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Upcoming dates and nomination deadlines to remember. Put these dates on your calendar:
February 2023:
Pitchers and catchers practice
March 2023:
A total of 10 hitting days and 5 optional practice days in March and April
April 2023:
A total of 10 hitting days and 5 optional practice days in March and April
May 2023:
1st - First Day of Baseball Practice
Scrimmages - can have 3 scrimmages after first practice
15th - First day for game competition
June 2023:
11th - All-Star Series Senior Nomination forms are due
17th - All-Academic forms are due
25th - Prospect Showcase Registration forms are due
July 2023:
2nd - Class 1A and 2A All-District Meetings
9th - Class 3A and 4A All-District Meetings
17th - 21st: State Tournament
22nd - Prospect Showcase
27th - 29th: All-Star Series in Carroll
August 2023:
1st - All-State Selection Meetings
September - December 2023:
Renew your 2023-24 IHSBCA Memberships
Baseball Advisory Meeting in Boone
No Player/Coach Throwing contact from October 1 through December 31
Board Meeting Des Moines - Sheraton Hotel - Time: Noon
December - Online voting for Coaches of the Year, Assistant Coaches of the Year, Umpires of the Year, and Fields of the Year.
January 2024:
56th annual IHSBCA Clinic and Hall of Fame Banquet - January 19-20 at the Marriott Hotel in Cedar Rapids.
Find photographs from the 2023 clinic in the CLINIC REVIEW 2023 tab…..
Major League Umpire Pat Hoberg accepts the Harold “Pinky” Primrose Award from Executive Director Lee Toole at the 2023 IHSBCA Awards Banquet. Hoberg is an Urbandale native who spoke to coaches and umpires at this year’s clinic in Des Moines.
After 40 years as Chairman of the Hall of Fame Committee, Roger Hoel stepped down from that position at the 2023 IHSBCA Clinic. Roger was a 1994 inductee to the Association’s Hall of Fame.