Oak Grove Athletic Association
Park Location:
Optimist Park
345 Hegwood Drive
Hattiesburg, MS 39402 MAP AND DIRECTIONS
Mailing Address:
OGAA
P.O. Box 16747
Hattiesburg, MS 39404
Park Contacts:
Contact these people under Board
of Directors on the menu to the left: For Baseball Questions
Deron Nored For Softball Questions
Terry McCain
For Administrative Questions
Deron Nored
General Info Email:
Scheduling:
On possible rain out days, we will try to have a decision made by 4:00pm.
PARK HOURS: For unscheduled practices and unofficial use, the Fields are only to be used during Daylight Hours. Please do not turn on the lights unless it is a scheduled practice or approved by the Board of Directors.
The Mississippi Mashers will be hosting team tryouts at the Oak Grove Optimist Park in Oak Grove.
The tryout will be held on Sunday August 3rd at 2:00. The Mashers will play during the Spring/Summer
of 2015. Practice will begin in January weather permitting. The team will play 8-10 tournaments and finish at a
World Series. College coaches will be evaluating the players and an 11-12 man team will be selected. Parents will be notified of the results within 48 hours.
All Fields have been closed until further notice. Poison is being sprayed on the fields for maintenance and to kill the weeds. Please DO NOT get on the fields. Any exceptions must be approved by the League President, Deron Nored.
Congratulations to the 10U OG All Star Regional Champs
by
posted 07/22/2014
Congratulations to the 10U Oak Grove All Stars on winning their Regional Championship. They will now head to Winchester, Virginia on August 9-16, 2014 for the 10 Year Old World Series. Great job by the Players and Coaches on this amazing achievement. Good luck in Virginia.
The Oak Grove Sliders will be hosting team tryouts at OGAA Optimist Park on FIELD 1. The dates will be Tuesday, July 29th at 6:00pm and Saturday, August 2nd at 1:00pm
There is no cost for the tryout.
The Oak Grove Sliders will be a 12U Select team next Spring, but we plan on starting team practices very soon after the tryouts are completed. We are also planning on playing in 3-4 tournaments this Fall in the USSSA League .
TUNNEL VISION HITTERS BOOT CAMPAugust 5th, 12, 19, and 26th from 5pm - 7pm.
JEFF FARRIS will be leading this class. Players will learn techniques to increase contact and power, along with discussions on the mental approach to hitting. This clinic will be a great tune up for up coming high school tryouts.
Class is limited to 8 players ages 13 -17. Cost is $150 per player (includes Tunnel Vision tshirt)
If you would like to reserve a spot please email send a name, age, and contact number to
The Oak Grove Optimist Park has a lighting prediction system and we ask that you adhere to any warnings the system may give regardless of how conditions may appear to be. Please use common sense with any inclement weather.
The THORGUARDIAN is the first, totally integrated advance warning system for lightning. The sensor continuously monitors the atmosphere's electrostatic energy and evaluates the potential for lightning within an area of approximately 2 miles in radius. When the system determines a hazardous condition, the air-horns and strobe light provide necessary alerts.
How the system works in basic terms:
System detects the probability of lightning striking based on measuring electrostatic energy in the air, NOT that lightning has struck. (That could be too late!)
When the system detects a high probability of lightning the alert horn will sound and the strobe light will come on and stay on.
Once the alert horn has made the warning, the system begins a 10 minute count down. If conditions are cleared during that time frame the system will give an all clear, if not the system will continue to recycle the 10 minute count down process.
Once an “all clear” condition is established by the system it will give three back to back horn blasts and the strobe light will go off.
REGARDLESS OF THE HORN, IF THE STROBE LIGHT IS ON STAY OFF THE FIELDS! The best place to wait out the storm is in a nearby building or Vehicle. Do not wait in the Dugouts! (The strobe light is located on the east side of the crow’s nest of the 4-plex tower and is visible from all fields.)
Please note that this is the same system that is used by the PGA, the Olympic organization, & other professional sports organizations. We should not put our children in harms way based on personal judgment for the benefit of playing a game.
For reference the system is made by Thor Guard and info can be found at www.thorguard.com
