House League “Rain Out Policy”

If at 4:25 pm on game day it is raining hard or the fields are too wet from raining that day or afternoon, management of the Hornets will send out a blast e-mail cancellation to all house league participants and this note will also be posted on our Twitter and Facebook pages so please like them. If the weather is fine at 4:25, but the weather forecast says chance of rain, there will NOT be a cancellation. We will play, and cancel during if we have to on site.  Therefore, if you do not receive a notice of cancellation or read or hear about it, then assume game on!

Saturday May 20 should have been an exciting day for the Muskoka Hornets program as it was supposed to represent Opening Day for our house league program along with the start of game play for two of our travel baseball teams.  

Unfortunately, we have cancelled the house league portion of the day and the travel team games will be played only if the weather improves later in the day.

House league will now start up on Wednesday May 24 with 5U-9U scheduled to arrive for 530 pm and 11U -15U scheduled to arrive for 7 pm.

Congratulations to our house league champions in Gravenhurst and Huntsville

Gravenhurst U9 - Rookie Minds Alive Dodgers 8-7 over Kubota North Cubs

Huntsville U9 Rookie - Liz Coombs Astros 15-14 over Lakecrest Mariners

Huntsville U11 Mosquito Arrowhead Athletics 4-3 over Coldwell Banker White Sox

Huntsville U13-15 Peewee-Bantam Thermo Seal Rangers 4-3 over Hidden Valley Pirates

Thank you for a great house league season and to our conveners Cam Boyd in Gravenhurst and Kate McNaughton in Huntsville and all the other untold volunteers for their tireless efforts to make our House League Program a success and enjoyable for all involved.

For the first time in the three year history of the Twinkletoes  Cup, Huntsville is bringing home the hardware.  The Twinkletoes Cup, named after New York Yankee All Star and Huntsville native George Selkirk,  is an annual end of year competition pitting an all star team of house leaguers from Huntsville against Gravenhurst.  This year  it was the  rookie U9s that squared off, and game 1 on Wednesday ended in a 4-4 tie.  In the exciting return match on Thursday in Huntsville, the game ended 13-12 in favor of the locals and was won in dramatic  fashion, on a walk off.  Most important for everyone was the grace and dignity shown by all participants, as is evidenced by the joint photo of both teams in front of the trophy.  Cant wait for 2020.

We are looking forward to finishing our house league season in Huntsville with Finals Night on August 31.  5U, 7U and 11U age groups will participate in Skills Competitions while 9U and 13/15U will crown division champions.  Congratulations to the Coldwell Banker Twins for winning the 11U Finals against their arch rival Festing Toyota Tigers.  The score in the final was 14-7 for skip Andrew Hall and his Twins.

Final match ups for 9U and 13/15U are as follows:

9U Placement Game - Diamond B - 645 pm - Nationals vs Giants

9U Championship Game - Diamond A - 645 pm - Cubs vs Dodgers

13/15U Placement Game - Diamond F - 6 pm - Brewers vs Mets

13/15U Championship Game - Diamond F - 730 pm - Blue Jays vs Royals.

Good luck to all participants.