Balcones Youth Sports

⚾🥎 **BYS Families — Academy 20% Off Weekend is HERE!**

This weekend is our **Academy Sports + Outdoors 20% Off Weekend**, so it’s a great time to stock up for the fall season!

✅ **20% OFF your entire purchase**
✅ **Clearance items are included!**
⚠️ **In-store only — you must bring the coupon with you**

Need baseball or softball pants, cleats, gloves, bats, helmets, socks, belts, practice gear — or anything else from Academy? **This is the weekend to get it!**

A few quick BYS reminders:

⚾ **T-Ball practices start next week!**

📱 Keep an eye on **GameChanger** for team and practice communications.
🎉 **Opening Day is Saturday, September 12!**

We’re getting close! We can’t wait to have everyone back at Balcones for another great fall season.

**Don’t forget your Academy coupon!**

Fall baseball registration is open at Balcones Youth Sports, but here's the deal: Skills Assessments happen August 15, and that's when we start building team rosters.

Register before then and your player gets evaluated with the first group — which means better placement, more say in coach/team requests, and no scrambling for a spot on a team that's already full.

⚾ T-Ball through 12U
📝 Register by August 15 for priority placement (final deadline: August 31)
🏆 Practices start Aug 24, Games start September 12
👉 Sign up now at playbys.com

Don't wait until the good spots are gone — get your player evaluated and placed with the first wave!

**More Ages. More Opportunities. More Ways to Play at Balcones!**

This fall, we're making baseball more accessible than ever!

Because of the incredible response from our community, we're excited to offer **more opportunities for players of every age and skill level**:
**NEW! 4U Division** – The perfect first introduction to baseball! Designed for our youngest players to learn the game, make friends, and have fun in a positive, low-pressure environment. Practices on Tuesday or Thursday night. Sign up with your friends to play on the same team!!

**Expanded 14U Division** – More opportunities for older players to continue developing their skills, compete with friends, and prepare for the next level.

Whether your child is picking up a glove for the very first time or looking to continue their baseball journey, **there's a place for them at Balcones.**

**Register today before divisions fill up!**

And if you know another family with young ballplayers, **help us spread the word!** The more kids who join, the more teams we can build—and the more fun everyone will have this fall.

Come be part of the Balcones family!

www.PlayBYS.com

FALL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!

This is where baseball begins.

Join hundreds of Northwest Austin families for another exciting season at Balcones Youth Sports.

✔ Incredible fields

✔ New player development clinics

✔ Flexible T-Ball scheduling

✔ A community that feels like family

Give your child the opportunity to learn the game, make lifelong friends, and create unforgettable memories this fall.

Spots are limited - register today!

👉 PlayBYS.com

⚾ BYS Opening Day Weather Updates ⚾
(This post will be updated with all weather decisions)
We are closely monitoring the weather forecast for Opening Day this Saturday.

🌧 Rain vs Lightning
Rain alone does not always cancel baseball.
The biggest concern is lightning.
Per our safety rules:
⚡ If lightning strikes within 10 miles of the park, all fields must clear immediately.
⏱ Games must be delayed 30 minutes.
🔁 The 30-minute clock resets with every lightning strike within 10 miles.
These rules will determine whether games are delayed or able to continue.

📢 Where to Check for Updates
This post will be updated throughout the day with any weather decisions.

You can also check:
🌐 www.playbys.com
📸 Instagram: and
📘 Facebook: Balcones Youth Sports

📌 If you do not see an update saying games are cancelled or delayed, please assume games are ON as scheduled.

⛈ Status Updates

(We will update this section as decisions are made)
11:24 ALL GAMES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED OR CANCELLED

Hello Friends, Families, urrent and Former Members,
For 60 years, Balcones Youth Sports has been, and still is, a completely volunteer-run organization - a safe place where Austin kids learn teamwork, confidence, and friendship.
This year, despite an increase in the Parks and Recreation budget and the largest proposed tax increase in Austin's history, the City of Austin decided to end the $50,000 annual utility stipend that has been in place for decades This stipend was spread out across multiple ballparks across Austin and helped nonprofit organizations like ours directly offset their Austin water bills.
We were given 45 days notice that this program was cut from the new city budget due to "Austin’s historical legacy of racial segregation" All of this while proposing spending more than $379,000 in new pet projects.

So, we’re taking proactive steps to secure our future.
If our fundraiser is successful, we’ll drill a sustainable groundwater well and repair our fencing, keeping our 16-acre facility safe, green, and community-owned.

Donate or learn more: www.PlayBYS.com or directly to the donation website: https://vraise.org/UcF5Jp

Every dollar goes directly to the fields the kids call home.
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It's Balcones weekend at Academy Sports + Outdoors . Take 20% off your ENTIRE PURCHASE in store and online!! Get your gear!!

CHAMPIONS! 🏆⚾️ The Railhawks finish the Centex tournament UNDEFEATED and flying high as 8U CHAMPS!

These boys brought the energy, the hustle, and the heart — and they did it together. No pressure, just pure fun and fearless baseball. From Day 1 to the final out, they played the Railhawk way, with class, grace, and professionalism. Each and every one of them grew as baseball players, as friends, and as teammates.

Huge shoutout to our coaches who showed up every practice ready to give selflessly, families who traveled and supported the players at every practice and game, and fans who cheered them on every step of the way.

Hopefully, the first of many to come.
Go RAILHAWKS!!

Game reschedules are being evaluated.05/05/2025