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House - Summer 2026 - Summer 2026

2026 Lakes Summer Baseball

NEW for 2026- This year we'll offer 12U full baseball in addition to 5U, 6U, 7U, 8U and 10U. We also will offer a new Lakes Little Sluggers program for 3-year olds beginners that will occur on Saturday mornings (July 11, 18, 25, and August 1, 8 and 15)

Practices will begin in late June or the first week in July (at coach's discretion) and games will begin Wednesday, July 8th. Games will be played on Monday and Wednesday evenings with Thursday being used as a rain date. No weekend games will be played and weekend practices are not typically scheduled so families can enjoy summer weekends. The summer season will include nine games. Games will primarily be at Hickory Glen Park but some games could be at Janowski Park or Maple Glen Park. Practices could be at Hickory Glen Park, Janowski Park, Clara Miller Park, Long Field or Shepherd of the Lakes Field. 

Our summer season does not include playoffs but will include a post-season All-Star Spectacular event on Friday, August 7th that will be a highlight and cap of the summer season.

Your registration provides hats and jersey only. We will NOT be supplying pants with registration. We will have pants and sweatshirts available in our spiritwear store. You can also purchase pants during our Dunham's 20% off discount weekend prior to the start of the season.

13U/14U/15U Summer Instructional Academy**
**CANCELLED FOR 2026

Some of our upper level 14/16U coaches will conduct a station-based instructional academy for players 13-16 who are looking to improve over the summer in advance of joining a Lakes 14U fall house team.

Lakes Summer Baseball Academy (ages 6-9) at Janowski Park - Information to be released later

If you have questions about these programs, please contact us by clicking here.

Lakes Baseball Summer Camp powered by Avery Baseball - Summer I 2026

Join professional coach Mark Avery and his team as Lakes Baseball Summer Camp returns to Hickory Glen Park for summer 2026. Coach Avery, training baseball players at all levels for over 30 years, played professional baseball and served as the Detroit Tigers bullpen catcher. Mark was also a minor league all-star twice and has coached several players who have been drafted by professional baseball teams and received collegiate scholarships. He also led the popular Player Development Clinics for Lakes this past winter. 

This camp will run from 9 AM to 3 PM on the Hickory Glen fields two separate weeks - June 15-18 and August 17-20.

The schedule daily will be as follows:

- 9 AM to 12 Noon - Basic skills, baserunning, all positions

- 12 - 12:30 PM - LUNCH

- 12:30 to 3 PM - Fundamentals of games, techniques of hitting

Campers will need to bring sack lunch, fielders glove, bats, batting gloves, helmets, cleats, water bottle and sunscreen. Catchers gear if needed. Plan to get dozens of swings and field tons of ground balls. 

This camp is open to players ages 7 through 12 (age as of first day of camp).
**Exceptions to the age requirement can be made for players enrolled in Lakes' 7U or 8U summer or fall baseball program by contacting Lakes directly at registration@lakesathletics.org. 

Registration fee: $260 (regular) $265 (late). Camp t-shirts are available for $20 and will be distributed the morning of the first day.

*No camp on Fridays unless needed as rain date.

House - Fall 2026 - Fall 2026

Lakes is excited to offer a full complement of fall baseball for kids aged 3 through High School including a new and improved High School program with weekday games.

All players will receive a hat and jersey with registration. Hoodies and other apparel will be available for additional purchase through our Team SpiritWear Store.  Unless specifically requested, fall placements are based on where the player will be playing in next Spring season (division cutoff date is 4/30/27 for all levels except Little Sluggers/3U).  Stayover requests (remaining in their current age division) can be honored by contacting us.

When are games? With few exceptions, for most divisions, there will be one weekday practice with games on Friday nights for the first few weeks and Sundays through September and October. 3U Little Sluggers will occur exclusively on Saturday mornings, and our 14-16U/High School level games will occur on weeknights.

Season Timeline: Teams will be assigned on/around the third week in August, and coaches will reach out to their team shortly after that with the game/practice schedule. The regular season will be 9 or 10 games depending on division (except 3U Little Sluggers). Practices will begin in late August (at the discretion of team coaches). There will be All-Star Games at select levels scheduled for Saturday, October 17th and playoff games (at select levels) scheduled for Saturday, October 24th and/or Sunday, October 25th.

Most home games will be at Hickory Glen Park, although some games may be located at Long Field, Janowski Field or Shepherd of the Lakes Field.  Certain levels may partner with a neighboring organization for a crossover game or two as needed.

We can't wait to make this fall the best Lakes has ever had - please reach out to registration@lakesathletics.org with any additional questions.