PRBSA offers baseball and softball programs for boys 3-18 and girls 3-18. Our leagues are structured for the beginner, the recreational player, and competitive player, with an emphasis on teaching and having fun.
Skills Competition on June 12th (Free Event) - Details posted on the News page!
To the members of our PRBSA family:
I am truly honored and excited to lead this association and serve the community as President.
The Pine Richland Baseball Softball Association is here to encourage and promote baseball and softball activities for youth ages three to eighteen from the Townships of Pine and Richland, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. We strive to positively influence our young athlete’s development – athletic, personal, and civic.
I encourage you to reach out to me or any of our other Board of Director volunteers to provide suggestions and feedback on topics of organizational improvement. You can find the names of our Board of Directors on the Board of Directors page. As a board, we are here to serve you and your input is valuable to appropriately do the same.
On Championship Day, Saturday 6/12/21, the league will be holding a skills challenge for those age groups who are playing championships that day, Baseball 7U & 8U & 9/10s and Softball 8U. The skills challenge is a FREE event and is open for all kids in the listed age groups regardless of if they are in the championship game that day or not. We encourage EVERYONE to come out and participate! It will be great fun!!
The skills will include Home Run Derby, fastest home run base path runner, and Most Accurate Thrower. Trophies for 1st/2nd/3rd will be awarded for EACH skill in EACH age bracket. Trophies will be handed out on the field prior to the start of each respective age groups championship game. Please stay to watch the championship games as well!
Skills will occur for each age group in a 2-hour block prior to that ages championship game. Participants will be allowed to complete their skills at any time during that 2-hour window.
Please come out on Saturday 6/12/21 and show off your skills!!
Skills: 1. Fastest Runner, 2. Throwing Accuracy, 3. Home Run Derby
Divisions: Baseball 7U, 8U, 9U, 10U & Softball 8U (divisions playing league championships)
Trophies will be awarded Gold, Silver, Bronze in each Skill for each Age group
Total of 45 trophies up for grabs!!!
Competition will occur during a two-hour open window, three hours before the league championship game time. All trophies and winner recognition will be awarded on field immediately prior to the league championship game start for that age group. We encourage all players to come early in their window.
7U - Skills 9-11 F3&8, Game at Noon on F2
8U - Skills 11-1 F3&8, Game at 2 on F1
8U Softball - Skills 1-3 F3&8, Game at 4 on F2
9/10 - Skills 3-5 F3&8, Game at 6 on F3
Age is determined based on league age date of April 30th
Players playing up during the spring season can compete in their league age group or their spring season team age group, whichever they desire.
Flow of event:
Participants are to report to field 3 to begin skills challenge during their assigned time
They will go to the sign in desk and will receive a stamp card of the three skills
They will complete the three skills below in order. They may skip a skill if they so desire. They will receive a stamp or initial on their card after each skill completed.
Once all three skills are done, they can take their stamped card to the concession stand for a FREE hotdog and water
Fastest Runner (Field 3) - Start Here
60ft base path, run home run
Start with front foot on home plate
Time starts on the runner’s movement; time ends when first foot hits home plate
Must touch all bases, missed base results in DQ for that run
Each player will be allowed two runs, with the best time counting as official time
DQx2 will be overall DQ for the competition
Time will be reported to the 0.1s using iPhone stopwatch to time
In the event of a Tie, there will be a run-off prior to the start of the league championship game. If one participant is not present for the runoff, the participant not present will take the lower position for final standings.
Most Accurate Throw (Field 3) – done in outfield, 2nd skill
Two skills:
hit soccer ball off tee 40ft away
10 opportunities, 1 point per soccer ball hit
Can hit any part of ball to count
Must hit ball, hitting tee to knock off does not count
home to 2nd base throw 80ft away into hitting net square
10 opportunities, 1 point per netted ball
Total score out of 20 points
In the event of a Tie, there will be a throw-off prior to the start of the league championship game. Least number of throws to hit the soccer ball off tee from 40ft. If one participant is not present for the throw-off, the participant not present will take the lower position for final standings.
Home Run Derby (Field 8) – last skill
The batter may choose to use a pitcher of their choice (dad, coach, other) or hit off the pitching machine.
Each batter will be allowed only 10 swings of the bat, with a maximum of 15 balls pitched, thus allowing 5 take pitches
Batter must hit the ball over the fence to count as a home run
Home run will count foul pole to foul pole even though these will not be 90 degrees from home plate.
Pitcher or machine will be 40ft from home plate
Home plate will be determined by age
7U – Grass line (60ft)
8U Baseball – in Front of 2nd base (80ft)
8U Softball - in Front of 2nd base (80ft)
9/10U – at pitchers mound (100ft)
In the event of a Tie, there will be a home run hit off prior to the start of the league championship game. Three balls to hit from home plate, ball must land in grass, winner is longest of the three balls. If one participant is not present for the hit off, the participant not present will take the lower position for final standings.
