Football and Cheer Season Update

Parents, we wanted to give all of you an update on our Football and Cheer Season:

Pictures and Weigh in- Pictures and the official football weigh in will be Saturday August 24, 2019 (no jamboree now on this day). It is mandatory that all football players (as a team) go to the official weigh in to be able to play. Parents if your player cannot make this weigh in, please contact your coach immediately to make other arrangements, if a player does not do an official weigh in they will not be eligable to play. 

Picture Location: Petal High School Football Field 1142 Hwy 42 Petal, Ms

Pictures Times: (for cheerleaders and football players)

PeeWees-8:30am

White Midgets-9:15am

Red Midgets-10:00am

Rookies-10:45am

Tinamites-11:30am

Weigh in Location: Calvary Baptist Church 1123 MS-42, Petal, MS 39465

Weigh in Times: (Football players only)

PeeWees-9:30am

White Midgets-10:30am

Red Midgets-11:00am

Rookies-12:00pm

Tinamites-12:30pm

Also on this day the Petal Highschool Football team has given us enough FREE tickets for every PSA Football Player, Cheerleader and Coach (your coach will have these to give out). Come out and support our Panthers as they take on Hattiesburg at 7PM in Petal. We want our players to wear their football jersey/cheer uniform. Players will be reconized during the game when announced to stand up.

Jamboree- The football Director has decided that we will not be hosting a jamboree this year. However, we will be participating in the Jamboree that Dixie is hosting on Saturday, August 31, 2019. Coaches will have those times for you in the next week. 

Uniforms- Coaches will have football (with helmet stickers) and cheer uniforms next week. They will also have the picture packets to hand out. If there is an issue with your uniform, please take it to Play it Again Sports to get it fixed as soon as possible.

Regular Season- Regular season will start Saturday, September 7, 2019. MYFA (State) creates this schedule, so we will get it out to you as soon as they have it ready.

Gate Fees for Games- $5 per person (6 years old and younger are free!) (current players in uniform are free). There will be walk through gates setup. One will be in the front parking lot and one in the back-parking lot. No outside coolers or food will be allowed in through the gates.   The other side of the field will be locked. Everyone will be required to wear the wristband provide at the gate. If you leave and come back that same day, the wristband must still be on your wrist (do not rip off your wristband), or you will be required to purchase a new one to re-enter the game.

Concession Stand- We will have full menu at all home games. 

Sportsmanship- We ask that all PSA Players and Parents represent PSA with good sportsmanship and behavior at both our home games and away games. Anyone that violates these policies will be asked to leave. 

We hope everyone enjoys their season with us, we look forward to seeing you at the field. 

PSA

2019 Fall Baseball and Softball

The PSA Board is excited to announce the opening of registration for 2019 Fall Baseball and Softball. We know we have recieved many calls and emails on when this would open and we thank you for your continued support. Saying that, we are behind on opening registration, so we need your help to get this done ASAP if you plan to play. We will also open the coaches application online for those who want to volunteer to coach. Remember, the age group you play in the fall is based off what age group you will play in the spring of 2020. Age cutoff for softball is January 1st  and May 1st for baseball. Below is some date windows for the season. We will put out more details as we get closer. 

Registration period: Now until the 2nd week of September

Tryouts: 2nd week of September (if you did the tryout for Spring 2019 you will NOT need to tryout for Fall, also t-ball players will NOT need to tryout. There will be NO uniform fitting for fall you will choose the jersey size during registration)

Practice: 2 weeks starting 3rd week of September

Games: October finishing up the 1st week of November

CLICK HERE to register a baseball player now

CLICK HERE to register a softball player now

CLICK HERE to register as a coach now

If you have any questions please reply to this email or call the office at 601-402-7299

Safe Sport Act

With the acceptance of the Safe Sport Act into Law, it is now required for all coaches and assistant coaches to participate in Abuse Awareness Training.  In addition to this training, coaches are/will still be required to complete the PSA Coaching application, which allows for us to conduct background checks. 

Click Here to complete your free training and print your certificate 

(you must register/create an account) 

Click Here for directions for completing training

Once Online Course is complete, please email certificate to Shannon at admin@petalsportsassociation.com or bring by The Petal Athletics Office.

PSA Coaching Application Click Here  

Click Here for more information about the Safe Sport Act.

Petal Select Baseball and Softball Tryout Information

We now will post all information about select team tryouts here. PSA does not select Coaches or Players for these select teams. Coaches will decide when, where, and if they will do tryouts. These tryouts have nothing to do with the PSA Recreational Spring League tryouts that will be held in February each year. 

Updates will always be in Red

7U Baseball

No tryout information at this time

8U Baseball

Mississippi Stars contact Coach Mike Carlisle 601-408-4590

9U Baseball

South MS Stars 9U contact Coach Lee Michael Noise 601-408-7433

10U Baseball

No tryout information at this time

11U Baseball

No tryout information at this time

12U Baseball

Xtreme Elite 12U Tryout will be in September. Time and Location TBD, Coach Randy Smith 601-596-6989

13U, 14U and 15U Baseball

Xtreme Elite 13U Tryout will be in September. Time and Location TBD, Coach Randy Smith 601-596-6989

16-18 Yr Old Baseball

No Tryout Information, Coach Brian Hall 601-402-1333

8U Softball

8U Southern Belles contact Coach Richie Steele 601-520-9967

10U Southern Belles contact Coach Richie Steele 601-520-9967

12U Softball

No Tryout Information

14U Softball

No Tryout Information

15-18 Softball

15-18U Intensity contact Micheal & Gwen Pitts 601-498-4427

As many of you know from last night's City Meeting, a decision has not been made to determine the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The aldermen would like to hear from the members of PSA and its supporters. Alderman Clint Moore asked that residents call, text or email their ward aldermen and let them know what they would like to see done. The aldermen want to hear from you, so that they can make a decision based off of what the citizens would like to happen. We ask that you follow his request and reach out to your alderman by email, text or a phone call and let him know what you would like to see done. 

Click Here for a copy of the ward map (determine what ward you are in)

Click Here to see each alderman and their respective ward

Click Here for a list of alderman's contact information

USM Upcoming Events at Pete Taylor Park

FATHER/SON CAMP 

Location: Pete Taylor Park / Hill Denson Field

Camp Date / Time: August 24, 1PM - 5PM

Check-In: 12:15PM

Camp Cost: $100 (Fee includes T-Shirt for both child and parent) ($25 For each additional son)

Entering Grades: K - 8TH

Camp Registration can take place at www.southernmissbaseballcamps.com or by stopping by the Southern Miss Baseball Offices at Pete Taylor Park. For any questions or advanced information, please contact us at 601-266-6542 or at Ladd.rhodes@usm.edu

Want to Umpire for PSA

We are looking for Umpires for our 2019 Baseball and Fastpitch Softball Seasons.

Equipment/ Uniform Needs by Sports

Baseball

Helmet, Glove, and Bat (Click Here for bat rules) 

Cleats are not required but are recommended.  Metal Cleats are only allowed in ages 13 and above.

During Fall Season jersey and hat for ages 4-12 year olds is included in registration fee.

During Spring Season Uniform can be purchased from outside vendor.

Softball

Helmet, Glove, and Bat (bat must say fast pitch, no other requirement)

Cleats are not required but are recommended.  Metal Cleats are only allowed in ages 13 and above.

During Fall Season jersey is included in registration fee.

During Spring Season Uniform can be purchased from outside vendor.

Football

White Helmet, shoulder pads, black game pants and mouthpiece (cleats are recommended but not required).

Uniform is purchased from outside vendor.

Basketball

No equipment needed.

Uniform: jersey is included in registration fee. Players will need to provide shorts