The Muskoka Hornets held its house league opener on May 18 in Huntsville at McCulley Robertson Diamond Complex on a beautiful Saturday of the long weekend. This year the Hornets boast record house league enrollment with over 285 kids registered ranging in age from 3-16 years old. In addition, the Hornets have 7 travel teams made up of 85 players competing in the York Simcoe Baseball Association. All in, Hornets enrollment reached a record 370 players for 2024.
Over the past couple years, the Muskoka Hornets expanded its house league program from the traditional once per week game model on Wednesday evenings to add practices each Sunday night for ages 9 and up, according to its President Peter Haynes. “This additional practice time has attracted great attendance and contributed to an overall improvement in the quality of play and interest level in our program,” commented Haynes on the reasons behind increased interest in baseball in Muskoka. In fact, the Hornets will likely be required to play games on Sunday nights to accommodate its ever-growing enrollment.
For local fans of the great pastime of baseball, we encourage you to look at our website at hornetsbaseball.ca or follow us on social media to see about upcoming events and game schedules. This summer, the Hornets will host Muskoka Cup tournaments across 6 divisions totaling 64 teams. In addition, the Hornets will host the 9U provincial qualifier for the YSBA in August as well as the 11U B provincials on Labour Day weekend.
Finally, for the second year in a row, one of our house league divisions will interlock with Orillia. This year, our 15U division will play regular season games against Orillia’s house league teams and at the end of August will compete for the coveted Twinkletoes Cup, named after Huntsville’s own New York Yankees baseball legend George Selkirk. Orillia’s 13U group wrestled the trophy from Huntsville in 2023, and we want it back in the hands of its rightful owner this year.
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