Mid-County PONY Baseball League

01/21/2026

Player Evaluations/Tryouts are at Polo Grounds Park in Aptos on Saturday, January 24, 10 am-1 pm. All players are placed on a team. Our league is for 13 and 14 year olds and under.

TRYOUT SCHEDULE SATURDAY, JANUARY 24: PLAYERS WITH LAST NAMES A-K 10:00 AM, LAST NAMES L-Z 11:30 AM. Please arrive at least 30 minutes early to check in and warm up. If one time slot is a problem, players can come to the other time slot.

01/14/2026

10 REASONS TO PLAY MID-COUNTY PONY BASEBALL

1) Fun - Our league would not be here after more than 69 years if the regular seasons were not fun, fulfilling, and rewarding to every child, volunteer, fan, coach, or board member.

2) Affordable - $350 total for four months of spring baseball.

3) Local - Games are played at the Polo Grounds Park in Aptos and a few interleague games are played at Franich Park in Watsonville and Harvey West Park in Santa Cruz (mostly on Saturdays).

4) The Reps - Starting in February through the end of May teams will have around 20 practices and 20 games (weather permitting of course).

5) Inclusive - Our league is for any player who wants to improve their skills, get plenty of playing time, meet new friends, and learn about teamwork and good sportsmanship.

6) Quality Umpires - Our games are officiated by the Santa Cruz County Baseball Umpires Association which also umpires Santa Cruz PONY league games and Santa Cruz County high school freshman, junior varsity and varsity games.

7) Snack Shack - The Cabrillo Host Lions Club operates the Snack Shack on Saturdays throughout the season. A portion of the proceeds go to help fund Mid-County PONY.

8 ) Field - Our home field at the Polo Grounds in Aptos has been significantly improved in recent years. New permanent restrooms and the Snack Shack were built and opened in 2016. Our league fundraising paid for a new sod infield in 2022. League fundraising and community business donations paid for a new scorebooth and the installation a full size outfield scoreboard in 2025.

9) Interleague Games - In additional to regular season league games we play interleague games with Watsonville PONY and Santa Cruz PONY leagues.

10) Spring Season - Practices start in February and games begin in early March and continue through May. The season ends before the last week of school.

Website for Santa Cruz Mid-County PONY Baseball

01/12/2026

Drop off your player registration materials in person at the board meeting Tuesday, January 13, 7:00 pm at Mountain Mike's Pizza Aptos. For registration packet go to

Website for Santa Cruz Mid-County PONY Baseball

11/25/2025

Register now for the Spring 2026 Mid-County PONY baseball season. Go to our website https://midcountypony.com and print out the Player Registration Packet. Complete all the forms, include payment and return by mail by January 17 (we do not offer online registration). Player evaluatons/tryouts are January 24. All players are placed on a team. Our league is for 13 and 14 year olds.

Website for Santa Cruz Mid-County PONY Baseball

10/14/2025

PARENT/PLAYER MEET & GREET OPEN HOUSE MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14

Come to our first meet and greet for Mid-County PONY baseball. Our league has a long tradition (since 1957) of bringing together 13 and 14 year old kids from Aptos, Capitola, Soquel, La Selva Beach, Corralitos and Live Oak. Any Santa Cruz County resident is eligible to play in our league. Mid-County PONY is affordable, local, inclusive and most of all fun. Please come find out more, have any questions answered and what volunteer and sponsorship opportunities we have for the Spring 2026 season. Tuesday, October 14, 7:00 pm at Mountain Mike’s Pizza, 121 Rancho Del Mar Building B, Aptos.

07/19/2025

Vacaville ended Mid-County’s run in the Super Region tournament with a 9-2 victory on Saturday in Ceres. Dante Ponce pitched 4 innings giving up 4 earned runs and struck out 6. Israel Hernandez pitched the final 3 innings holding Vacaville to 1 hit, 1 run and stuck out 2. Isaiah Lopez, Brady Duque and Mitch Anderson each had 2 hits.

Special thanks to manager Carlos Duque, coaches Zeb Goodman, Mike Magaña and Matt Anderson for their efforts. Also thanks to all the parents for their encouragement and support throughout the Region and Super Region tournaments.

Best of luck to the remaining teams Campbell, Ceres, Rodeo and Vacaville. Two teams will move on to the West Zone tournament which starts July 31 in West Covina, California. The West Zone champion advances to the Pony International World Series in Washington, Pennsylvania which starts on August 8.

07/19/2025

Mid-County lost its winners' bracket game against Campbell Friday 18-3. JC Magaña had two hits. Zen Graves pitched two innings giving up no earned runs. Mid-County plays Vacaville on Saturday at 12:30 pm.

Santa Cruz lost its losers' bracket game against Rodeo Thursday 10-8 and was eliminated from the tournament.

07/17/2025

Mid-County got out to an early lead and held on to beat Rodeo 7-6 in the PONY Super Region tournament in Ceres on Wednesday. Mid-County had 13 hits. Brady Duque and Santiago Jimenez both had three hits. Israel Hernandez and Jorden Ortega each had two hits. Jimenez pitched the first five innings and Hernandez came in for the last two innings to get the save. Both pitchers did not surrender an earned run. Mid-County will advance in the winners' bracket to play Campbell on Friday at 5 pm.

Santa Cruz lost its first round game 7-6 to Campbell on Tuesday and will face Rodeo in a losers' bracket elimination game on Thursday at 5 pm.

07/14/2025

Mid-County beat Watsonville 6-4 in the elimination game Sunday morning at Franich Park in Watsonville. Dante Ponce pitched five strong innings and JC Magaña came into the game in the sixth inning to close out the game and got the save. Magaña and Matt Anderson both had two hits.

In the championship game Sunday afternoon Santa Cruz scored seven runs in the first inning on the way to a 15-1 victory after five innings. Both Mid-County and Santa Cruz advance to the Nor Cal Super Region tournament in Ceres which starts on July 15.

Santa Cruz faces Campbell on Tuesday at 5 pm at George Costa Fields in Ceres. Mid-County plays on Wednesday at 5 pm against Rodeo. Other teams in the Super Region include San Francisco, Vacaville, Ceres and Rocklin.

07/13/2025

Mid-County lost to Santa Cruz 7-1 on Saturday in the PONY Regional at Franich Park in Watsonville. Pitchers’ duel for most of the game. Andrew Ruiz pitched well for Mid-County but didn’t get enough run support and defense.

Mid-County faces Watsonville at 11 am on Sunday in an elimination game. The winner advances to the Super Regional and plays Santa Cruz at 2 pm.

07/12/2025

Mid-County beat Paso Robles 13-3 in six innings on Friday in the PONY Regional at Franich Park in Watsonville.

Dante Ponce, Zen Graves, Owen Goodman, Mitch Anderson and Isaiah Lopez combined to hold Paso Robles to one hit and struck out 14 batters. JC Magaña and Isaiah Lopez both had three hits. Santiago Jimenez and Jorden Ortega had two hits.

Mid-County faces Santa Cruz on Saturday at 2 pm.