Who is eligible to play for the Muskego Warriors?

The Warriors have at least one team at each of seven age levels/grades (U8/2nd, U9/3rd, U10/4th, U11/5th, U12/6th, U13/7th and U14/8th). Any Muskego resident meeting the age restrictions is eligible to tryout for a Warriors team. No player may be older than their age group prior to May 1st of the current year. The Warrior's allow players to tryout for a team above their age group to stay with their school class, and allows 7 year olds to tryout for the U8 team. The Warrior's will also make allowances for players to tryout for a team above their age group if it is in the best interest of both the player and the team.

Because of City of Muskego restrictions, a player may NOT participate in the MAA recreational baseball program and a select baseball program such as the Warriors.

What is the commitment?

Indoor practices typically start in December. Each coach determines the number, length, and location of practices. Typically two outdoor practices per week before games begin and one per week after that.

Games start in April or May and go to the end of July. There are typically 15 to 20 league games, and 4 to 6 tournaments of 3 or 4 games each. Most league games are played Monday through Thursday in the evenings. Most tournaments are played during the day on weekends. So that's an average of about 1 or 2 league games per week plus some weekend tournaments.

Where are the games played?

All teams play in their league games as part of the Wisconsin State Youth Baseball League (WSYBL) or the M.A.J.O.R. Youth Baseball League which includes teams from Sheboygan to Racine, and from Milwaukee to Oconomowoc.

How are team rosters determined?

The Muskego Warrior's baseball program is a SELECT program. Players must tryout for a team. Players with the top 8 scores attending the regularly scheduled tryout or a make-up tryout (scheduled by the coach) automatically make the team. After that a coach may choose up to 7 additional players to round-out the team. Additional players added by the coach are to allow for inclusion of players with skills needed to field a team not possessed by the players with the top 8 ratings. Catchers for example are sometimes hard to find but you can't field a baseball team without one (playing two or three games on a hot weekend, a team actually needs 2 or 3 people willing to play catcher). A coach may also want to add good hitter or two if his team is loaded with good fielders but no hitters. We have learned over the years that blindly taking only the top scores does not lead to the best team, and is not in the best interest of the kids.

Note: The exception to the automatic top eight rule is the coach's right of refusal rule. We will not force a coach to deal with a bad situation created by a less than positive attitude (player and/or parent attitude).

What is the financial commitment?

The player participation fee is $250 (which includes uniform expenses).

Each player's parents and/or other family members are expected to help staff concession stands at the Warrior's tournament in June (2 to 3 hours minimum). Concession stand staffing is essential because the player participation fees do not cover all of the expenses associated with fielding a team. Tournament registration fees paid by the teams we host just barely cover the expenses associated with hosting them. The Warrior's program, like almost every other program that hosts a tournament, makes its money on concession sales.

We have one additional fund raiser as well, Beer Fest which is used to support all the teams and keep our player fees low. Each player is expected to sell 6 tickets and 10 raffle tickets for this event.

Travel expenses to away games and tournaments are additional.

Who is the coach?

Each age group has a different coach. Go to our Coaches page on this site to see who is coaching the different age groups.

What is the difference between the Muskego Warriors and the MAA?

The Muskego Warriors and the MAA (Muskego Athletic Association) are two organizations that provide baseball opportunities to the youth of Muskego. MAA teams participate in a recreational league here in Muskego where the teams only play other MAA teams. Warrior teams play in either the WSYBL or M.A.J.O.R. YBL against other select programs from southern WI.

The Muskego Warriors are an independent organization with their own structure, including a board of directors, and their own policies.

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