Shades Mountain Park

Congratulations to the 8 YO SMP Bucs for finishing second in the recent Alabama Sports Festival/USSSA State Tournament held at West Homewood Park. The team lost in the finals to Mt. Brook National, 13-5. Team members were: #1, Jack Henry Milligan #2, Ryan Kamm #5, Jesse Kelley #6, Joshua Legg #7, Cole Baker #10, Ryan [...]

The board typically meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Board Room at SMP. Minutes from previous meetings are posted here (click “Downloadable Files”).

All fields at SMP will be closed this Thursday for herbicide spraying. This spraying can be potentially harmful so please honor the signs and stay off the fields this day.

The 10 YO Shades Mountain East team won the Metro American Championship Game against Mountain Brook Green last week. The team had beaten the top 3 seeded teams and won the championship, 10-8.   Members of the team included: -Ben Abercrombie #1 -Will Singleton #24 -Noah Burns #22 -Austin Carter #9 -Andrew Hawkins #4 -Tanner Hendrix [...]

Congratulations to the 7 YO National for winning its Metro tournaments last night. The SMP 7 YO Nationals defeated Trussville, 12-11. The team was undefeated in Pool Play and the Tournament. They needed two runs in the bottom of the 6th to pull out the win. The coaches took the boys to Krispy Kreme after the game [...]

The 8 YO National team finished 3rd in its tournament at West Homewood Park. The American White team finished 4th of 14 and the American Orange Team 5th in their tournament at Mt. Brook. The 10 YO American East team advanced to the championship game of its tournament at SMP with a 17-10 win over [...]

Here are the updates we received over the weekend: The 7 YO American team defeated Oak Mountain Red, 25-13, on June 10 and Vestavia Blue, 26-4 on June 12. The 8 YO National team is the #1 seed in its tournament and faces #2 seed Mountain Brook tonight at 7:30 in the winner’s bracket finals. [...]

The 8 YO American Orange team won last night in the opening round of its tournament at Mt. Brook and the 10 YO American East team defeated the West team in extra innings of the opening round of their tournament last night at SMP. All results can be posted by sending to info@shadesmountainpark.org.

We apologize for the poor communication yesterday regarding the herbicide/pesticide application that closed all fields at the park Tuesday. Fields are back online today. The Metro 10 YO National and American Tournaments begin tonight at SMP.

The 7 YO, 8 YO and 10 YO National teams are all #1 seeds in their respective tournaments this week. The 7 YO American West team topped Mt. Brook White last night, 32-31, to finish undefeated in Pool Play and earn the #1 seed in the upcoming Metro Tournament. The 9 YO American team lost [...]