Any girl age 5-16, and attending a North Colonie school district public or private school.  Players from outside this school district must contact the president for consideration.

The registration fee varies see current year registration for details.

Latham Lassies is a recreational league.  We are here to teach girls, of every skill level, how to play softball.

Forms are sent out through your schools, you may contact a board member, or download a registration form and send it in.

Our league uses ASA rules to assign players to a division.  These rules are based on the age of each player on December 31st prior to the season year.  Use the table below to determine which division your daughter would play in this year (2004).

Yes, there are tryouts. Tryouts are held to help us evaluate player's skills. Managers and coaches can then select teams that are roughly equal in talent. No player is excluded from playing. Tryouts are usually held during the 1st or 2nd weekend of March, and they are held separately for each division. After you register, you will be mailed a notice that includes where and when your child's tryout will be.

T-Ball players do not have tryouts.

Managers will call their team players within one(1) week after their tryout. If you do not get a call within this time, please notify the player agent

T-Ball team managers usually call their team players around mid-April.

Definitely. How often depends on the manager. The league encourages and expects its' managers to take the time to teach the game. However, some managers conduct practices more than others for a variety of reasons. Most managers, especially in the older divisions, start practices within days of calling their players right after tryouts. Many times, however, gym time for practices is hard to find and practices don't start till later.

T-Ball managers tend to use games for practice. At this young age, players learn more about the game by actually playing on the field than by doing drills in a gym.

In general, teams play 2 or 3 games a week. Weekday games start at 6:00pm. Weekend games start any time between 12:00 noon and 5:00pm. There are no doubleheaders (2 games on the same day). Teams in the Minor and Major divisions may have night games scheduled between 7:00pm and 8:00pm, but only on Fridays and Saturdays. Occasionally, younger divisions make up rained out games at night.

The first regular season scheduled game is typically played on the last weekend in April. The last regular season scheduled game is played between late May and early June, depending on the size of your daughter's division.

Immediately after the last regular season game is played, every team enters the playoffs. A player's season ends when her team is eliminated from the playoffs, or wins the championship. The championship game is played about a week after the first playoff game.

T-Ball teams start their season on the 2nd or 3rd weekend of May, and ends on the 3rd week of June. This division does not have playoffs.

How many games are played depends on how many teams there are in each division. If possible, we try to have every team play every other team twice. In recent years, each division has had about 8 or 9 teams. So they have played 14 to 16 regular season games. Add to this, 2 to 4 playoff games.

The T-Ball division is usually made up of 4 teams. Each team plays 10 to 12 games.

All managers are parents of active players. Most of them have been managing or coaching since their daughters started playing, and thus, are experienced and understand the commitment and effort required to manage a team. Most managers are selected from this pool. However a few managing positions become available every year and requests are considered to fill these vacancies. All requests must be submitted in writing to the league president.

Managers determine who will coach for his or her team. Once players are assigned to a team, those interested in coaching should show up regularly at practices and communicate their interest directly to the manager. Help is always welcome.

Latham Lassies is a non-profit organization entirely run by parents who volunteer their time, talent and ideas in a variety of ways that have little to do with softball. Field maintenance, concession stand and equipment management are key positions that go a long way towards running a smooth softball season. There are also a variety of short-term tasks for special events such as Opening Day, Field Day, and Tournaments. If you can help in any way please contact a league officer or submit a request to volunteer by clicking here.

Every parent is expected to do their part by bringing there children to as many practices and games as possible.

We also urge you to take a few minutes of your time to practice with your child. Managers and coaches will gladly suggest some drills you can use at home, both indoors and outdoors, with little if any equipment.

All parents must donate a few hours of their time for concession stand duty. If for any reason they cannot attend, they must make arrangements with someone who will take their place. Our league considers this duty very important. The concession stand helps keep registration fees low, and provides the league with funds that are used for repairs, regular maintenance and improvements to our park.

All parents are expected to conduct themselves as mature adults during games.

Every year, the most talented players from each of the older three divisions are selected by managers and coaches to represent our league at tournaments held after the regular season and playoffs are over. Interested players must attend one or more tryouts for their division's all-star team. Those who are selected pay an all-star fee that covers related expenses, and commit themselves to attend 3 or more tournaments and play a total of about 20 to 35 games held at our park or other leagues. Details will be made available just before tryouts are held.

The board meets every first Sunday of the month at the Latham Fire House on Old Loudon Rd. at 7:00pm. Everybody is welcome to attend, vote, share their ideas and express their opinions on any matter concerning the league.