Welcome Lawrence, Ewing, & Hopewell Ballplayers!

Lawrence Township Junior Baseball & Softball Association

Welcome Lawrence, Ewing, & Hopewell Ballplayers!

Spring Season Overview

Registration for our Spring Season opens in mid-October and continues through mid-January. Click here to learn how to register your player.

🔴 Season Overview

Our season typically begins in mid-April and lasts 8 weeks. All games are played at Lawrence Central Park , Village Park, Moody Park, or Fasolino Field.

Games: Teams play one game on a weeknight and one game on select Saturdays. All games last 1 hour and 50 minutes.
- Tee Ball is 9:00a.m-10:00 a.m. on Saturdays, with Wednesday from 6:00-7:00 p.m used for rainouts.
- Weeknight softball or baseball games start at 6:15 or 6:30 p.m.
- Saturday games (only 2 or 3 per season)
  - Morning Game: 10:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
  - Early Afternoon Game: 12:45–2:30 p.m.
  - Late Afternoon Game (only if necessary due to rain): 2:50–4:40 p.m.
Practices: Softball and baseball practices are held once a week for 60 to 90 minutes, depending on age, and begin at 6:00 p.m.

🔴 Sample Schedule
(Please note this is an example, and the final schedule may vary.

Division	Practice Day	Game Days
Tee Ball	Saturday	Sat or Wed

Softball*
Rookies	Monday	Thurs/Sat
Minors	Tues or Thurs	Tues/Thurs/Sat
Majors	Mon or Wed	Mon/Wed

Baseball
Majors 50/70*	Tuesday	Wednesday
Majors 46/60	Tuesday	Wed/Sat
Minors AAA	Monday	Tues/Sat
Minors AA	Wednesday	Mon/Sat
Rookies	Thurs or Fri	Thurs/Sat

*Little League Softball, Intermediate 50/70 divisions, and Babe Ruth Baseball include an interleague component where teams play some games against other local towns, both home and away. As such, scheduled game days may vary.

🔴A Note About The Final Schedule

We strive to follow this schedule format so parents can have an idea of the timing as early as possible. However, several variables determine the final schedule:

Number of registrants
Number of volunteer head coaches
Availability of fields and lights
Umpire availability
Number of District 12 leagues participating in each division
Local middle and high school game and practice schedules
Field maintenance work scheduled by our Township partners

We begin creating the final schedule once registration closes. This process takes about 4–5 weeks. We generally publish the finalized schedule around the third weekend in March. (Please note that the schedule may change during the season due to weather events! ⛈️ )

🔴 Other Important Dates

Opening Day: The first Saturday of the season. The League hosts a parade for all players and opening ceremonies. Bring your camera!
Photo Day: In mid-May. Team and individual pictures are available for purchase.
Memorial Day: All players can march in Lawrence Township's annual parade in their jerseys.
Trenton Thunder Day: In mid-June. The entire League marches on-field before a minor league game and enjoys the game together.

🔴 For More Information

Parents should check their registration email for more information and review the League Calendar. All players, parents, coaches, spectators, and guests associated with LTJBSA events must abide by our Code of Conduct

Summer Tournaments

New Jersey District 12 an official “District” tournament each year, usually held between June 25 and July 15; and a “house” tournament held between July 16 and July 30. Each tournament offers brackets for different age groups.

Lawrence enters teams based on player availability in each age group. If an age group has enough interest to make a team, we will form a team at that age level first before asking players to “play up.”

🔴 Criteria for selection to a Tournament Team:

Participation in at least 8 regular season games, with at least 1 at bat and 1 inning played in the field (unless granted a medical exemption)
Ability demonstrated during the regular season, as observed by each coach in the players’ division
Ability demonstrated during the tryout process in the following areas: throwing, catching, fielding, baserunning, hitting (see our player development rubric for more details)
Roster makeup by position as determined by the Head Coach

The Head Coach makes the final roster participation decisions. By trying out for a Tournament Team, you and your player agree to abide by their decisions for roster selection and playing time.

🔴 An important note about Summer Tournaments:

Little League District Tournament season is a commitment to be available to play or practice anytime between June 15-July 30. Games may be scheduled or reschedule game at a moments notice to accommodate shifting weather patterns or changing schedules at the State level. Teams may be asked to wait out a weather delay in a dugout until late at night to finish a game, then be asked to return the following day to play again.

Lawrence Little League's policy is that any player that commits to a District Team but misses a scheduled game without an excused absence will be prohibited from trying out the following year. If a family cannot commit to being available for this period, we strongly recommend that their player does not attend try outs and potentially take a roster spot from a player who can make the full commitment.

Fall Ball Program

Fall Ball programs run from mid-September to mid-October with a focus on skills building and scrimmages. We typically offer programs for
boys and girls ages 5-12 that focus on fundamentals in a relaxed atmosphere. Registration typically begins in August and the program starts after Labor Day and runs for 6-8 weeks.

Depending on enrollment, we usually forms teams in the 7-9 age group, and then in the 10-12 age group. Players typically in the division above the one they played during Spring Season. The commitment is only one weeknight, where either a practice or a game is held, as we understand that children are back to school and homework is ramping up. Registration fees for Fall Ball include a team shirt and hat.

INCLEMENT WEATHER NOTIFICATIONS

The League will announce weather-related cancellations by 4:45pm on a game day. Cancellations will be communicated to parents directly via Facebook and Instagram. Coaches will receive an email or text, and then must notify their teams directly.

In the absence of a League announcement by 4:45pm, the following Little League Rules apply:

Rule 3.10 (a): Managers of both teams shall agree on the fitness of the playing field before the game starts. In the event that the two managers cannot agree, the President or a duly delegated representative shall make the determination.
Rule 4.10 (d): As soon as the home team's batting order is handed to the home plate umpire, said umpire is in charge of the playing field and from that moment shall have sole authority to determine when a game shall be called, halted, or resumed on account of weather or the condition of the playing field.

Any regulation game (4 innings) that is suspended due to weather will automatically be concluded and a winner declared to avoid having kids sit in dugouts on a school night.

Any non-regulation game or tie game that enters a weather delay more than 39 minutes prior to the scheduled end will wait, unless decided otherwise by the League or Lawrence Township.

Staying Connected

We communicate with you using three primary tools:

🔴 SportsConnect (www.ltjbsa.com)

This is the cloud provider behind our registration system and www.ltjbsa.com. We send emails from with information specifically related to your player to the email on file at your account. After logging in, you will reach your SportsConnect Account page. You can use your account to add or update your email address, or add an “additional account holder” email address to receive information about your player (such as a spouse or guardian).

We also post information in the news section of the home page, and on each team’s “Team Central” home page.

Features of the SportsConnect Account Page
SportsConnect FAQs for Families.

🔴 GameChanger Team Manager

GameChanger Team Manager is a mobile app that SportsConnect can push information to. It is used for Coach-to-Parent messaging, quick access to schedules, RSVPs for events, and in-game scoring, Parents should download and install GameChanger.

Prior to the start of the season, you will receive an email from your Coach, inviting you to join your GameChanger account to your player’s Team for the season. Clicking this email will authorize your app to see your player’s information.

How to RSVP in GameChanger
Team Messaging Overview

🔴 Social Media Notifications