2025 Cardinals Baseball & Canton Nitro Fastpitch Travel Team's Tryouts

Published by Wendy Mullen

Nov 21, 2024

2025 Canton Cardinals Travel Baseball & Canton Nitro Fastpitch Tryouts

Our 10U Canton Cardinals baseball team is looking for one more player. Please contact Coach Lee Malvitz at leemalvitz@hotmail.com. Player must be born after 4/30/2014 to qualify for 10U.

GCYBSA will be hosting tryouts for our Canton Cardinals Boys Baseball & Canton Nitro Girls Softball Travel Teams. The season runs from mid-April of 2025 through end of July 2025. Teams typically start indoor practice in winter months. These teams are separate from the GCYBSA fall recreational league.

The cost will vary by the team from approximately $1,000 - $2,000 depending on the team and the number of tournaments. The younger teams typically have a lower cost. Both the 12U teams may elect to attend Cooperstown for a week-long tournament and the 13 & 14U teams may elect to attend Cal Ripken for a week-long tournament. There is an additional cost for those week-long tournaments. The teams participating in Cooperstown or Cal Ripken will have a higher cost as those are typically week-long tournaments.

Baseball

Baseball - Players should try out for their age as of April 30, 2025. Our Cardinals 2025 Tryouts are on the below dates, times, and locations:

All players trying out should pre-register to avoid a long line at tryout by fill either copying and pasting the below link into your internet browser or by clicking the tryout link below or clicking on Tryouts under our sponsor box on the home page.

Baseball Registration Link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmwKZTXP_6ab_sc5L_NC1OXH7-bVZUa5Y5W5nZcEofzQRKuQ/viewform

9U Cardinals-Wright Monday, July 22, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #1

Coach Jimmy Wright jimmywright7@yahoo.com

10U Cardinals-Malvitz Wednesday, July 17, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #2
with a call back date of Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 6 pm at Heritage Park #2.

Coach Lee Malvitz leemalvitz@hotmail.com

11U Cardinals-Altizer Tuesday, July 23, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #2

Coach Bob Altizer coachbob3354@gmail.com

11U Cardinal-Neal/Gilbert Tuesday, July 23, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #2

Coaches Jim Neal/Terry Gilbert jimneal97@gmail.com and terry@secondstorycollection.com

12U Cardinals-Mancini This team is not having a tryout - all players are returning.

Coach Jason Mancini jamancini22@gmail.com

13U Cardinals-Raepsaet Thursday, July 25, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #1

Coach James Raepsaet James.raepsaet@gmail.com

14U Cardinals-Hoffmeyer Thursday, July 11, 2024 6 pm Griffin Park #2

Coach Chad Hoffmeyer cghoffmeyer@gmail.com

Softball

Softball Players should try out for their age as of December 31, 2024. Our Nitro 2025 Tryouts are on the below dates, times, and locations:

Softball Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3XYMcuv

8U Nitro- Coach Ryan Chittaro ryan.chittaro@gmail.com Monday, July 22, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #4

9/10U Nitro - Coach Brian Dixon bdixon@onelineage.com Monday, July 22, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #3
Coach Shelly Lafata hammons_10@hotmail.com

11U Nitro - Coach Bryan Boyd coachboyd25@gmail.com Tuesday, July 23, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #3

Softball Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3XYMcuv

Softball Call backs

8U Nitro-Chittaro Wednesday, July 24, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #4

10U Nitro-Dixon Wednesday, July 24, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #3

11U Nitro-Boyd Thursday, July 25, 2024 6 pm Heritage Park #3

Additional Information for both baseball and softball tryouts:

Heritage Park is in Canton on Heritage Drive. Heritage Drive is the light between Cherry Hill and Palmer where the Fire Station is. Please attend a half-hour earlier to sign in with the coach. Please click on the link at the bottom to fill out the pre-registration form.

Please note in the event of weather, please call the weather line at 734-394-5489 after 4 pm. The weather line will either announce if tryouts are on or if they are postponed to another date.

A payment of $250 is expected within 48 hours of commitment to the team. The Nitro team may take non-residents to fill in gaps.

There is no fee. Evaluations will be performed by each coach.

If you have any additional questions, please contact either the coach for the team your child is trying out for or Wendy Mullen at Wendy.Mullen@canton-mi.org.