Practice & Game FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions About The WYBSL Spring Season

Below, you’ll find the answers to the most commonly asked questions about WYBSL Spring/Summer Practices, Games and Make-Ups. Please click on a question to be taken to the answer.

Note: The WYBSL Constitution and Regulations/ByLaws are the governing documents of the League. This section contains general information only and should not be construed to be the official rules of the organization.

When does the season start?
How long does the season last?
What days will we practice and play games?
How often will we practice or play games?
Where will we practice and play?
What are the rules for our age league?
How do we find out about weather cancellations?
When are Make-Up Games played?
When are League post-season tournaments?

When does the season start?
Spring practices begin in mid- to late-April and the regular game season starts in mid-May.
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How long does the season last?
The regular game season ends about the end of June. In July, all leagues except Tee-Ball hold a post-season tournament. In the league tournaments, some teams will be eliminated quickly while others will play longer. All tournaments should be over by about July 31th.
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What days will we practice and play games?
Practices and games are usually scheduled on each league’s designated ‘playing nights’ (see the current issue of Batter-Up!, the League newsletter, for the designated ‘playing nights’ for each league). Coaches may also schedule practices on the weekends – and our make-up games are played on the weekends.
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How often will we practice or play games?
During the preseason, practices will be scheduled for two evenings each week. In leagues older than Tee-Ball, a third weekly practice may be scheduled for Saturday. During the regular game season, each team will be scheduled for two weeknight games per week. During the regular season, some coaches may schedule an additional practice on the weekend.
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Where will we practice and play?
Your team will practice and play at various parks and schools around Westerville. A map, showing the location of our 41 diamonds of play can be found in each spring’s issue of Batter Up!, the League newsletter – and on our website under ‘Diamond Locations’. Usually, only a certain set of diamonds will be used for each league. Please speak to any League Manager to see which diamonds will generally be used for your league during the current season.
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What are the rules for our age league?
We use the rules of the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS) with modifications for each age. A Summary of the Program and Rules for each Spring/Summer league, which describes these modifications, will be available on our website in early April each year. Click on ‘Rules’ on the left to access these summaries and click on ‘League Divisions’ for a brief synopsis for each league in the WYBSL.
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How do we find out about weather cancellations?
On game and tournament days (and for general special events, such as Photo Day, Skill Assessment Day, Skills Clinics, etc.), call the WYBSL Weather HotLine (614/523-6220). On game or special event days, the HotLine will be updated with delays, cancellations and location changes at 4:30 PM on weekdays, 7:30 AM on Saturdays and 10:00 AM on Sundays. The League will not generally give further updates on weekdays, but will update the HotLine on weekends if weather conditions change in time for us to give an alert for later games.

For practices and scrimmages, your head coach is responsible for canceling the activity and notifying team families. Any parents who would like to help with phone calls or field assessment for practices or scrimmages should talk to their coach. This is a great way to volunteer and it doesn’t require a lot of time.
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When are Make-Up Games played?
Make-up games are scheduled on Saturdays and/or Sundays (including Memorial Day weekend) to keep the schedule as current as possible. Game times on Saturdays will vary, but games on Sunday (if necessary) will not start before noon.

During the spring/summer season, our Make-Up Week is from Friday through Thursday. This generally means that if your first necessary make-up game during a Friday-Thursday period was originally scheduled on Friday, it will be made up 8 days later on the following Saturday. If your first necessary make-up game during the make-up week was originally scheduled on Thursday, it will be made up 2 days later on Saturday. Generally, your first necessary make-up game will be made up on a Saturday and your second necessary make-up game will be made up on Sunday afternoon. Of course, if we have a lot of rain during a period and are backed-up with make-up games, we will schedule make-up games as quickly as possible.

Make-Up Schedules for each weekend will generally be posted on the home page of our website by Thursday at noon.
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When are League post-season tournaments?
Except in Tee-Ball, each league will play the ‘second season’ of the Spring/Summer – a post-season tournament for all of the league’s teams, beginning in early July. These tournaments give all teams the opportunity to start fresh and ‘go for the gold’. Tournament schedules will be published with the regular season schedules in late April or early May. Games will generally be scheduled on a league’s designated ‘playing-nights’ and the weekends. In the league tournaments, some of the teams will be eliminated quickly while others will play longer. All league tournaments should be over by about July 25th.
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