08/30/2026
⚾ LITCHFIELD BASEBALL PLAYERS & PARENTS ⚾
Please read and help us share this with any current or prospective Litchfield or Mt. Olive baseball families who may have missed the Thrillshare message.
I know it’s the end of August, but I want to get everyone together early so we can start laying the foundation for the upcoming Litchfield baseball season.
For those I have not had the opportunity to meet yet, I’m Gregg Hires, the new Litchfield Varsity Baseball Coach. I’m excited about where we can take this program. One of my biggest goals is to build a program that gives both our JV and Varsity players meaningful opportunities to develop, compete, and enjoy playing baseball.
📅 JV/VARSITY PLAYER & PARENT MEETING
Sunday, September 13
6:00 PM
SCI Center
We will cover:
• The vision and expectations for our JV and Varsity programs
• Offseason plans and opportunities
• Spring schedule planning based on player interest
• The future and structure of our JV program
• Uniform updates
• Fan gear and program apparel
Our hope is to continue operating an independent JV team that plays approximately 12 to 15 full games this spring. The amount of interest we have will directly affect how we schedule and structure JV, so having prospective players at this meeting is important.
We are also currently planning to kick off our offseason on Sunday, October 4 with a mini fall-ball evaluation camp. This will give our coaching staff an opportunity to evaluate players and help us build an offseason development schedule.
One thing I want to make very clear: our offseason baseball program will be designed around our athletes’ other sports and extracurricular activities.
Nothing we do will prevent a player from participating in a fall or winter sport. In fact, I strongly encourage our players to be involved in other sports and activities.
Many of our travel baseball players already understand how this works. You can be fully committed to your current sport or activity while still finding a small window of time to prepare for baseball. We want multi-sport athletes and well-rounded students, and we will work with them.
If you know a Litchfield or Mt. Olive student who is interested in playing high school baseball, please invite them and their parents to attend the September 13 meeting. This is not limited to players who were on last year’s roster.
If you received the original message and no longer plan to participate in baseball, just let me know so we can keep our contact information and player numbers accurate.
I’m looking forward to meeting everyone, hearing from our players and parents, and getting to work building something we can all be proud of.
THE PANTHER WAY! 🐾⚾
Gregg Hires
Litchfield Varsity Baseball
[[email protected]]
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