PLEASE READ THIS INFORMATION BEFORE REGISTERING!

General Information:

Registration opens on Monday, June 15^th, 2026

• • On-time registration from 6/15/26 to 8/23/26
  • Late registration from 8/24/26 to 8/30/26
  • 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

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: August 24th at 6:00 PM on Field 2
• 9-10 Player Pitch: August 24th at 7:00 PM on Field 3
• 11-12 Player Pitch: August 24th at 8:00 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 August 31st, 2026.
• 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)

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 21st
• 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:

Marty Lovingood

Sports Director

Cleveland County Family YMCA

E: [email protected]