HS PREP - 14U AAA/MAJORS INFORMATION 

The (14 AAA/Majors) HS-Prep league games are based upon High School baseball rules. The playing field (games) will include 90’ bases and 60’ 6" pitching distance with a pitching mound. Parker Youth Sports provides one practice per week.  Additional practices may be requested. This division is for 7th and 8th graders (primarily 14 years of age) and cannot be in high school.  Both home and away games will NOT be played in Parker.

 ** In Territory rules apply and rosters are required for the 14 AAA/Majors league.  If a team does not meet the territorial requirements, then they will need to communicate with the director of baseball to see if we can get an exception.

 ** All teams must follow the USSSA and/or USA and AYL bat rules but are exempt from the High School requirements of the drop -3 BBCOR.  Players are allowed to use drop -5 bats. 

 ** Protests will be allowed per AYL rules. 

Games have a 1-hour 45-minute time limit. Coaches declare if they intend to bat 9/play 9, bat 10 with an EH, or bat the entire lineup with open substitution. Both teams do not have to play the same substitution rule. There are no minimum playing time restrictions. 

14 AAA/Majors HS-Prep will consist of an American division and a National division (American being the more competitive group with kids primarily in 8th grade). The two divisions are intended to provide teams quality games against similar competition. Coaches declare which division they intend to participate in; however, teams are played by the number of 7th graders or 8th graders they have on their roster.  At the discretion of the AYL Baseball Board, teams may be moved between divisions to balance the competition. 

The 14 AAA/Majors HS-Prep season will consist of approx.  8 league games and a single-elimination playoff at the conclusion of the spring season. Games will be played Monday through Friday, beginning Early March through Early May each year. Games will be played during the week. The team fee is $TBD

 REGISTRATION  

Online team registration begins December 15, 2025. The initial $1000 team deposit is due December 15, 2025.  The balance $TBD will be due by January 15, 2026. You must register and pay the deposit to "hold" a spot for your team. Each year we sell out within a few days.

Schedules will be prepared with teams playing up to two (2) games per week. The league will attempt to over-schedule games on all playable days/dates within the online described league calendar (listed on the AYL Baseball homepage) With the overscheduling model, games lost due to inclement weather will not be made up, unless approved by the AYL board.

14 AAA/Majors HS-Prep will have a single-elimination playoff the last two weeks of the season. The single-elimination playoffs will begin in early May each season with the 14 AAA/Majors HS-Prep championship game played on or about the second or third week of May each year.  First and second place teams will receive individual rings. Teams will be seeded by their finish in the spring season games. Separate playoffs will be held for both upper and lower division teams. 

 Please contact your league delegate Aaron Kretzer for further questions: baseball@parkerhawks.org