Darien Blue Hawks Travel Team Info
For the 14th year, Darien Babe Ruth will offer a competitive travel team program for players ages 13 and 14. This program is intended to provide a higher level of baseball experience to those players who want to further their baseball careers and is a continuation of the Darien Youth travel baseball program. The teams will consist of the top players in each age group, and will be selected and coached by Darien High School coaches John Miceli and Joe Marzano. Tryouts will be held and cuts will be made.
Players for the Darien Blue Hawks teams will be selected from an open tryout, with players selected based upon their baseball skills, talent and athletic ability. Participating on this team will require a firm commitment over the course of the season.
The following outlines the travel program as it is currently planned.
Program Goals:
Provide an environment that allows the top players to compete at a higher level
Provide a program that will provide a more competitive level of play while providing instruction
Raise the overall quality and level of baseball for Darien’s current and future high school players
Team Specifics:
- Travel Teams will be coached by paid experienced baseball coaches
- Players must participate in an open tryout to be considered for the team
- Players are evaluated and selected by the team’s coaching staff
- Players must make a firm commitment to attending practices and games
Timing and Costs:
- Spring season runs mid-March through Memorial weekend. Summer season runs from Memorial weekend through July.
- There is a spring fee and a summer fee. Players are also charged a field usage fee of $25 per season by the Town of Darien.
- Fees for this program will be kept as low as possible to cover costs.
Differences to other AAU/Travel teams:
The program is a part of Darien Babe Ruth
All players are from Darien, so they will get the benefit of playing with friends, classmates and future high school teammates
Games and practices held in Darien
Players are coached by Darien High School coaches
2023 SPRING TRAVEL PROGRAM: Teams compete in the Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League against other towns in Connecticut and New York. Teams compete in multiple jamborees and tournaments in addition to their league and non-league games.
Darien Blue Hawks - These are highly competitive teams with professional coaches. Darien residents only. Season runs from mid-March through Memorial Day.
TRYOUT INFO -
To register for tryouts, email your sons name, grade and date of birth to joemarzano@gmail.com or johnmiceli@sbcglobal.net.
2023 SUMMER TRAVEL PROGRAM: 13U, 14U, 15U and 17U Blue Hawk teams compete in the Greater Hudson Valley Baseball League against other teams in Connecticut and New York. Teams will also compete in one or two in state tournaments.
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Teams will be coached by Darien High School baseball coaches Joe Marzano (13U) and John Miceli (14U). Steve Scalero will coach the 15U team.
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Teams will be chosen based off spring travel and high school season performance.
2023 DARIEN BLUE HAWKS FALL BASEBALL TEAMS
We will have 7th and 8th grade teams this fall.
The team will practice during the week and play games on weekends. The season will run from the end of August through October 29.
Tryouts: August 28th @ Holahan Field
7th Grade - 3:00-4:30
8th Grade - 4:30-6:00
Players must be Darien residents.
DARIEN BLUE HAWKS RESULTS
13U
2010 - District 1 Runner Up, I84 Summer League Champions
2011 - District 1 Champions, State of CT Runner Up
2012 - District 1 Champions, State of CT 3rd Place, War At The Shore Runner Up
2013 - District 1 Champions, State of CT 3rd Place
2014 - Xtreme Summer League Champions
2015 - District 1 Runner Up, Fairfield Fall League Champions
2016 - District 1 Champions, State of CT 4th Place, Fairfield Fall League Champions
2017 - District 1 Runner Up, Fairfield Fall League Champions
2018 - GHVBL Spring Regular Season Runner Up, Navajo Memorial Tournament Runner Up
District 1 Runner Up, GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions
Summer Beach Bash Champions, GHVBL Summer Playoff Champions
2020 - Summer Beach Bash Champions, Summer Sizzler Champions
2021 - June Classic Champions, GHVBL Fall Regular Season Champions
2022 - GHVBL Spring Regular Season Champions
14U
2009 - District 1 Runner Up
2014 - District 1 Runner Up
2015 - District 1 Runner Up
2018 - GHVBL Spring Regular Season Champion, District 1 Champions
State of CT 3rd Place, Summer Beach Bash 3rd Place
2019 - GHVBL Spring Regular Season Champions, GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions
2021 - GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions
2023 - GHVBL Spring Regular Season Champions, FCTL Spring Regular Season Champions, GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions
15U
2018 - Summer Beach Bash Champions, GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions
2019 - GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions
2020 - Summer Beach Bash Runner-Up
2021 - GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions
2023 - GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions
16U
2020 - Summer Beach Bash Champions
2021 - GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions, Summer Vacation Beach Bash Champions
Fall Regular Season Champions
2022 - July Classic Champions, GHVBL Summer Regular Season Champions
