Jump into the excitement of Fall baseball with our vibrant program for young athletes! This season is perfect for your child to learn baseball fundamentals and get a head start before the spring session. Enjoy quality family time as they master new skills, make friends, and embrace the thrill of the game. We focus on instilling values like caring, honesty, respect, and responsibility. Join YMCA Youth Sports this Fall and let your child shine on and off the field in a fun and supportive setting!

PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE REGISTERING!

General Information:

• Registration opens on Monday, June 30^th, 2025
  • On-time registration from 6/30/25 to 8/31/25
  • Late registration from 9/1/25 to 9/4/25
  • ALL REGISTRATION ENDS September 4th, 2025
• Cost:
  • On time: $40.00 for members and $70.00 for non-members
  • Late: $50.00 for members and $80.00 for non-members
  • King Mountain City non-member $45 rate and the $55 late registration rate can only be applied at the Kings Mountain YMCA branch
• We will have a parent meeting on September 2nd, 2025, at the Kings Mountain Family YMCA baseball fields DURING YOUR CHILD’S SKILLS NIGHT.
• Coaches meeting: August 25^th @ 6:00 PM in person at the Kings Mountain Family YMCA in the conference room.

BASEBALL:

• Games/practices will be on weekday evenings.

Skills Nights

• Only players aged 7 years old and up will have a skills night, players 6 years old and younger will not have a skills night.

• 7-8 Coach Pitch: September 2nd at 6:00 pm on field 2
• 9-10 Player Pitch: September 2nd at 6:00 pm on field 3
• 11-12 Player Pitch: September 2nd at 6:00 pm on field 4
• 13-15 Player Pitch: September 2nd at 7:00 pm on field 4

All skills nights will be located at the Baseball fields at the Kings Mountain Family YMCA.

Practices:

• Practices will start the week of September 8th, 2025.
• Practices will be on a weekday evenings and potentially Saturday mornings.
  • For baseball your practice will be on a weekday evening starting at 6:00 PM, 7:00 PM, or 8:00 PM. Saturday practices will be available for coaches by request!
  • We allow our volunteer coaches to pick their practice days and times to best fit their schedule since they are giving their time to volunteer for our community.
    • Please be available for any of the potential days and times listed above.
  • An initial message about practice will come sometime after your child’s skills night or (if your child does not have a skills night or misses skills night) after September 3rd, 2025.

Games:

• IF YOU WILL HAVE CONSISTENT CONFLICTS WITH THE DATES/DAYS PROVIDED BELOW, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE DATES/DAYS ARE FINAL AND WILL NOT BE CHANGED UNLESS UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE.
• Games will begin September 23rd and end by November 8th, 2025
• Games will be on weekday evenings and potentially Saturdays.
  • For baseball  your games will be on weekday evenings starting at 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM or a Saturdays beginning between 9AM and 12PM.
  • Baseball may interleague with other programs in the area
    • This will involve traveling to the areas for baseball games.
• Teams will play an eight-game season.
• There will be no playoffs or bowl games for any age group.

Participant Requests:

• NOT ALL REQUESTS WILL BE MET AND WE DO NOT PROMISE THAT ANY REQUEST WILL BE MET.
• We do accept requests for specific teams or coaches; however, we ask that any request be made out of necessity (transportation, family, work schedule, etc.)
  • Please do not request specific coaches or players out of preference.
  • We desire for our sports program to build a community and this involves our participants and parents be able to meet new people and create new bonds.
• Please only request a teammate or coach if you absolutely need it.
• With this in mind, NOT ALL REQUESTS WILL BE MET AND WE DO NOT PROMISE THAT ANY REQUEST WILL BE MET.

Y-Gametime:

• For all game scheduling we will be using the Y-Gametime
  • Link to Kings Mountain Family YMCA Y-Gametime page: https://ygametime.com/branch/km/sports/
• We ask that all parents and coaches check Y-Gametime on a regular basis to see any updates to the schedule.
  • We aim to communicate all these updates to coaches; however, every individual is responsible for staying up to date with their game schedule and any changes that may happen.

Contact Information:

• We encourage everyone to ensure that all their contact information submitted is accurate and up to date.
• You will most likely receive text messages from coaches.
• You will certainly receive emails from staff about updates and important information!
  • So please ensure your email and phone number are current and up to date!

Also please check your email and text messages regularly to stay informed

Additional Information: 

• Pregame prayer/devotional
  • Could take 5-10 minutes
  • Could make games go a few minutes later
  • Aim is to have teams done with warmups five minutes earlier
  • Please try to show up at least 30 minutes prior to games

Contact Information:

Jordan Fricault

Sports and Wellness Director

Cleveland County Family YMCA

P: (704) 669-7645

E: [email protected]