The Team
The 2008 12U Northville Bronco Travel Baseball team is sponsored by the Northville Baseball and Softball Association and is comprised of 12 year old players with a birth date after 4-30-95. 

The team will consist of 11-12 players. All players bat in full rotation. Defensive positions and play time will vary, however all players play every game. While rules will vary for each tournament, the format will typically be kid pitch, six innings.

Tryouts
Tryouts for the 2008 12 Year Old Broncos was held in August, 2007. Tryout evaluations were performed by coaches from several different Northville travel/tournament teams, and based on tryout results and rankings, team selections were made the week of September 6, 2007. 

Commitment
The 12U Broncos will practice approximately twice per week from January through April 2008.  The Broncos will be playing in the Kensington Valley Baseball Softball Association League.  During the season two games and one practice per week will be the norm.

We will also play 4-5 tournaments during the course of the season, including Cooperstown Dreams Park!  Parents may be asked to help out with concessions, field prep, etc., at some of these games, as Northville will likely host at least one of these events.  We will most likely play in tournaments on Mothers' Day, Fathers' Day and the 4th of July Holiday.  In addition, we will likely add a post season tournament.

Costs
The cost for participating on this team is approximately $700 per player.  This fee will cover the costs of uniforms, league fees, tournament fees, some equipment and miscellaneous organizational costs.

Additionally, there will be at least one overnight tournament experience that will require travel related expenses including hotel room and meal costs, for which each family will be individually responsible.

Coach's Note
You have wonderful kids.  We think they are great people.  Our biggest goal this season will be to help each player grow as a player and as a person.  One way to achieve this will be for us to help them believe in themselves and to feel good about themselves.  If we can accomplish that, we will feel that we coaches, working with all of you, have done our job well.  We will make mistakes as coaches, but we do promise all of you that we will do our very best for the players.