Olentangy Little League

2026 CUBS TRYOUTS Registration Link To register for tryouts, please visit the 2026 Tryouts page on the Olentangy Cubs website. Baseball Age Groups 7U : Cannot turn 8 before May 1, 2026 8U : Cannot turn 9 before May 1, 2026 9U : Cannot turn 10 before May 1, 2026 10U : Cannot turn 11 before May 1, 2026 11U : Cannot turn 12 before May 1, 2026 12U : Cannot turn 13 before May 1, 2026 13U : Cannot turn 14 before May 1, 2026 14U : Cannot turn 15 before May 1, 2026 15U : Cannot turn 16 before May 1, 2026 Softball Age Groups 8U : Players must be born in 2017, 2018, or later 9U : Players must be born in 2016 10U : Players must be born between Sept 1, 2014 and Dec 31, 2015 Coaches Where appropriate, we will name coaches prior to tryouts. In certain circumstances, we may have to wait to see where players fall in the tryout process before naming a coach. New Cubs coaches are vetted through a referral and interview process. Returning coaches are evaluated based upon parental feedback, board review, and developmental progress of their players. Most Cubs coaches are parents of players. Acceptance Process All parents/players will have 24 hours to verbally accept an offer and 48 hours to make their first payment. If payment is not made by that time, the roster spot will be given to another player. There will be no exceptions to this. If there are deliberations with other teams, you will want to make arrangements to have offers completed by that same time. Overview Olentangy Little League's travel baseball division is operated under the Little League International baseball model. This means that all players will be from Olentangy Little League’s baseball district and the ultimate goal of this program is to win the Little League Baseball World Series http://www.llbws.org/ Yes, this is a big goal and the reason we have it is to provide clarity for how the program will be run. We have a model in Little League (LL) where thousands of Little League organizations already do this today and we are emulating their success. In practical terms, here is how the program is run: Every player within our league signs up for baseball as they do today and they pay the regular baseball registration fee for their division. We will continue to create reasonable parity between the teams and these teams are known as the recreational (rec) league. Under Little League organizational rules, no player is eligible for the Little League World Series (LLWS) tournament unless he plays in at least 60 percent of the regular season games by the start of Tournament Play on a traditional rec league team in their respective district. In addition, each rec league team is limited in the number of players that can play as part of the LLWS tournament. This is how Little League ensures that no rec league team consists solely of travel level players. Rec league baseball will continue in the same fashion as it does today. The travel division is in addition to rec league play and costs will vary by age group.