The raffle winners for this season are:

• Sept 21st Juniors game - Sara Taft
• Sept 21st Seniors game - Landon & Logan Sharp
• Oct 6th Juniors game - Steph Bowen
• Oct 6th Seniors game - Jenee Monell

OSAA Community,

Please help us congratulate the 2024 OSAA Baseball & Softball Sportsmanship award winners, Maddox Derby and Samantha Raney. The Sportsmanship Award is presented to those players that are aging out of OSAA. Throughout their time in OSAA they demonstrated exemplary teamwork, gritty determination and hard work, which are the core attributes we promote within the league.

On Friday night, all 250 of us will be able to cheer them on at the Valley Cats game, as they will be throwing out the first pitches.

Congratulations Maddox and Samantha, well done, well deserved!

OSAA was awarded $31,999 as part of a Saratoga County grant throught the Department of Aging and Youth Services.  This TEAM Sports funding is provided by the Saratoga County Department of Aging and Youth Services via funding that was secured from the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS). A fund was created under OCFS in the state fiscal year 2023-2024 budget to provide awards to support youth team sports programs for underserved youth under age 18 and repeat funding from the State is not guaranteed.

Here is an excerpt from the article:

The Old Saratoga Athletic Association (OSAA) was awarded the most funding, $31,999, to purchase a vinyl storage garage. OSAA President Mike Prendergast shared that half of their eight sports utilize Fort Hardy Park which has about four sheds down which have reached “their point of existence.” With OSAA serving kindergarten through grade six students of the Schuylerville school district, about 675 students, according to Prendergast, an upgrade to these facilities is a must and he’s very appreciative of these funds.

“So we’ve reached a tipping point to where the floor is starting to disintegrate, the ceilings of our sheds are starting to go as well, and we want our equipment to have longevity,” said Prendergast. “We’re using a lot of our money to replace those four sheds that are in Fort Hardy, which a lot of people complain about being a little bit sore eyes for the park, so putting in a spot that might be a little bit more feasible for our town and our village.”

Check out the whole article here.

https://www.saratogian.com/2024/02/15/saratoga-county-awards-seven-organizations-with-youth-team-sports-funding/

During our November monthly meeting, OSAA voted in our nominated people for any empty spots on our Board.  The following people were nominated for these 4 open spots:

Kristen Becht - Secretary
Amanda Garnder - Co-Softball Commissioner
Sarah Alderman - Co-Softball Commissioner
Jeremiah Englehart - Co-Football Comissioner
Becky Lockwood - Communications

We appreciate these individuals stepping up and wanting to volunteer within our Schuylerville community.

We would also like to extend a HUGE thank you to Rick Schwerd and Kristen Palmer for all the help they have given us through the years.  All of their kids are aging out of the OSAA and they are following them to the next step, which is modified sports.

THE OSAA NEEDS YOU!

The success of our youth sports programs is dependent on volunteers.

We have some new board member but are always grateful to have more assistance. If you are interested yourself, or know someone who is, please reach out to a current board member or attend our next OSAA board meeting.

Old Saratoga Athletic Association

PO Box 72. Schuylerville, NY 12871 

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides an array of sports for youth in the the Schuylerville school disctrict.

Please stop by our next meeting if interested! The continued existence and success of our organization and programs depends on community volunteers. Thank you to all of our OSAA Board Members, Coaches, and Parents!