Tryouts for the Crater High School baseball program begin on Monday, February 27th at Anhorn Field immediately after school (approximately 4:00). Students wishing to play need to have completed all paperwork and have completed a sports physical. Contact the Athletic Department for details. Crater has three teams: a Varsity, a Junior Varsity, and a Freshmen team.

Congratulations to the North Medford Mavericks, the 2016 American Legion ‘A’ State Champions. They’ll represent Oregon at the Regional Tournament in Wyoming next week. Additional congratulations to runner-up North Jackson Royals and the remaining six teams for a tournament well-played.

Sunday, July 31

Championship: North Jackson 1 North Medford 5

Saturday, July 30

North Jackson 6  Roseburg 2
La Grande 3  North Medford 4

Friday, July 29

North Marion 1 North Jackson 11
Central Point 0 La Grande 6
Roseburg Pepsi 1 North Medford 5

Thursday, July 28

Roseburg Umpqua Lions 3 La Grande 5
North Marion 15 Santiam Senators 5
North Medford Mavericks 4 North Jackson Royals 2
Roseburg Pepsi 3 Central Point Comets 2

Wednesday, July 27

Roseburg Pepsi 5 North Marion 2
North Jackson Royals 7 Roseburg Umpqua Lions 1
North Medford Mavericks 9 La Grande 8
Santiam Senators 0 Central Point Comets 10

The Central Point American Legion ‘A’ team capped a successful summer with a league championship. The Comets finished the summer 32-6 overall and 16-4 in Area 4 league play. They’ll be hosting the single A state tourney beginning on Wednesday, July 27th and concluding on Sunday, July 31st, at Anhorn Field.

Crater Baseball is currently forming its summer teams. The American Legion A and D2 teams are by staff invitation and typically based on player performance during the spring school season. Click in the “Summer Baseball” tab for more info.

Crater’s American Legion team begins play on Saturday, June 11th with a 2:00 double-header at Anhorn. To see the whole schedule, click on the “Schedules” tab above. For additional info, contact Coach Campbell at 541 944 8749.

The D2 team begins play with a 2:00 double-header at Mt. Shasta on Sunday, June 12th. The D2 team will hold a practice at 6:00 this Thursday, June 8th at 6:00 on the Anhorn JV field. A parent meeting will be held immediately afterwards at 7:30. For more info, contact Coach Lewis at 541 778 4927.

Crater’s season concluded with a 5 to 7 quarter-final loss to Churchill. It should be noted that despite being down 5 to 0 late in the game, the team battled back to tie it before succumbing in the 7th. To read the Mail Tribune account, click here.

The year-end baseball awards & dessert banquet is tentatively scheduled for after school on Monday, June 6th. Players should bring uniforms to turn-in at that time.

American Legion and D2 rosters are currently being formed. Players will be notified by June 6th. If you haven’t yet expressed interest in playing, please notify a coach.

Crater won its first round playoff game against Hillsboro and hosts a second round game today, Friday, May 27th, at 4:30 at Anhorn Field. Because this is an OSAA event, tickets cost $6 for adults and $4 for students.  To read about the first round win, visit the Mail Tribune’s page here.

Central Point School District 6 students in 7th and 8th grader are invited to tryout for a roster spot on Crater Baseball’s middle school baseball program. Participants play “Crater Baseball” against neighboring programs such as North Medford, South Medford, Eagle Point, and Ashland. The middle school program, while not a prerequisite, “feeds” Crater’s high school baseball program.

An informational meeting is scheduled for 6:30 on Thursday, February 11th, at the Scenic Middle School library. Tryouts are scheduled for Sunday, February 21st at Anhorn Field at 2:00. Players can sign-up at the tryouts. The number of 7th and 8th grade teams will be determined based upon the number of players demonstrating interest, the availability of coaches, and field space. The cost to participate is $300.

The tentative 2016 Varsity schedule appears below. Printable versions of the Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Frosh schedules can be found here.

3/14 Jamboree @Anhorn Time TBA
3/16 North Medford @Anhorn 3:00 (2)
3/21-3/24 Spring Break Tourney @Anhorn
3/29 @ Henley, 4:30
3/31 @ Klamath, 4:30
4/5 @ Churchill, 5:00
4/9 Churchill @Anhorn, 1:00 (2)
4/12 Eagle Point @Anhorn, 5:00
4/16 @ Eagle Point, 1:00 (2)
4/19 Springfield @Anhorn, 5:00
4/23 @ Springfield, 1:00 (2)
4/26 @ Ashland, 5:00
4/30 Ashland @ Anhorn, 1:00 (2)
5/3 @ Marist, 5:00
5/7 Marist @Anhorn, 1:00 (2)
5/10 North Eugene @Anhorn, 5:00
5/14 @ North Eugene, 1:00 (2)
5/25 Playoffs
5/27 Quarterfinals
5/31 Semi-finals
6/4 Championship

The Varsity play-in game against Central is scheduled for this Friday at 4:00 at Anhorn Field. Because this is an OSAA event, admission is charged. Because of the timing of the game, our D2 Summer Baseball organization meeting for interested players and their parents will be at 6 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Varsity game ends. Please see below for more info about the purpose of the meeting, and click on the “schedules” tab to see a tentative D2 schedule.