La Crescent Youth Ball

2025 Registration NOW OPEN!

To register for 8U-14U (current 1st-8th graders) please use this link:

https://lacrescentsummerball.sportngin.com/register/form/898929155

Registration will ONLY remain open until March 31.

NEW THIS YEAR! LYB is taking over 6U rec ball (current kindergarteners). To register for 6U please use this link:

https://lacrescentsummerball.sportngin.com/register/form/637704690
Registration will remain open until May.

Here are some guidelines for the upcoming season:

6U:

1 practice & game/scrimmage on the same day (practice first, then game) each week.
Practices/games will start in late May and take place at Old Hickory Park in La Crescent. Day/time is still TBD but more than likely to be later in the day (after 4).
LYB will provide a shirt.

8U-14U:

9U-14U play two games per week. 8U plays 1 game per week.
Regular season games are played either in La Crescent, Southern MN, or within the Coulee Region.
Regular season games start during the first week of June and end the last week of July.
Each team will play approximately 15 regular season games.
The regular season schedule is released in late May.
Each team practices two times per week starting in May.
Practices for 13U-14U baseball & softball begins after the school season is completed.
LYB provides catchers gear, bats, balls, and batting helmets. However, most kids elect to have their own bat and helmet.
Please see the Resources tab above for information on bat requirements.

8U-14U Baseball:

8U baseball plays Wednesday evenings at 5:30 or 7
9U and 10U baseball plays Monday and Wednesday evenings at 5:30 or 7
11U-14U lower baseball plays Tuesday and Thursday at 5:30 or 7
12U-14U upper play doubleheaders on Wednesdays.
LYB provides each player with a jersey and hat.
Players need to purchase their own field glove, batting gloves, gray pants, green belt, protective cup, and cleats.

8U-14U Softball:

8U softball plays Wednesday evenings at either 5:30 or 7
9U-14U play on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 5:30 or 7
14U softball will play in the SE Diamonds League. Doubleheaders will be played on Wednesdays.
LYB provides each softball player with a jersey.
Softball players need to purchase black pants or shorts, cleats, and fielding glove. Headbands, visors, and batting gloves are optional

2025 Applesmash Tournaments

June 13-14, 2025

June 20-21, 2025

AppleSmash Baseball: 9U, 10U, 12U & 13U

2025 Sponsors

LYB would like to thank the following sponsors for making our program a success:

Altra Federal Credit Union: http://www.altra.org/

Innovation Dental:

Kaddy's Kafe: https://www.facebook.com/Kaddys-Kafe-456007397927273/

LTC Global: https://ltc.global/

Merchants Bank: https://www.merchantsbank.com/

State Farm Honor DiDonato: www.PlanWithHonor.com.

Bobcat of the Coulee Region: www.bobcatofthecouleeregion.com

ESB Banking & Insurance: www.esbbanking.com

Wieser Brothers General Contractor Inc. http://www.wieserbrothers.com/

Want to see your name on this list and be a sponsor for LYB?

Please contact LacrescentYouthBall@yahoo.com

Volunteer Hours & Refund Process

Volunteers are what keep our fields maintained and our tournaments running smoothly and successfully. Each family is required to contribute at least 4 hours of volunteer time each season in order to have their $150 volunteer fee (paid upon registration, does not apply to 6U) refunded. Volunteer hours are NOT prorated.

Here are a few important things to note:

While we encourage families to volunteer together as a learning opportunity, minors do NOT count toward your 4-hour requirement. The 4 hours should be accounted for by parents/guardians/adults.
All minors helping in concessions must be accompanied by an adult.
Anyone under the age of 14 helping in our concessions area should NOT handle any money!
If you sign up for a field maintenance slot (dragging/chalking) during our tournaments, there will not be training available for these tasks so PLEASE only sign up for those timeslots if you know how to do them.
When signing up for volunteer time slots – Please pay close attention to the day, time, and the actual field location assigned to each sign-up opportunity. There are signup slots for many fields around town during the tournaments, so it is important you are present where you are signed up for.
All refunds will be issued by August 15th.
Volunteer hour discrepancies must be presented to the LYB Board no later than September 1st. LYB will not consider any discrepancies after September 1st.
Scorekeeping at league games does not count towards volunteer hours.
Your refund will be credited to the card used at registration time. LYB is not responsible for cancelled credit cards.