Due to the weather causing delays in our basketball and indoor soccer seasons, registrations on Tuesday, March 3 will take place in the gymnasium at Mountain View Elementary School from 6:30 - 8:00 pm instead of at Huffman Park.  Online registrations will remain open until midnight on Tuesday, March 3.

Sign ups for spring sports will begin this week with registration sites at various locations including Mountain View Elementary School, Blackburn Elementary School, Dick's Sporting Goods, and Huffman Park on various week days during the week and on Saturdays over the next few weeks.

You may also register your child online for spring sports by clicking on the link for online registration in the right hand corner of the page or on the tab to the left.

For the spring we offer the following sports:

Baseball

We offer coed T-ball for 3-4 year old boys and girls and coed Coach Pitch Baseball for 5-6 year old boys and girls.  Both of these age groups use a safety core baseball with an emphasis on fun, developing fundamental skills, and developing a love for the game.  Our next age group is 7-8 year old boys.  7-8 year old boys baseball is played using a Louisville Slugger Ultimate Pitching Machine.  In this age group, the players will learn fundamental skills and begin to learn how the game is played in a healthy competitive environment.

Boys aged 9-10 years old will transition to kid pitch baseball with progression of skills and rules of the game.  11-12 year old boys make the transition to playing baseball under regular baseball rules on a smaller field (50 foot mound, 70 foot bases).  Our 13-15 year old and 16-18 year old age groups will start later in the season and will play on a regulation size field (60 foot mound, 90 foot bases).

Our 7-12 year old programs are sanctioned under Cal Ripken and our 13-18 year old programs are sanctioned under Babe Ruth.

There will be no skill evaluations for our T-ball (3-4 year olds) and Coach Pitch (5-6 year olds) age groups.  Skill evaluations for our 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12 year old boys will be on Saturday, March 7 at Huffman Park.  Skill evaluations for our 13-18 year old boys will be held on Saturday, April 18 at Huffman Park.

Softball

For girls, we offer softball for ages 7-12.  Our 7-8 year olds will play using the Louisville Slugger Ultimate Pitching Machine.  Our 7-8 year old age group will focus on learning the basic fundamentals of softball and learning the rules of the game in a healthy competitive environment.  Our 9-10 year and 11-12 year old girls will play kid pitch softball.  Our softball program is sanctioned under Babe Ruth.

Skill evaluations for our 7-8, 9-10, and 11-12 year old girls will be on Saturday, March 7 at Huffman Park. 

Lacrosse

We are sorry to inform you that we will not be offering Lacrosse at Mountain View Recreation in the spring of 2015 due to various reasons.  We are referring any interested participants to the Hickory Lacrosse League for this spring.  We are still keeping open the option of offering the sport in 2016 if there is enough interest in the community.  For anyone interested in playing Lacrosse or needing additional information contact Ernie Ceccato at mtviewlax@gmail.com or 828-294-8811.

Registration

T-Ball Registration (3-4 year olds):  $60.00

Early Registration (if received by midnight on Tuesday, March 3):  $70.00         

Late Registration (if received after Tuesday, March 3):  $80.00

A $10.00 discount will be given for the registration of additional siblings

*a $2.50 processing fee will be applied to all online registrations

Check our spring sports flyer below for full details about  sports offered, registration times/locations, and skill evaluation times/locations.  For a printable copy of the flyer click on the flyer below.  You may also click on the link below the flyer for a printable registration form.

See you on the fields this spring!

Click here for a printable registration form

Every season starts at Dick's Sporting Goods.  Register for spring sports with Mountain View Recreation at Dick's Sporting Goods on Saturday, February 21 and save 20% off on purchases in the store that day.  We will also be raffling off two $50.00 Dick's Sporting Goods gift cards to Mountain View Recreation participants that day.  20% off coupons will be available at the store or you can print one by clicking below.

This winter, Mountain View Recreation is offering a Winter Baseball Training Camp.  The camp will begin on November 1^st and run through the winter up to the start of the Spring Baseball season.  The goal of the camp is to help children learn proper form and techniques in throwing, batting and fielding in baseball.  The camp will be split into two age groups.  The first group will be for children that are now playing or will be playing machine pitch baseball in the coming spring.  The second group will be for kid pitch players.  Both groups will focus on the fundamentals of baseball and proper technique.  The older group will also include focus on pitching, catching, stealing bases, and sharpening the core skills.

 The camp is offered at no cost to players.

Age Groups/Camp Dates

Machine Pitch (Age 7-8)

Sundays from 2:00 - 3:30 PM beginning on November 2, 2014

Kid Pitch (Age 9-12)

Saturdays from 1:00 - 2:30 PM beginning on November 1, 2014

By the end of this camp, the expectation is that the boys will be coming into the spring baseball assessment ready to play and with an improved skill set and knowledge of the game.  It is very hard to get boys ready to play when there are so many on a team and so little time to get them ready for games.  Hopefully, this offseason camp can help teach where in the regular season time is limited.

Todd Jenkins will be heading up the machine pitch group and Andrew Lail will head up the kid pitch group. 

The camp will try to work around the winter sports so that everyone can take advantage of the camp.  If you miss a Saturday, we can work on some fundamentals on Sunday, or vice-versa.  Since it will be running for such a long span, anyone can come in at any point and we will work with them to get them up to speed.

For information or interest contact our Winter Baseball Camp Director:

Andrew Lail

andrewlail76@yahoo.com