Serving the Antelope Valley

Welcome to the 2021 Spring Season for Lancaster PONY Baseball League! Our Spring Season lasts from late February until early June 2021. It includes weekday and Saturday games with some variation with the Foal division. There will also be a minimum of 12 scheduled games for Shetland - Colt divisions, and a minimum of 10 scheduled games for Foal division. Make-up games will only be played to resolve standings issues. Please note that Lancaster Pony Baseball League Officials and the Board of Directors reserve the right to make changes with or without notice. Lancaster Pony Baseball is not responsible for when/where the Manager/Coach chooses to hold practices, and participation at practices is not mandatory, but highly encouraged.

Please see below for our divisions, age groups and pricing for the 2021 Spring Season.

The prices below reflect registration costs, and have been adjusted to reflect a ONE TIME 15% DISCOUNT FOR THIS SEASON ONLY. Lancaster Pony Baseball worked with all of our vendors, and due to the unfortunate close of the Spring 2020 season (due to COVID-19), were able to streamline the costs for the 2021 Spring season and pass the savings on to you!

Official registration ends January 29, 2021 and you will only be guaranteed placement on a team until this date (with the exception of Pony and Colt divisions, which ends 2/13/2021). 

PLEASE NOTE: Registration fees must be paid in full in order to have guaranteed placement on a team.

A $3 Transaction fee is added to all online registration payments and installments of payment plans . This goes to Sports Connect, the operator of our website, and we have no control over this fee. This fee is charged to ALL transactions, whether paying by card or cash.

**Your registration fees cover jersey with number, hat, insurance, field rental fees, pictures, background checks on all of our volunteers, baseballs, chalk, umpire fees for 12 games, Jethawks ticket (1), trophy and required equipment which includes but is not limited to helmets and catchers gear. Also included in the fees are (4) raffle tickets, each worth $10, for our Opening Day Raffle! Prizes are a Playstation 5 (PS5), a 60 inch Television, and a Custom "44" Baseball Glove! Tickets will be distributed by team parents once teams have been formed. You can choose to keep them for yourself for a chance to win, or sell them to friends and/or family!

**PLEASE NOTE: Foal division participants DO NOT require player evaluations.

New this year, Lancaster Pony Baseball is requiring that a parent of each child work a 3 hour shift in our league Snack Bar , located at Skytower Park (Colt Division subject to change). In order to keep out-of-pocket costs low (and not pass on more fees to our parents), we are asking for 3 hours from one parent of each player. We understand this may be an inconvenience for some, but we are a league run by volunteers, and it is impossible to keep the snack bar open without parental assistance. We will have weeknight time slots available as well as Saturday slots. Please be aware that if snack bar requirement is not met, player will not be allowed to participate in any games/tournaments after the conclusion of the regularly scheduled season games, which include but are not limited to League playoffs, City Series Championship, All Stars, etc. Time slots will be made available once team schedules have been released (February 2021).

For age and sibling verification purposes, you must provide a CERTIFIED COPY of your child's birth certificate, your marriage certificate and/or adoption or legal guardianship documentation to Lancaster Pony Baseball. This is needed to prove age of player, and guardianship status of person registering child.

Sibling discounts of $10 per additional child will be given after verification of birth certificates. If players are returning from Spring 2020 season, discount will be given at evaluations.

Returning players DO NOT need to re-verify birth certificate, if verified last year (Spring 2020), and as long as parent's account information has not changed.

DATES/TIMES FOR BIRTH CERTIFICATE VERIFICATION TBD

**PAYMENT PLANS** (PAYMENT PLANS ARE AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER, 2020)

Options are displayed on payment page during online registration process, and under FAQs tab. Registration fees must be paid in full in order to have guaranteed placement on a team.

Concussion and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Certification is required for all Volunteers (Coaches, Team Parents, etc.) There is no cost to complete these courses. Completion certificates are valid for 2 years, so make sure your certificate is valid through June, 2021.

Please visit the following links to get certified;

Once completed, please email a copy of certificate of completion for each course to [email protected] Managers who have not completed courses and emailed copies of their certificates to Lancaster Pony Baseball will not be able to participate in team draft. (Foal managers will not receive their team roster until Lancaster Pony Baseball has copies of certificates).

 Effective 2020, Pony Baseball is now requiring ALL volunteers ( Managers, Coaches, Team Parent, etc.) to submitted for a background check each calendar year.  

All those who wish to be considered for a volunteer position with Lancaster Pony Baseball need to register as a volunteer after either logging in or creating an account at lancasterpony.com. Once you have selected which position you'd like to be considered for, you will be prompted to enter the required information to complete the background check.

COACHES WANTED: Our league is completely dependent on volunteers, and some of the most important volunteers are our Coaches. We are always in need of Managers (Head Coaches). If you would like to be considered for a position as Manager this season, please register when prompted during registration of your child. All people wishing to hold a volunteer position within Lancaster Pony Baseball must be approved by the board. This season a discount will be offered to Managers only, conditions apply.

**NO CASH PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR FOAL-BRONCO AFTER THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION END DATE OF 1/29/2021. NO CASH PAYMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED FOR PONY AND COLT AFTER THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION END DATE OF 2/13/2021...ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE PAID IN FULL AND AT TIME OF REGISTRATION. We will hold In-Person Registration events in January 2021, if you would like to pay your registration fees in cash, keeping in mind that there will be a $3 Transaction Fee added to your registration total. Time/Dates and Locations TBD

We are happy to have you here and we look forward to a great season!

*Lancaster PONY Baseball Board of Directors reserves the right to refuse service to any volunteer, parent or child.