2025 Season News (Nov 12, 2024)

Chico Senior Softball 2024 Season News: 
General News:
Here’s all the news for the upcoming 2025 season.

2025 Registration:
Registration for our 2025 season will begin January 01, 2025, by 12 noon that day. Please check our Registration page to register for the 2025 season.
(Fees still to be determined.)

Team Roster Head Counts:
Same as 2024, teams will be limited to 13 players per team. The number of teams per division will be determined based on how many players are registered on draft night for the division. Only registered and fully paid players will be included in the draft.
Draft night is typically 2 or 3 weeks before the season begins. It is strongly recommended that players register by March 01, 2025 to ensure they are included in the draft.

MANAGERS NEEDED:
Managers and Assistant Managers are needed for the 2025 season. Managers and Asst Managers are automatically on the same team. Primary duties of the Managers/Asst Managers are,
a.    Draft your team on draft night.
b.    Make your teams line up for each game.
c.    Communicate with your players as needed on other matters.

If you are interested in managing, please contact any CSS Board Member or email the Board at [email protected] to express your interest.

As always, we encourage new Managers/Asst Managers each year to step forward as we cannot rely on or expect the same guys to do it each year.

What if there are not enough managers? If this happens then the CSS Board will draft the team(s) and the selected players will need to name a manager amongst themselves once the season starts.

2025 Sponsors:
Sponsors are needed to help defray the costs of the 2025 season.
If you, your business, or anybody you know would like to sponsor our league this year the Sponsorship Form is available/downloadable in the Documents/Photos section of this site in both Word (.doc) & pdf formats.
You can also sponsor online under the Sponsors menu or clicking here.
What you get as a sponsor is,
a.    Your name is on the back of a team's uniform.
b.    Listed on our Sponsors page.
c.    Your logo included on all our page side panels rotated randomly.
d.    Your logo is scrolling in our banner at the top of all pages.
e.    All logos on our site include a link to your website.
f.    Knowing that, you are helping the Chico & North Valley community.

2025 Tentative Game Plans/Schedule:
All subject to change
Games tentatively begin on Monday, March 31, 2025.
Open: Tues & Thurs Evenings, (24 games + playoffs.)
Veterans: Mon & Wed Evenings. (24 games + playoffs.)
Masters: Tues & Thurs Mornings. (26 games.)
The season's games are played at Sycamore Field, which is located in Bidwell Park near Caper's Acres.
Rainouts or other re-scheduled games may be played on any weekday evening, and/or possibly on another field, as they are available.

League Batting Practices:
Our 2024 league practices have ended as of Aug 22, 2024. See our Announcement page for more details when it resumes in March 2025.

SPECIAL LEAGUE NEED:
The Chico Senior Softball accountant of many years, Brock Murdoch, is stepping down from this role. We thank Brock for his many years of service to our league.

Chico Senior Softball now has a need for a volunteer to be the leagues accountant. This role does interact with the Board of Directors and Treasurer, but it is not required to attend all board meetings.

Interested in Helping?: If you have accounting experience and would like to help the league in this role, please contact any CSS Board Member or email the Board at [email protected].

Who/What is Chico Senior Softball?
2025 will mark Chico Senior Softball's 41st season where members of our community and the surrounding area, age 47+ in 2025, can play softball in divisions based on age ranges.
Our 3 age-based divisions are,
• Open: 47 years of age and above.
• Veterans: 55 years of age and above
• Masters: 65 years of age and above
Members of Chico and the surrounding area are all welcome in our league. We do not have any geographical boundary for whom we welcome (2023 included a member from Quincy).
We encourage you to check our "About Us" and “FAQ” pages to learn more about what Chico Senior Softball is.

Next Board Meeting:
December 10th, 2025, 6:00pm, at Mountain Mike's Pizza, view the schedule for more details.

Barreled Up & Locked Up:
> Park Fire Impact - Robert Dilts
Our very own Masters player Robert Dilts lost his house in this years Park Fire.
A Go Fund Me page has been set up to help him get back on his feet and rebuild.
If anybody work like to help or contribution that link is
https://www.gofundme.com/f/rebuild-home-for-robert-alice-and-janessa

> Interesting Stuff:
Check out the reoccurring "Articles" feature we have, This Month in Baseball History. You can get to it from the homepage left panel or look under the "Announcements, News, & Articles" menu.

> Past or Archived Items:
Many past items of interest that have been removed from this home page can now be found in our "Stories" section, which can be found in the sub-menu under "Home".

> More League Details:
Further details and information about our league are available on our FAQ’s and Policy pages. If you still have questions, you can contact the league as shown below.

Communication:
Any player/league member comment or input can be directed to the Chico Senior Softball Board of Directors at [email protected].