Little League gets green light

The California Department of Public Health put guidelines into effect on Feb. 26 which allow many outdoor sports, including Little League baseball, to proceed even for counties in the purple COVID tier, like Solano County.

Little League in Vacaville — which splintered into three separate leagues when the Central Little League was established in the 1990s and split off from the American and National Little Leagues — has restructured.

The 550 youngsters from ages 6 to 14 will now be placed in one of two leagues by zip code — 95687 for the National League and 95688 for the American. The Central League name has been eliminated.

The National Leaguers will play at Arlington Park, the American Leaguers at Centennial Park.

The age brackets remain the same: Farm A, 6 years old; Farm AA, 6-8 years; Minor: 8-10 years; Major, 10-12 years; 50/70, 13 years; and Junior, 14 years.

To register for the National League, visit vacavillenationallittleleague.com.

National League tryouts will be held this Saturday and Sunday, March 6-7 at Arlington Park. Participants need to attend on only one day.

Minors tryouts for 8-year-olds are from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Minors tryouts for 9-10-year-olds are from 9:30 — 11 a.m. Tryouts for Majors 11-12 years old are from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tryouts for the 50/70 13-year-olds are from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and tryouts for 14-year-old Juniors are from 3:30 — 4:30 p.m.

To register for the American League, visit https://docs.google.com/… /1FAIpQLScW…/viewform. More information is available at the Vacaville American Little League Facebook page.

Boys golf

VACAVILLE 227, WOOD 287 >> The Vacaville High boys golf team improved to 4-0 in Monticello Empire League play with a 227-287 win over Will C. Wood at Cypress Lakes Golf Course on Tuesday.

Vacaville’s Ben Wilhite and Jack Mitchell led the pack, both shooting 42 over nine holes.

Their teammate Dylan

Dzierman was next with a 44, followed by Wood’s William Booth (45), Wood’s Sean Riley (49) and Vacaville’s Cody Jensen (49). Next was Vacaville’s Tyler Riley (50), followed by Wood’s Nick Talavera (62), Joshua Reed (65) and Clayton Young (66).

Vacaville’s 227 was a season low. Wood is now 1-1 in league play.

Athletics

SEND PREP SCHEDULES TO THE REPORTER >> Athletic directors at local high schools are asked to send all of their 2021 sports schedules to The Reporter.

The schools are Vacaville, Will C. Wood, Vanden, Vacaville Christian and Buckingham Charter.

Email to sports@thereporter.com