Local club baseball team the Maricopa Dusters will conduct open player evaluations for 9 year and 10 year olds only.

The Dusters provide multiple sets of uniforms, charge just $25 per month, and have an equipment sponsorship with Combat Sports.

Player evaluation dates and times are:

Jan. 26 – Check in 5:45 p.m., start at 6 p.m. end at 8 p.m. at Copper Sky Field #3
Jan. 28 – Check in 5:45 p.m., start at 6 p.m. end at 8 p.m. at Copper Sky Field #3
Feb. 2 – Check in 5:45 p.m., start at 6 p.m. end at 8 p.m. at Copper Sky Field #3
Feb. 4 – Check in 5:45 p.m., start at 6 p.m. end at 8 p.m. at Copper Sky Field #3

“We are actively looking for 1-2 players to join our program in 2016,” head coach Marty McDonald stated. “We have a great group of kids and we want to assist in developing more local baseball talent.”

The player must be born between May 1, 2005, and April 30, 2007, as the Dusters play 10U baseball.  The Dusters finished the 2015 season 33-15 taking second place in the PONY Arizona State Tournament and finishing as runner up (and won rings) in three tournaments in the Fall 2015 season.

The program is focused on developing the baseball athlete with proper mechanics, a structured environment and great coaches.  The Dusters play PONY, USSSA, Triple Crown and Nations Baseball Tournaments.  A majority of the  games are played in Metro Phoenix and they will travel out of state to Colorado, Las Vegas and possibly Southern California in 2016.

For more information, please visit www.maricopadusters.com.  To confirm your spot at the open player evaluation please call McDonald at 480-236-6394 or email [email protected].

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.