Articles About Perry League

• 2025 Perry League Season | Season opens with joy, minus game

  By YS News StaffJuly 5, 2025

  

  The longest day of the year arrived with about as idyllic a summer evening as you could imagine. We got to enjoy warm weather, sunny skies and a terrific game of T-ball at Gaunt Park.

• Rogue sounds in Perry League play

  By YS News StaffAugust 7, 2024

  

  “In the interim, every time the sound of this rogue whistle filled the air, there was a pause in T-ball action.”

• Beauty abounds on T-ball field

  By Guest ContributorAugust 10, 2023

  

  Walking to the diamond adjoining the T-ball diamond Friday, July 21, to begin the field preparation process, we noticed a doe and two fawns frolicking in the open field.

• Perry League creates lasting joy

  By Guest Contributor

  

  “The memories and feelings from this summer will warm our hearts during those cold dark days of winter. Our spirits will be lifted by the hope and promise of the upcoming 2024 season, for we know joy will always prevail.”

• Heat can’t dampen Perry League joy

  By Guest ContributorJuly 29, 2023

  

  Before the game even started, a trio of girls were observed in the infield tossing the fine dirt above their heads and making clouds while belting out “Let it Go.”

• Perry League’s ‘Midsummer Classic’ draws local sluggers

  By Guest ContributorJuly 16, 2023

  

  Many of those who arrived at Gaunt Park for the Perry League “Midsummer Classic” event were greeted by the unmistakable smell of french fries.

• Perry League’s noteworthy legacy

  By Guest ContributorJune 29, 2023

  

  Three years after Donald Perry’s death in 1967, the baseball league he founded was renamed Perry League in his honor. His legacy has been going strong for more than half a century.

• Perry League | T-ball nights full of surprises

  By Guest ContributorJune 23, 2023

  

  The local T-ball league has now encompassed more than five decades and endeared itself to the hearts of many children and families in the village.

• Perry League | Magical T-ball season starts anew

  By Guest ContributorJune 17, 2023

  

  About five dozen children responded to the 6 p.m. whistle. You could sense the magic in the children’s faces as they anticipated play. I remembered just how fun and worthwhile these games can be in those first few moments while children line up and wait.

• Perry League T-ball season nears

  By YS News StaffMay 22, 2023

  

  As the school year winds down, and the summer months near, Perry League T-Ball is preparing for its 53rd season. The beloved local program remains an all-volunteer undertaking, with play taking place this year every Friday evening in June and July, 6–7:30 p.m., at Gaunt Park.