2026 Season News (Mar 16, 2026)

Chico Senior Softball 2026 Season News:

2026 Registration Has Ended.
Post-Deadline Registration is Available:

Guaranteed Team Placement Registration for our 2026 season has ended since the deadline of Sunday, March 15, 2026, has now passed.

Post-Deadline Registration is now underway. Best efforts will be made to place you on a team, but we offer no guarantees. Teams are limited to 13 players each. If you'd like to register to try and get on a team the visit our Registration page now and pay online. You "Must" be registered with your fees fully paid to be considered for placement on a team. Refunds will be issued to those who are not placed on a team in a timely manner.
Available team roster spots as of March 18th, 5:00pm,
Masters: 4
Veterans: 10
Open: 10
(best efforts to manually update counts will be made)

The 2026 registration fee will be $140, the same as the past two seasons. Thank you to our sponsors that have helped make that possible.

Rather mail in your check & registration? A Paper Registration Form is also available on our Documents Page.

(Unfortunately, postmarks "Do Not" count, we must have your registration & payment in our hands to place you on a team.)

Want to play in two (2) divisions? You can as long as your “Age Eligible” for each division. And here’s the best part! That 2nd division is Half-Price or $70. Enter the discount code 2ndDivision2026 when AND ONLY WHEN you are registering for your 2nd division.
(Using the discount code if you are only playing in one division will cause your registration to be rejected.)

2026 Draft:

The 2026 draft is scheduled for the week of March 16, 2026. Each division will hold its own draft night, 6:00pm at Mountain Mike’s Pizza on Mangrove Ave as follows.

Masters Draft: Monday, March 16, 2026.
Veterans Draft: Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
Open Draft: Thursday, March 19, 2026.
These 3 Draft Nights are closed meetings with only managers & board members attending. These are the only meetings that are ever closed. All other board meetings are open to whoever would like to attend.

2026 CSS Rules:

Our 2026 CSS Rules have been updated and are available on our Documents Page. At the end of the document there is a Summary section that calls out all changes made.
All players are encouraged to review the 2026 CSS Rules.

Change of Note: Rule #9, Masters now begin at-bats with a 1-1 count.

5th VETERANS MANAGER NEEDED:

We need a 5th Manager/Asst Manager team for Veterans, preferably before the Wednesday, March 18th Draft.
Your responsibilities would be,

• a. Draft your team on draft night.
• b. Mange the team roster for the season.
• c. Make your teams line up for each game.
• d. Vote for your division’s All-Stars.
• e. Communicate with your players as needed on other matters that come up.

If you are interested in managing, please contact any CSS Board Member or email the Board at board@chicoseniorsoftball.com 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.

2026 Sponsors:

Sponsorship for the 2026 season is now available for a Sponsorship Fee of $250.

If you, your business, or anybody you know would like to sponsor our league for the 2026 season the Sponsorship Form is available/downloadable in our Documents section of this web site or Click Here to open the form.

You can also sponsor online under the Sponsors menu or Clicking Here.

What you get as a CSS sponsor is,

2026 Game Plans/Schedule:
All subject to change
Our tentative 2026 schedule is now available for viewing online.

Games will begin Monday, March 30^th 2026.
Open: Tues & Thurs Evenings, (24 games + playoffs.)
Veterans: Mon & Wed Evenings. (24 games + playoffs.)
Masters: Tues & Thurs Mornings. (24 games + playoffs)
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.

2026 League Batting Practices:

Our 2026 batting practice schedule is now online (Subject to Change), and will begin March 2, 2026 (Mon – Thurs), 4 weeks before the season begins. Check our Schedule for details.

All members of the greater Chico area community who are league age eligible are welcome to come out until the 2026 season begins to see if you still love the game.

(Also some Tuesday & Thursday morning practices have been scheduled for anybody that is available in the morning.)

Who/What is Chico Senior Softball?

Want to know more about Chico Senior Softball?

Then we encourage you to check our "About Us" and “FAQ” pages in the “Home & More” sub-menu to learn more about us.

Next Board Meeting:

April 9th, 2026, 6:00pm, at Mountain Mike's Pizza, view the schedule for more details.

Dead-Red & Check Swings:

> 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".

> Chico Senior Softball “Hall of Fame”:

Did you know there was a Chico Senior Softball “Hall of Fame”, there is. To view a list of those players please Click Here or go to our Documents Page.

> 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 board@chicoseniorsoftball.com.

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