Tournament List

Latest League News:    *Spring League Champions for 8u to 14u receive a half off ($600 value est.) to USSSA World Series in San Diego July 28-Aug. 2 for 5 Game Minimum.  AA and OPEN divisions. 

Summer League:  Mon, Tues, Wed Games.
BLD Manteca, Mistlin Ripon and Rainbow  Modesto.
12 Games + Play Offs for $1800.
Summer League Teams will also get THREE Tournaments for $655 price from June to  August 25, and $100 practice times at Mistlin for July and August while space is still available. 
Full Team Sign Ups:  Coach Pitch 7u/$1300, 8u Player Pitch,
9u Lead Off, 10u, 11u, 12u, 13u, 14u.  $1800
Age determined by how old players will be on: April 30 of 2025.  


Steps to Enter for Full Teams:
1.  Fill Out the Team Sign Up Form 
2.  Pay the Deposit of $400
3.  Register your team at: www.USSSA.com/login

Summer League Deadline:  May 27. 

Steps to Enter for Individual Player without a team:
Fill Out Form: 
   8u to 18u Player Looking for Team    
Form for Coach:  Coach Needing Players

Time Line Dates:



April 10:  Sign Ups Start for Summer League. 
May 21:  Spring League Last Night- Championship Games. 
May 27:  Deadline to Enter Summer League.
June 9: Summer League Games Begin.
Aug. 20: Deadline to Enter Fall League. 
Aug.  27:  Summer League Last Night -  Championship Games.
Sept. 3-Nov. 19:  Fall League.
Dec. 1- Feb. 20, 2026:  Winter League    
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SUMMER LEAGUE TEAMS:

Coach Pitch -  Summer
Taking Individual and Team Sign Ups.
5, 6, and 7 yrs olds (cannot turn 8 before 4/30/2025)
$150 cost. Hat and Jersey included.
Looking for parents with experience to coach.
Rainbow Fields charges a gate fee of $4 each day.
We can put teammates/friends together. 
Individuals, partial teams, or full teams accepted.
Two Steps to Enter:   1. Sign up Form   2. Payment
Deadline to enter is Feb. 20.
Room for 24 players to form 2 teams and 6 full teams.   


  Coach Pitch Indv. Sign Up Form   

   Pay for Coach Pitch Indv.   

Salida Blacksox 7u - BLD

Room for 8 Teams.  
8u Player Pitch   Summer.  
Valley Icons 8u - BLD
Regulators 8u - Rainbow  

Room for 8 Teams.  

   Full Team Sign Up   
9u Lead Offs Summer
Turlock Dawgs 9u   - Turlock 
Stan Co. Halos 9u  - Turlock 
Salida Blacksox 9u - BLD
Oakdale Broncos 9u - Rainbow
Kraken Baseball 9u  - Mistlin
    

Room for 8 Teams.  

   Full Team Sign Up   

10u Summer
Valley Icons 10u  BLD
Salida Blacksox 10u - BLD
The Yard Bombers - BLD 
Dirty Dawgs 10u - Turlock 
 

Room for 8 Teams.  

   Full Team Sign Up   

11u Summer
Dirty Dawgs 11u  - Turlock
Throwdown 11u - Mistlin 

Room for 8 Teams.  

   Full Team Sign Up   

12u Summer
Dirty Dawgs 12u - Turlock
Wreckers 12u - BLD 
  

Room for 8 Teams.   


   Full Team Sign Up   

13u Summer
Central Valley Aces 13u  - Rainbow
Tracy Bandits 13u - BLD
Voodoo 13u - BLD

Room for 8 Teams.  

   Full Team Sign Up   

14u Summer
NorCal Scrappers 14u  - BLD Manteca 
Pro Elite 13u playing up - Mistlin
Nines Modesto 14u - Mistlin  

Room for 8 Teams.  
  

   Full Team Sign Up   

16u and 18u Summer
Port City 9   18u - BLD
CenCal Athletics 18u - BLD

Room for 8 Teams.    

   Full Team Sign Up   


League Rules 

T-BALL Rules (Players can be 3 to 5 years old but not turn 6 before April 20, 2025)

Field: Bases 50 ft. Double base at first.   Pitcher will take position at the pitcher’s mound (45’ from home plate)  Ball must travel 15 feet to be fair (a chalk line from foul line to foul line will mark the 15’ area)

Equipment: T-Adjustable. Batting helmets: Provided by players at parents discretion.
Ball: Incrediball type soft baseball

  1. Game will be 4 innings or 60 minutes, no new inning after 55 minutes.
  2. Every player hits off of the batting tee, there will be no pitching (a player will remain at bat until they hit the ball and put it in play).
  3.  No walks or strikeouts
  4. All players play on defense, 5 players for the infield, extra players can be placed in the outfield
  5. All players will bat on offense and the inning will conclude when the last batter has batted
  6. Rotate batting order so a different player is the last batter each inning
  7. When on Defense 2 coaches may be on the field
  8. When on Offense a coach will be allowed at every base and at home plate with the batter.
  9. Ball must travel 15 feet when hit to be fair
  10. No extra base hits, players may advance 1 base when the ball is put in play.
  11. No stealing, players stay on base until ball is batted
  12. All outs will be force outs, if an out is made, that player will leave the field.
  13. The pitcher will start on the pitching rubber.
  14. No sandals will be permitted. All Defensive players need to have a glove/mitt.

Coach Pitch Division (players can be 5 to 7 yrs old but cannot turn 8 before April 30, 2025)

1. 60 foot bases. 

2. Pitcher will take position at the pitcher’s mound (45’ from home plate)  Ball must travel 15 feet to be fair (a chalk line from foul line to foul line will mark the 15’ area) 

3. Coach will pitch from within the circle drawn around the 45’ ft mound.  

4. Everyone will bat in a continuous order. Ten players play on the Field.

5. When the pitcher is in control of the ball with both feet inside the circle, the play is dead. At that time all base runners must return to the last base touched. If two runners are between the same bases, the front runner is awarded the next base.

6. The batter and all base runners must wear helmets.   

7. No new inning will begin after 55 minutes or  6 innings.   Games can end in a tie.

8. A batter will receive 5 pitches or 3 strikes. Fifth pitch can be fouled until the ball is hit fair or the batter strikes out.  No Walks.                                            

 9. Teams can choose to have a catcher behind the plate or not.  Catchers must be in full gear if used.  A regular glove may be used in place of a mitt.  The inning can begin without a catcher to speed the game up.

10. The child playing in the pitcher position must have one foot on the rubber, and stay behind the pitching coach until the ball is released.

12. Pitching coach will throw to his/her own batters.                                                          

After the pitching coach has released the ball and the batter has hit the ball,

A.       Pitching coach must exit the playing area immediately in a manner that doesn’t interfere with the play.

B.       Pitching coach must attempt to avoid contact with the ball.

C.       If a ball hits the pitching coach and the judgment of the umpire is the pitcher did not intentionally interfere with the ball, the ball is dead and the batter is awarded first base and base runners will advance one base if pushed.

D.       If ruled intentionally the ball is dead and the batter is out. 

13. Infield fly rule will not be in effect. 

14. One offensive and defensive time out per inning: this does not include umpires time outs.

Rookies Division (8u and younger Only starting Fall 2024)

1.  Pitching Distance is 44 feet.  60 foot bases

2.  Continuous Batting order, all players bat.  Teams can play with 8 players, but the 9th spot is an out unless walked or hit batter before the empty spot, then it would be skipped.

3. Rookies can play with 9 or 10 in the outfield, must be 4 outfielders on the grass.  

4.  Players can only sit out two innings in a row.  Then they must play for at least one full inning in the field. 

5.    Stealing for Rookies Divison (Same as 8u Tournament Rule)
8.09.D Runners shall not advance when the pitcher is on the pitching rubber with the ball in his possession and the catcher is in position to receive a pitch.

Rule 8.09.D Comment: Runners may advance on a batted ball hit to the pitcher and when “Time” has not been called.

8.09.E Runners shall not lead-off but may advance at their own risk (steal) once a pitched ball has passed home plate. When a runner tries to advance prior to the pitched ball passing home plate, the following shall apply:

6. Game time is no new inning after 1 hour 45 min Now (updated) or 6 innings.  Games can end in a tie.  5 runs max. per inning.  When there is less that 20 minutes in the game at the start of a new inning, umpires will declare an open inning or the last inning will be an open inning.  There could be more than one open inning.

7. No metal spikes.  Approved USSSA bats allowed.   No Balks called at this level.  

8.  Pitchers can pitch 3 innings per game max.  Once a pitcher is removed, he can’t pitch again in the same game. 

9.  Courtesy runner for the pitcher or catcher anytime, must be last batted out. 

10.  There is no run rule for this age. (Just 5 Runs max. per inning)

11.   A batter is automatically out on a dropped / missed third (3rd) strike by the catcher.   

League Rules: 9u to High School Division
1. Teams can bat 9, 10 or whole line up.     Teams can play with 8 players, but the 9th spot is an out unless walked or hit batter  before the empty spot, then it would be skipped.

2. Game time is no new inning after 1 hour 40 min or 6 innings. (7 innings for 13u and up) OR DROP DEAD at 2 Hours for Pool play games.  Play Offs games have no DROP DEAD time.
Exception for Drop Dead: If the visiting team is behind going into the last inning, and takes the lead in the top half of the inning, the home team will finish their bottom half of the inning to avoid reverting back to the previos innings score.


Teams should "warm up and play quickly" between innings and during the game when possible to get more innings in. 

3. Games can end in a tie if the game is tied after the 6th inning (7th inning for 13u and up)  or after time expires at 1 hr 40 minutes and the inning is completed. 

4.    5 runs max. per inning.  When there is less that 20 minutes in the game at the start of a new inning, umpires will declare an open inning, or the last inning will be an open inning.  There could be more than one open inning.

5. Run rules are now the same as tournaments:
Run Rule 6 inning game:
15 after 3
 8 after 4
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Run Rule 7 inning game
15 after 3
12 after 4
8 after 5
  
6.  USSSA approved bats.  USA Bats are allowed.  13u and older Bat info listed below.

7. Metal Spikes are not allowed for any age group at BLD Manteca or Mistlin Fields Ripon. 

 8.  3rd ball dropped strike is played. 

9.  Courtesy runner for the pitcher or catcher anytime, must be Sub first or last batted out if no subs.   Teams can use a DH for any position player. 

10. Pitchers can pitch 3 innings per game for 14u and younger. HS pitching rule listed below.  Once pitcher is removed, he can’t return in that game to pitch again.   Violation for over pitching is ejection of the pitcher and Manager from that game.

11.  Distance played is  46/65 for 9u and 10u.   50/70 for 11u and 12u.  54/80 for 13u.   60/90 for 14u and up. 

12.  Players must play in at least 4 games to be eligible for play offs.

13.  All players need to be entered on the USSSA team roster in order to play either on the main roster or as a guest player.  Players can be added during the season but can only play on 1 team for the whole season.  

14. Team listed first on the schedule is home team unless otherwise noted.

League Rules: 13u 54/80 and Older

All Rules above apply plus: 

5. No Metal spikes are allowed at BLD Manteca or Mistlin Fields Ripon.

8. Pitchers can pitch 3 innings per game for 13u and 14u. Once pitcher is removed, he can’t return in that game to pitch again.   High School Division: There will be NO Limit on Pitching set by us by managers should use descretion and never overpitch players.

 

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