Fall Softball

Fall Ball provides existing Highland softball players an opportunity to continue to broaden their softball experiences. Fall Ball is also a great chance for girls thinking about trying out for a PLUS or Traveling team next summer to experience additional competitive opportunities in an abbreviated and slightly less intense fall season setting. 

Fall Ball is player pitch

Teams are placed in appropriate tiers at the end of the season based on wins/losses to play competitive teams in the year end State Tournament. 

Evaluation

Evaluations will be held if we have more than enough girls to fill a team at a particular age level.  If they are necessary they will are typically held the first week in August.

Commitment
It is important the registered player attends all practices and games. It is possible to have teams of 9-10 and if a player is gone this really impacts the team.

• One practice per week
• 5 weekends of play 

Games

• Games are not played in Highland.  This is a traveling league and played in surrounding communities such as Lakeville, Farmington and Hastings.
• Teams play double headers each Saturday (10u) or Sunday (12-14u), at either 12 pm and 1:30 pm or 3 pm and 4:30 pm. Schedules usually come out each Wednesday before the weekend of play.

Cost

• Cost is $140 and will cover uniform and all fees.  (Price subject to change)

Age Groups

2003-4 for 16U  (likely not enough players to field a team)
2005-6 for 14U
2007-8 for 12U
2009-10 for 10U

Rosters

• 12 players max per team is our goal. 
• Every effort will be made to place girls on a team, however some girls may not be placed if there are not have enough players to field a team at a particular age level.  

MN Fall State Tournament: (One day tournament...typically held locally however Mankato and St. Cloud typically host one of the tiers. )

• Last week of September 
• All teams qualify for fall state
• One day tournament on one of the dates listed below

send  questions to : highlandballsoftball@gmail.com

Fall Baseball

What: Our Fall youth baseball league is informal, organized pick-up type games. It's laid back, but we still expect commitment to a certain degree. e.g. If you expect to miss two or more games, we wouldn't advise signing up.

Who: Kids for the 2019/2020 school year in 2nd to 5th grade.

Where: Ford Fields.

When: Five Saturdays beginning Sept 7th and ending on October 5th. Games are in the morning and most games should be done by midafternoon(younger aged teams will play first in the morning).

How:  No umpires with just coaches on the field making calls. 

Cost: $40 (includes tshirt).

Teams: Divided by grade/age groups and players will stay on same team for all five weeks. Two coaches per team and you will have the same coach the entire fall ball season. No buddy requests. 

• Bat Updates: There has been much debate about the bat policy.  The league is trying to make it as simple as possible while also keeping an eye on your pocket book.  Here are the rules:
  • In-House Games:  players may use any bat the meets the rules published in 2017 (click here for the rules page).  In addition, any in house player may use any bat that meets the MBT USA bat stamp rules published below. 
  • PLUS Games:  players must have a bat for PLUS that meets the MBT USA bat stamp rules published below. 

MBT USA bat stamp rules:  9U-14U: All bats must have the new USA stamp (unless using a -3 BBCOR bat). 15’s can use a BBCOR bat or wood bat.

• The SportsEngine App is free!
• Your team(s) will automatically load once rosters are completed – just login with your SportsEngine Profile
• New features:
  • Team text messages
  • RSVP to practices/games
• Easiest way to keep track of schedules
• Simplify coach/team communication