  • 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 2024. Attendance is mandatory, unless other arrangements have been made with the team’s coach prior to the tryout to schedule an alternate time. There is no fee to participate in tryouts.

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.

A full list of Bombers All Star coaches and tryout schedules and contact info appears below.

 

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, 2024. Attendance is mandatory, unless other arrangements have been made with the team’s coach prior to the tryout to schedule an alternate time. There is no fee to participate in tryouts.

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.

A full list of Red Storm All Star coaches and tryout schedules appears below as well as the age groups where tryouts are on hold until a coach can be secured.

 

AGEFIELDTRYOUTSHEAD COACH
07U Bombers All Stars10Sunday, March 24 | 11 a.m.
Sunday, April 7 | 11 a.m.		Colin Thornburg
08U Bombers All Stars11Sunday, March 24 | 11 a.m.
Sunday, April 7 | 11 a.m.		Brad Davis
09U Bombers All Stars4Sunday, March 24 | 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 7 | 3 p.m.		Richard Benberry
10U Bombers All Stars1Sunday, March 24 | 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 7 | 1 p.m.		Branden Williams
11U Bombers All Stars2Sunday, March 17 | 7 p.m.Ke Shawn Barker
12U Bombers All Stars2Sunday, March 24 | 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 7 | 3 p.m.		Rich Day
08U Red Storm All StarsTBDTBDApply To Be a Coach
10U Red Storm All Stars9Sunday, March 17 | 4 p.m.
Sunday, March 24 | 1 p.m.		Zach Holcomb
12U Red Storm All StarsTBDTBDApply To Be a Coach
14U Red Storm All StarsTBA in AprilTBA in AprilDavid (Bug) Williams