2025 SPRING BASEBALL SEASON INFORMATION

West Jordan Copper Hills Baseball
2025 Welcome Packet
Website:  www.wjchbaseball.com
Questions:  info@wjchbaseball.com

Welcome to WJ Copper Hills Baseball! We are excited for the 2025 season. We have many dedicated volunteers that are here to make this season a success. Please remember that our Board Members, Coaches, Assistant Coaches, Team Parent & Team Scorekeepers are all volunteers giving their time for the benefit of our children.  We are open to suggestions and would like to keep a positive atmosphere at the baseball field.  All Board Members have baseball email addresses, which can be found on the website.  Please direct any necessary communication via email.  The season (game schedule) will start on Tuesday, April 1st. Please read through this welcome packet as it contains important information and dates to remember (last page).

 

Sportsmanship

“Conduct and attitude considered as befitting participants in sports, especially fair play, courtesy, striving spirit, and grace in losing."         

 

Umpire Etiquette

As spectators of the baseball game, we want to have our players have a positive experience on and off the field. Sometimes umpires make a call we don’t agree with. If you disagree with a call, please do not badger the umpire or coaching staff, as this just makes your child uncomfortable and usually does not solve the problem. The umpire has the last word on all calls. If you disagree with the umpire, you may email your concerns to your Division Commissioner, and they will be addressed as needed. We want the kids to learn that the umpire does not win or lose games for any team. We ask for your help in this; to see that each team has a positive experience, and that the parents and spectators set the example for our children.  If you have questions, please email the Umpire Coordinator at umpires@wjchbaseball.com

 

 

Try-Outs: Saturday, March 1st (morning)

Divisions PeeWee8 through Prep 13U only.  Location and Division specific times will be communicated via email.

 

Players need to arrive 15 minutes early to check-in. Please wear tennis shoes (if indoors) or cleats (if outdoors) and bring your baseball glove.  Bats are optional.  Try-outs will last about 90 minutes.  Parents are not allowed to attend tryouts with their player; but are welcome to wait outside the facility where tryouts are being held.

 

Field Clean-up Day:  Saturday, March 22^nd or 29^th 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Please come help us prepare the fields for the season.  We need everyone to pitch in!  Coaches should not schedule practice during this time.  Please bring your gloves, rakes, shovels, and wheelbarrows.  This is a great time to bring our players out to teach them about taking care of the fields where they play.

 

 

Pants & Used Player Equipment Exchange Day: Saturday, 22^nd or 29^th   9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

We will be exchanging uniform pants during this time.  If your player’s pants do not fit, you can exchange them on this day for the right size. Please direct questions regarding Pant Exchange Day to info@wjchbaseball.com.

 

If you have equipment such as a baseball glove, cleats, batting gloves, etc. that does not fit, or you do not use, please bring them to the fields by 9:00 a.m. on Exchange Day to donate. We will have the table open from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for those who wish to participate.  This is an optional event and there may not be anything available in the sizes you need.  Any donation left at the fields after 2:00 p.m. will be taken to Deseret Industries. Please direct questions regarding Used Player Equipment Exchange Day to info@wjchbaseball.com.

 

 

Required/Optional Baseball Gear

All players will be provided a jersey, hat, pants, belt, and socks. TBall, Rookie, PeeWee, and Minor players will receive a team hoodie.  Major players will receive a long sleeve performance shirt.  Team equipment will include: (PeeWee/Minor/Major/Prep) – batting helmets and one set of catcher’s gear, (TBall/Rookie) – batting helmets.

 

Required

• Baseball glove
• Molded Cleats (PeeWee/Minor/Major), Molded or Metal cleats (Prep 13-18U) Please note that metal cleats may not be worn on portable pitching mounds.

 

Optional

• Athletic protective cup (required for catchers)
• Bat Requirements -  
  • Bats must not exceed 2 5/8'’ diameter or 33” in length.
  • Bats are required to have the USA or USSSA Baseball stamp to be eligible.
  • Wood bats are allowed in Prep 13U-18U divisions only.
  • Prep 13U bats may only be allowed a max of drop 8 (or -8).
  • Prep 14-15U and Prep 16-18U BBCOR (or wood) bats are the only approved bats.
• Batting gloves
• Helmet
• Gear bag
• Cleats (TBall/Rookie)

 

Birth Certificates
All players will need to provide proof of age via upload during the registration process.  Players will not be allowed to play without age verification.

 

After-Game Treats

After-game treats are included in the original registration fee (TBall through Major Divisions) and are for players to get treats supplied by the Snack Bar after each game.  This takes the place of parents taking turns bringing treats to the game. After-game treats will be made available after the dugouts and bleachers areas have been cleaned up by the teams and their spectators.

 

 

Snack Bar

WJ Copper Hills Baseball offers a full-service snack bar. All proceeds from the snack bar assist with paying umpires and to help offset registration costs. The Snack Bar accepts cash and credit cards only; no checks will be accepted.  All potential Snack Bar employees will need to fill out an application and obtain a Food Handler’s Permit from the Salt Lake County Health Department. If you have any questions, please email snackbar@wjchbaseball.com.

 

 

Rain-out Info

Weather related cancelations will be called by 4:00 p.m. on game day.  It will be posted no earlier than 4:00 p.m. on the league website, www.wjchbaseball.com. The City of West Jordan will not allow games (or practices) on the fields if they are wet.  Canceled games will be rescheduled and posted on the website as soon as possible.  Follow us on social media for updates:

FACEBOOK ~ WJ Copper Hills Baseball

INSTAGRAM ~ wjchbaseball

TWITTER ~ @WJCHBaseball

 

 

Game/Practice Schedules

Games are played Monday through Friday evenings and Saturday mornings. The league may need to schedule Saturday mornings for rainout rescheduling; however, there will be some regular season games and events on Saturdays.  Practices will be scheduled by each team’s coach and should be a minimum of two per week (with no games scheduled) and a minimum of one per week (with games scheduled).  All games and practices will be on the team calendar.  No scheduling requests will be taken.  The league has over 700 players across 70 teams; it is not possible to accommodate scheduling requests.

 

Team Volunteers

Official Team Parent – The Official Team Parent will oversee the administrative tasks of the team & support the Coaching Staff.  The Team Parent’s duties will include; but are not be limited to, the following:  assist the League Secretary in obtaining birth certificates from the team’s players, email the team about important information (i.e. volunteer opportunities, Hit-a-thon, Pictures, League Breakfast, practice & game reminders, etc.), hand out items (i.e. treats, Hit-a-Thon forms, picture forms, etc. at each game), keep track of the players’ hits on Hit-a-thon Day, and assist the coach with Player of the Game & Most Improved Player Awards.

 

Official Scorekeeper – The Official Scorekeeper will take turns keeping the official scorebook (via GameChanger) at each home game and operating the scoreboard when playing as the visiting team.

 

 

Ron Wood Baseball Complex Rules

The rules of the Ron Wood Baseball Complex are clearly posted at the entrance of the complex and by the snack bar.  NO SMOKING OR VAPING, DOGS (OR OTHER PETS), SKATEBOARDS, ROLLER BLADES, SCOOTERS, BIKES or SUNFLOWER SEEDS are allowed inside the Ron Wood Baseball Complex. Please see the full list of complex rules online at www.wjchbaseball.com.

 

 

Parking

There are two parking lots for the Ron Wood Baseball Complex.  Please do not park in no parking zones such as; emergency lanes, along/in the roadway, or next to landscaping islands in the parking lots. Designated parking stalls must be utilized.  This is for the safety of our players and families.  The league has three League Official parking stalls, Snack Bar and Umpire stalls.  These are reserved for the League Officials on duty and State Umpires.  Please do not park in these stalls or you will be towed. The road in and out of the park needs to be kept clear for traffic to flow both ways all night; this will allow EMERGENCY VEHICLES to get in and out. West Jordan City Police Officers will ticket those who park in No Parking zones.

 

 

FAQ

Please visit the website and click on the FAQ tab.

 

Important Dates

• Head Coach Meeting – Friday, February 28^th 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
• Try-outs (PW8 through Prep 13U Divisions) – Saturday, March 1^st (morning)
• Draft (coaches attend) – Saturday, March 1^st (afternoon)
• Official Team Parent Meeting – TBD
• Official Scorekeeper Clinic – TBD
• Field Clean-up – Saturday, March 22^nd or 29^th 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.
• Umpire Clinic – TBD
• Season Begins (PW7 through Prep Divisions) – Tuesday, April 1^st
• TBall/Rookie Season Begins – Monday, April 15^th
• Breakfast/Pictures/Hit-A-Thon – Saturday, May 3^rd  
• All Star Tryouts – Saturday, May 17^th  (invitation only)
• End of Season Tournament (PW7 through Major Divisions) – end of regular season through June 2^nd
• Closing Ceremonies TBall/Rookie/PW7 – Friday, May 30^th
• Closing Ceremonies PW8/Minor/Major – Monday, June 2^nd
• WBL City Championship (PW7 through Prep Divisions) – Thursday, June 5^th through Saturday, June 7^th and Monday, June 9^th
• All Star Tournament (PW8 through Prep Divisions) – Monday, June 16^th through Saturday, June 21^st