The Senior League is a competitive level that builds on the abilities and competition experience in the Junior League. Players will build their baseball skills in preparation for or as an alternate to high school baseball.
Senior Level:
- Age: 13 – 16 years old (A 12yo can "play up" with Admin. approval)
- Age as of December 31, 2024 (Fall '24/Spring '25 Seasons)
- Game: 7 innings or 2:00 time limit with two (2) umpires.
- Hitting: Players will be hitting off of a player for the duration of the game.
- Baserunning: Players will be allowed to steal upon release of the ball from pitcher's hand per normal fastpitch rules.
- Field Size: The field size is a traditional 200' fence softball field, but utilizing a 60' base path and pitching is at 43' distance.
- Ball Type: 12″ softball
- Team Formation: Spring seasons will hold a skills assessment and subsequent draft where coaches will select their teams. Fall seasons the teams will be formed as competitively as possible based on the known skills of returning players, with new players being evenly distributed.
- Competition: Players compete in a full season, with the Fall season offering approx. 8 games, and the Spring season approx. 12 games. Teams will play other VBLL Seniors teams as well as home and away games against teams throughout District 8, with a post-season Playoff (Spring only) and are eligible to be selected to participate in All Star competition (Spring only). If only two (2) Seniors teams in the Spring season, there will be a best-of-three series to determine the champion.
- All Stars: A Seniors All Star team is typically formed near the end of the Spring season for the District tournament. The team will compete in the District tournament, and then can advance to the State tournament if they are the District champion.