Ralston Baseball News and Events

Updated 12/27/2023 1:30pm

Registration Dates for 2024:
January 1 – February, 19th, 2024, regular registration fees

Registrations February 20th – March 15th will have a $25.00 late fee

Live Registration: Saturday and Sunday, March 9th and 10th, 2024 The location is Ralston Middle School 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Late registrations after March 15th are by approval only. Please contact [email protected] for more information.

U16/U18: Please contact Chris Rachow or Brett Krebs with questions. Use the registration tab to register your player.
*Teams form early May, get your name on the list as spots fill up fast*

2024 Uniform and Equipment statement:

All players will provide their own helmet, player glove, batting gloves if wanted, belts, socks, pants and cleats. It is requested that all Shetland, Yearling and Mustang players have a cage on the helmet to avoid injury. Bronco, Pony and 16U/18U may use the helmet suited best for them.

Bats: We ask that all bats in the dugout be allowed to be used by all players. All bats must conform to USSSA rules See page 6 for details and images of required stamps.

Coaches will receive catchers gear that can be shared.


Other Dates and Events to follow:
Field Clean up: This will take place in late March 2024. This date is chosen based on weather and field conditions.

Pierson Field Work: Pierson field received $17,000 in work done in April of 2022. The work on this field was funded by our pull tab pickles cards fund raiser and by general RABA funds. The city of Ralston did not provide financial support for the upgrade on the in field conditions and warning track updates at Pierson.


*MANDATORY COACHES MEETING*
Date and Location PENDING
If the head coach can’t attend, send an assistant. No shows by a team will result in the head coach being suspended for the first game. All levels of coaches are invited. This is for ALL RABA and LaVista coaches.


Coaches may schedule a scrimmage and notify RABA VP of Rec and Umpire in Chief to provide an umpire in training with a mentor to officiate your scrimmage.

Picture day: Around the last week in April 2024. Location is pending weather conditions.

Tournaments
Every season ends with an in-house tournament. Tournament rules will be updated and posted on our rules page as this time of year gets near.

In-House Tournaments start the week of June 19th for Yearling and June 26th for Mustang, Bronco and Pony. Once we have a team count for each division, the tournament design will be announced.
*coaches are encouraged to turn in their equipment bag once they are done with their season. Details to follow.

Currently the Shetland group will not have a end of year tournament.

16/18U will have an end of year tournament that is TBA

Competitive Tryouts:
Each year we host competitive tryouts at Pierson field. Our goal is to have ages 9U-14U on our fields. We are a feeder team to the Ralston High School baseball program. Building a strong foundation at a young age will help with the success at this next level of play.

Competitive Tryouts take place in early July, watch for details.