North Buffalo Blaze & Knights
2026 Travel Baseball Tryouts

Tryouts for the 2026 North Buffalo Blaze (ages 14 & under) and Knights (ages 15 & up) travel baseball program will take place the week of August 4–10, 2025, at Shoshone Park or McCarthy Park.

Tryout registration opens on July 14, 2025 at www.hnpybl.com.
Tryout registration is free, but players must be registered in advance to participate.

Program fees:
The 2026 program fees will only apply if your child makes a team. These fees will cover:

• House league play (all travel players also participate in house baseball)
• Travel league play
• Uniforms
• Umpire fees
• Tournament entry fees

Additional team-specific costs may apply for winter training, extra games, or added tournaments.

Please make sure you complete the full registration process—you must receive a confirmation email. If you do not receive a confirmation, your registration is not complete.

We will field as many teams as possible based on player turnout.
If multiple teams are formed within an age group, they will be structured as A and B teams based on skill level.
When numbers allow, we will also form C teams to ensure more players have the opportunity to compete.
If selected to an A team, players may not request to be placed on a B or C team.

Important: Players must try out for their age-specific team (based on birth year).

Blaze Tryout Schedule & Coach Contacts

8U

• Tryouts:
  • Wednesday, August 6 – 6:00 PM – Diamond 7
  • Saturday, August 9 – 9:00 AM – Diamond 7
• Coach A: Jim Daley – (716) 432-0760

9U

• Tryouts:
  • Thursday, August 7 – 6:00 PM – Diamond 3
  • Saturday, August 9 – 2:00 PM – Diamond 3 
  • Saturday, August 16th – 10:00 AM – Diamond 3 ** Newly added
• Coach A: Jim Boyack – (716) 235-7931
• Coach B: Andy Ray – (716) 207-9050
• Coach C: Jason Zuch

10U

• Tryouts:
  • Thursday, August 7 – 6:00 PM – Diamond 6
  • Friday, August 8 – 6:00 PM – Diamond 6
• Coach A: Kevin O’Brien – (406) 465-6969
• Coach B: Paul Mulhern – (716) 220-3070

11U

• Tryouts:
  • Monday, August 4 – 6:00 PM – Diamond 1
  • Wednesday, August 6 – 6:00 PM – Diamond 3
• Coach A: Frank Scaglione – (303) 514-4692
• Coach B: John Catanzaro – (716) 208-6772
• Coach C: Nick Camposeo – (845) 633-2092

12U

• Tryouts:
  • Wednesday, August 6 – 6:00 PM – McCarthy Park, Diamond 2
  • Thursday, August 7 – 6:00 PM – Shoshone, Diamond 1
• Coach A: Todd Mann – (716) 510-8732
• Coach B: Matt Burke – (716) 909-6395
• Coach C: Sean Ryan – (716) 604-7448

13U

• Tryouts:
  • Tuesday, August 19 – 6:00 PM – Diamond 5  Rescheduled due to unexpected conflict
  • Wednesday, August 20– 6:00 PM – Diamond 5
  • NEW DATE: Saturday, August 23 8:00AM- Diamond 5
• Coach A: Noah Huard – (716) 583-2594
• Coach B: Jacob Lea Kelly – (646) 499-0806
• Coach C: Brian Krommer – (765) 427-6234

14U / 15U Combined

• Tryout:
  • Monday, August 4 – 5:00 PM – Diamond 5
• 14U Coach A: Cory Sloan – (716) 949-1300
• 14U Coach C: Billie Jo Dietrich – (716) 536-1050
  

15U / 16U Combined **Newly Added

• Tryout:
  • Wednesday, August 13th– 6:00 PM – Diamond 5
• 15U Coach A: Chris Herbeck – (716) 348-1169

18U

• Coach A: Joe Gannon – (716) 845-6220
• No formal tryouts scheduled – interested players should contact Coach Gannon directly.

Missed tryouts? Contact the coach directly.

If you have any questions, please contact:
Jim Daley
Boys Travel Director
(716) 432-0760
 [email protected]

We’re looking forward to another great year of Blaze & Knights baseball!