On Friday, May 30th, Oliver of the White Sox hit a solo home run clear over left field in a game against the Orioles. It was Oliver’s first out-of-the-park home run of his Little League career and the first home run of the regular season at High Park Little League. Luckily, our club photographer happened…
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Announcing High Park’s 2025 rep teams
High Park Little League sends several Little League High Park All Star rep teams to tournaments across Southern Ontario each season, ultimately competing in the Golden Horseshoe District 1 playoffs with a chance to advance to the provincial and national competitions. HPLL also fields two T-Ball rep teams. We are proud to announce the following…
Swing into the Season event
On April 27th, HPLL celebrated the girls of High Park with our Girls Day Swing Into The Season event to start spring training and get everyone excited to play. We had an amazing turnout, and everyone from Instructional Program to the Majors players had a great time. There was face painting and relay games and…
New Pitching Mound at Ernie Keith Field
Something that often gets overlooked it how much time is spent maintaining our two baseball diamonds. Krystle Welsh of the HPLL board has worked diligently with City of Toronto staff from High Park to fix the decaying conditions of our pitching mound. On Monday, High Park and West End parks staff enlisted the expertise of…
Most Dedicated Umpire award
The recipient of the 2024 Most Dedicated Umpire award is Sam Smoljan. Sam started umpiring at High Park Little League in 2018. He has become one of the city’s busiest and most respected umpires. Sam remains dedicated to High Park, making time for the Little League program and training the next generation of baseball umpires. Thank…
Opening Day celebrations
The 2025 season kicked off with chilly temperatures but ended up being a heartwarming day of amazing baseball. The Opening Ceremonies included the traditional bagpiper leading all 36 of our house league teams in a parade from Ken Sherbanowski Field t-ball diamond on to Ernie Keith Field. The first pitch was thrown out by High…
Tryouts for 2025 T-Ball rep teams
The T-Ball rep tournament season is upon us and High Park Little League is looking to field three teams. Tryouts, criteria, practice, and tournament information are provided below. TEAMS: 7’s co-ed T-Ballcoach: Mike Weatherbee 8’s co-ed T-Ballcoach: Ben Miller 7/8’s Diamonds, all-girls T-Ballcoaches: Damien McCotter and Mike Wobowsk REP CRITERIA: If you have any questions…
OPENING DAY FIRST PITCH: Liz Benn
High Park Little League is excited to announce our special guest who will throw out the first pitch of the season: the amazing Liz Benn! Liz most recently served as Director of Major League Operations for the New York Mets, becoming the organization’s highest ranking woman in baseball operations in its history. Prior to working…
Introducing our new web site
Welcome to the new High Park Little League website! We took time over the fall and winter to seek feedback and examine how kids, parents, and coaches used our website. You asked for specific improvements and we hope we’ve delivered. Here are some of the new and enhanced features: Appearance:We have endeavoured to improve the…
Opening Day: May 3rd!
Date: Saturday, May 3rd, 2025Time: 9am-11amLocation: Ernie Keith Field, High Park Come join us for our Opening Day at Ernie Keith Field on May 3rd, starting at 9am! We have a great event planned including a player parade, bagpipes, a BBQ for players, a performance by Lego Money (featuring two HPLL players!), team photos, popcorn, candy…