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All softball individual and team group pictures will be taken on Tuesday, May 10th and Wednesday, May 11th at the Baird Center.  Please check the photo handout for your team's scheduled time and station:

STATION 1:  Inside the Baird Community Center
STATION 2:  Inside the Batting Cages behind the Baird Community Center

Any player who wants to receive pictures must return a completed money envelope with the exact amount enclosed.  You may turn in your envelope to the photographer on Picture Day.  The envelopes are extremely important, as they represent our only method for properly identifying the individual players and their picture order.

Note, all players will be in the group picture, but only those making a money return will be photographed individually and receive pictures.

Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your scheduled time to meet your Coaches and teammates.

NOTE:  BE SURE TO CONFIRM THIS SCHEDULE WITH YOUR COACH!!!

All girls* who reside in Maplewood and South Orange and are between ages 6 and 8 as of 1/1/2016 are invited to try out for the MSO Villagers 8U summer travel team (YOB 2007, 2008, 2009).  The 8U Summer Villagers team will be selected after holding competitive tryouts as follows:

Players are only required to attend one tryout (but can attend both) and are asked to pre-register for the tryout.

Players must commit to play through the summer season and will need to turn in a Tryout & Commitment Form at the tryout.  The Villagers forms are located in the Handouts section of the website.

Registration fee for the 8U Summer Villagers is $250.

Email Coach Alex Shalom with any questions related to the 8U Summer Villagers.

* Girls must be registered to play Recreation Softball in Spring 2016 in order to be eligible to try out for a 2016 Summer Villagers team.

All girls* who reside in Maplewood and South Orange and are between ages 6 and 8 as of 1/1/2016 are invited to try out for the MSO Villagers 8U summer travel team (YOB 2007, 2008, 2009).  See the Summer Villagers page for tryout dates, times and locations.

* Girls must be registered to play Recreation Softball in Spring 2016 in order to be eligible to try out for a 2016 Summer Villagers team.

Softball & Baseball Parade

The annual Softball & Baseball Parade is scheduled for Saturday, April 28, 2018..

The parade will march from the New Waterlands Fields off of Third Street in South Orange to Cameron Field near the Baird Center in South Orange.  Players should wear their uniforms and "muster" at New Waterlands beginning at 8:30am - the parade will get underway at 9:00am SHARP.

PARADE ROUTE:  From New Waterlands driveway, the parade will head east on Third Street and then turn left onto Sloan Street and follow it to the end.  From Sloan Street, the parade will then turn left onto South Orange Avenue followed by a right onto the river walkway next to the Village Service Station and finally end at Cameron Field.

There will be NO PARKING at New Waterlands.

JITNEY SERVICE WILL BE AVAILBLE!  A jitney service will be provided from the corner of Meadowbrook and Mead (near the Baird Center) to New Waterlands starting at 8:00am.  Jitney service will also be provided after the parade to take parents back to the Sloan Street and NJ Transit Parking lots.

Parents can also park nearby at the NJ Transit lot or at South Orange Middle School.  You can drop off your child on Third Street at the entrance to Waterlands (adult supervision will be plentiful) but you CANNOT enter the Waterlands driveway.

Coaches are encouraged to arrive by 8:20am to help their players.  Parents, you can march with your child or line up along the parade route.  Either way, be sure to bring your camera!

There is NO RAIN DATE for the parade.  We will not be put off by a little rain!  In the event of inclement weather, there are two ways to find out about changes or cancellation:

Code-a-Phone - Call the South Orange Recreation Department Code-a-Phone at 973-762-0748, ext. 1 anytime after 7:00 a.m. on Saturday.