Youth Programs & Activities Articles

Despite COVID, Steen Sports Park says 2020 was a success !

Klamath Falls, OR  - Executive Director Scott White reported Wednesday that despite the cancellations forced by COVID-19, Steen Sports Park still brought a $3.47 million indirect economic impact for the local economy. White noted that 193 teams participated in youth...

Pitching Rubbers: It’s Hip To Be Square !

Being off just a little really means a lot In my travels around the U.S. over the years I’ve seen a lot of softball and baseball fields. There is one thing that has always irked me: the astonishing number of fields I’ve seen where the pitching rubber is not square to...

‘Fallbrook/Ingold, CA. Sports Park facing huge deficits….’

11/4/2020  Riverside, CA - It is an absolute disgrace that San Diego County is not supporting the Ingold Sports Park. This facility was started by local heroes and friends of Fallbrook, and cost over $4 million to begin operations in May 2000. Through a tremendous...

Twin Cities area youth sports coaches add COVID-19 protocols to daily routines !

By James Walsh Star Tribune OCTOBER 21, 2020 — 9:56PM Mary Guzek is used to playing the role of “Team Mom” for her two sons’ Fridley youth football, basketball and baseball squads. Time was, that meant supplying snacks or filling water bottles. But this fall, in the...