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Once teams have been formed, late registrants will be placed on a waiting list and will be assigned to teams by the recreation center staff as needed. Assigned coaches will contact registrants by phone or mail concerning practices. Local businesses or service clubs will sponsor teams.
- Pigtail Softball
- Ponytail Softball
- Junior Softball
- Instructional T-Ball
- COED Machine Pitch
- Micro Baseball & Softball
Pigtail Softball
Pigtail softball teams play in the Neosho Valley League, a traveling recreation league composed of area communities. Pigtail teams play weekly games both home and away. Practice times and dates will be set by the coaches after the coaches meeting. Coaches meeting will be held in April 2020. Volunteer coaches are needed.
Eligible for the Youth Fee Waiver
- Ages: 3rd & 4th grades
- Registration Opens: December 2019
- Early Bird Registration Closes: March 2020
- Regular Registration Closes: April 2020
- Early Bird Fees: USD253 resident - $35; non-resident: $40
- Regular Fees: USD253 resident - $40; non-resident: $45
- Mandatory player workout (choose one):
- TBA
- TBA
- Players assigned: April 2020
- Practices begin: April 2020
- Games begin: May 2020
- Location: Whittier Park Diamonds
Ponytail Softball
Ponytail softball teams play in the Neosho Valley League, a traveling recreation league composed of area communities. Ponytail teams play weekly games both home and away. All Ponytail League games are doubleheaders. Practice times and dates will be set by the coaches after the coaches meeting. Coaches meeting will be held in April 2020. Volunteer coaches are needed.
Eligible for the Youth Fee Waiver
- Ages: 5th, 6th, & 7th grades
- Registration Opens: December 2019
- Early Bird Registration Closes: March 2020
- Regular Registration Closes: April 2020
- Early Bird Fees: USD253 resident - $35; non-resident: $40
- Regular Fees: USD253 resident - $40; non-resident: $45
- Mandatory player workout (choose one):
- TBA
- TBA
- Players assigned: April 2020
- Practices begin: April 2020
- Games begin: May 2020
- Location: Whittier Park Diamonds
Junior Softball
Junior softball teams play in the Neosho Valley League, a traveling recreation league composed of area communities. Junior teams play weekly games both home and away. All Junior League games are doubleheaders. Practice times and dates will be set by the coaches after the coaches meeting. Coaches meeting will be held in April 2020. Volunteer coaches are needed.
Eligible for the Youth Fee Waiver
- Ages: 8th, 9th & 10th grades
- Registration Opens: December 2019
- Early Bird Registration Closes: March 2020
- Regular Registration Closes: April 2020
- Early Bird Fees: USD253 resident - $40; non-resident: $45
- Regular Fees: USD253 resident - $45; non-resident: $50
- Mandatory player workout (choose one):
- TBA
- TBA
- Players assigned: April 2020
- Practices begin: April 2020
- Games begin: May 2020
- Location: Whittier Park Diamonds
Instructional T-Ball
The main purpose of this instructional program is to teach basic fundamentals and provide an overall fun experience for the young participant. Participants will learn how to play with others as members of a team. Instructional T-Ball will be a five to six-week program. Kids will be divided into teams and assigned practice/game times Tuesdays and/or Thursdays with no more than two practices or games per week. Each practice will be part learning fundamentals and part team practice. The last three weeks will be a six-game league schedule. Instructional T-Ball is a COED league. Volunteer coaches are needed.
Eligible for the Youth Fee Waiver
- Ages: 5 & 6 (prior to September 1, 2020)
- Registration Opens: April 2020
- Early Bird Registration Closes: May 2020
- Regular Registration Closes: May 2020
- Early Bird Fees: USD253 resident - $30; non-resident: $35
- Regular Fees: USD253 resident - $35; non-resident: $40
- Date: Starts June 2020
- Days: Tuesday's & Thursday's
- Time: 6 and/or 7 p.m.
- Location: Whittier T-Ball Complex (9th & Whittier)
- Min/Max: Unlimited
COEd Machine Pitch
The main purpose of this program is to further instruct basic/intermediate fundamentals and provide an overall fun experience for the young participant. This is an instructional program for 7 & 8-year-old kids. Machine pitch is COED and will be a five to six-week program with practices and games using regulation baseballs. Kids will be divided into teams and assigned practice/game times Mondays and/or Wednesdays with no more than two practices or games per week. The last three weeks will be a six-game league schedule. Volunteer coaches are needed.
Eligible for the Youth Fee Waiver
- Ages: 7 & 8 (prior to September 1, 2020)
- Registration Opens: April 2020
- Early Bird Registration Closes: May 2020
- Regular Registration Closes: May 2020
- Early Bird Fees: USD253 resident - $30; non-resident: $35
- Regular Fees: USD253 resident - $35; non-resident: $40
- Date: Starts June 2020
- Days: Monday's & Wednesday's
- Time: 6 and/or 7 p.m.
- Location: Whittier T-Ball Complex (9th & Whittier)
- Min/Max: Unlimited
Micro Baseball & Softball
This program prepares children ages 3 to 4 for organized baseball/softball in a fun, non-threatening environment. The program allows children the opportunity to work one-on-one with a parent. The children will learn a variety of baseball/ softball skills including:
- Throwing
- Catching
- Batting
- Running agility
Sessions are held once a week for 5 weeks and each week the exercises will become increasingly more difficult as the class progresses and children show improvement. The program includes fun and developmentally appropriate equipment. Sessions are offered on Tuesdays. All participants will receive a T-shirt. A parent or significant adult must attend the class with the child.
Not Eligible for the Youth Fee Waiver
- Age: 3 - 4 year olds
- Registration Opens: April 2020
- Early Bird Registration Closes: May 2020
- Regular Registration Closes: May 2020
- Early Bird Fees: USD253 resident - $25; non-resident: $30
- Regular Fees: USD253 resident - $30; non-resident: $35
- Days: Starts Tuesday, June 2020
- Length: 5 weeks
- Time:
- Session 1: 6 - 6:30 p.m.
- Session 2: 7 - 7:30 p.m.
- Minimum participants: 5 per session
- Maximum participants: 15 per session
- Location: Whittier T-Ball Complex (9th & Whittier)