Popular Oakland County Youth Baseball League Adds Second Park

MILFORD, MI — A fast-growing Oakland County youth baseball organization is adding a second park this year.

Lakes Baseball, based at Hickory Glen Park in Commerce Township, announced Friday they will also play games at Carrie Janowski Memorial Athletic Park in Milford.

League officials said Milford residents can expect the fields at Janowski Park to be active in the evenings on most weekdays and some weekends with Lakes games and practices throughout the spring and fall.

Janowski Park is named after Carrie Janowski, a Milford resident who passed away on May 22, 1985 at age 9. Carrie was an incredibly active young girl who played multiple sports and attended Lakeland Elementary School, league officials said.

"It is very exciting to announce that Lakes Athletics and LCB Baseball have added a second park to our organization," Vice President of Lakes Athletics and President of the LCB LegendsTravel organization Jay Fuhs said. "Lakes and LCB has seen massive growth in both recreational and competitive baseball, and adding this second park to our organization allows us to continue to set ourselves apart from other organizations by ensuring all coaches have more than enough practice time on nicely manicured fields, while also allowing us to expand game opportunities for all ages."

The non-profit has nearly 230 youth on 20 different travel baseball teams, ranging from the 8U to 18U levels through the LCB Legends program. In addition, the group offers spring, summer and fall recreational baseball programs at all levels from t-ball to high school.

The league saw 650 registrations (most since the COVID-19 pandemic) and league officials are expecting even more this year.

"As an 8U coach as well as a board member and Chief Director in charge of all our rec programs, I was proud to be a part of the group that worked to get this agreement done. We won’t stop here, our board is continuously adding more elements to the Lakes Baseball experience to benefit our kids playing at all levels of our organization," Lakes Baseball Coach Frank Novak told Patch in an email.

The league has rapidly expanded from eight teams (pre-pandemic) to 22 teams in 2025, making it the fastest-growing league in Oakland County. League officials said several alumni of both the travel and the recreation programs make High School baseball rosters locally, and believe more will be in the future.

The league is also expanding its off-season programs, such as clinics and training for both travel and recreation level players. Additional training and resources are also available for coaches.

In celebration of adding the second park, Lakes Baseball is offering a special flash sale opportunity for $10 off a spring or summer registration, and $10 off a registration to the March 22 or 29 indoor youth clinic, Lakes Spring Training.

The offers are good through 11:59 PM on Sunday, Feb. 9 . To redeem these offers, use the following codes when registering on lakesathletics.org:

• For $10 off a spring 2025 registration, use the promo code JANOWSKI
• For $10 off a summer 2025 registration, use the promo code MILFORD10
• For $10 off a registration to the March 22 or 29 Lakes Spring Training, use the promo codeMILFORD25