News and Announcements
THE LITTLE LEAGUE PARENT/VOLUNTEER PLEDGE
I WILL TEACH ALL CHILDREN TO
PLAY FAIR AND DO THEIR BEST
I WILL POSITIVELY SUPPORT ALL MANAGERS,
COACHES AND PLAYERS.
I WILL RESPECT THE DECISION OF THE UMPIRES
I WILL PRAISE A GOOD EFFORT DESPITE
THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME
LEAGUE HISTORY
WE ARE EASTERN!!! OUR LEAGUE FORMED IN THE FALL 2011, WHEN TWO OF ABILENE'S LITTLE LEAGUES MERGED, CEDAR CREEK AND KEY CITY. THE NAME EASTERN LITTLE LEAGUE ACTUALLY IS A NAME OF ONE OF THE ORIGINAL LITTLE LEAGUES IN ABILENE UNTIL THE LATE 90'S. SO IN A WAY HISTORY IS REINVENTING ITSELF IN EASTERN ABILENE. EASTERN LITTLE LEAGUE IS READY TO EMBARK AND MAKE ITS NEW MARK ON TEXAS DISTRICT 5 AND LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL IN ABILENE!
BOTH CEDAR CREEK AND KEY CITY COME FROM STONG TRADITIONS IN THE HISTORY OF LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL IN ABILENE, TX. WE HAVE THE TRADITION OF THOSE TWO LITTLE LEAGUES TO GIVE US THE FOUNDATION FOR ABILENE EASTERN YOUTH BASEBALL OF THE FUTURE!
IN ADDITION TO A LITTLE LEAGUE, IN THE FALL OF 2011 EASTERN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE THE JUNIOR LEAGUE LEVEL OF PLAY AS WELL.
EASTERN LITTLE LEAGUE JOINS ABILENE'S OTHER LITTLE LEAGUES WHICH ARE DIXIE, NORTHERN, SOUTHERN, AND WYLIE AS MEMBERS OF TEXAS DISTRICT V WHICH INCLUDES MEMBERS FROM CLYDE, MERKEL, SWEETWATER, SNYDER, CISCO, COLEMAN, AND JIM NED.
EASTERN JUNIOR LEAGUE JOINS ABILENE'S OTHER JUNIOR LEAGUES WHICH ARE ABILENE NORTH, ABILENE SOUTH, AND WYLIE AS MEMBERS OF TEXAS DISTRICT V WHICH INCLUDES MEMBERS FROM JIM NED, CISCO, CLYDE, SWEETWATER, SNYDER, AND COLEMAN
ABILENE EASTERN FAST FACTS:
LEAGUE COLORS: ORANGE AND DARK GREEN
ESTABLISHED IN THE FALL OF 2011 TO START PLAY IN THE SPRING OF 2012
FORMERLY CEDAR CREEK AND KEY CITY LITTLE LEAGUES.
EASTERN JUNIOR LEAGUE WAS EST. IN 2011 AND STARTED PLAY AS WELL IN THE SPRING 2012 SEASON.
LITTLE LEAGUE PLAY GAMES AT WILL HAIR COMPLEX (FORMER CEDAR CREEK COMPLEX) AND CAL YOUNG COMPLEX (FORMER KEY CITY COMPLEX)
JUNIOR LEAGUE, AFTER NOT HAVING A HOME FIELD FOR THE INAGUARAL 2012 SEASON, WILL PLAY GAMES AT ROSE PARK COMPLEX (FORMER SOUTHWEST JR/SR) ON BARROW STREET.
WE HAVE 4 PLAYING FIELDS FOR LITTLE LEAGUE--TWO FOR MINOR/MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES AND TWO FOR FARM/COACH PITCH GAMES
WE HAVE THE CHALLENGER LEAGUE-- A CONTINUED AND BELOVED TRADITION AND LEAGUE ESTABLISHED AT KEY CITY LITTLE LEAGUE. ALL CHALLENGER GAMES ARE PLAYED AT CAL YOUNG COMPLEX ON SATURDAY MORNINGS! THROUGHOUT THE SPRING SEASON USUALLY AROUND 10 AM!
FEEDER SCHOOLS: BOWIE, JOHNSTON, LEE, TAYLOR, AND THOMAS ELEMENTARIES. WITH SOME PLAYERS ATTENDING SCHOOL AT ABILENE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS AND ALL FOUR OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.
MEMBER OF TEXAS DISTRICT 5, SOUTHWESTERN REGION OF LITTLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL.
