The U12 A/B schedule is now 8 teams. Visiting team changes have been made. Janesville, Lake Mills and Verona, please check your schedule for us. All the rest please check as to where your game is being held each week.

The U12 B/C is now a 12 team schedule. More info later tonight.

All Rec Departments and Community or Club leads/coaches will be copied on emails.

The 2025 E.O.Y Tournament will be held on the following weekend:

August 1-2-3, 2025

Registration is now open. Closes Sunday, June 29. Please complete even though not competing. That way we know that a team did not miss registering.

2025 End-of-Year Tournament - (IN or OUT) Deadline Sunday, June 29

Columbus Softball Games

July 7th construction will start on  S. Ludington St, starting at south end of Columbus all the way through downtown out to Middleton St.  There will be full shut down at some point around the railroad tracks.  Highly recommend to use these directions to get to Meister Park.

All schedules have been approved for release to Coaches and the Public. If a coach has not received a copy please email Barb or Ken, There will be a rule meeting this month on a Wednesday or Sunday. A notice will be sent to all coaches as to the date and time. It will be an on-line Zoom meeting.

In softball, like other sports there is a minimum number of players required to field a team. This minimum number ensures that the team can compete and participate fully in the game.

To do so, our Lakeside Summer Softball teams need a few more players at each grade level. If you have already registered your daughter, please spread the word in your child's school. All girls are welcome, friends in different schools are included.

There are sixteen games, double header games are played in the 8 weeks of June and July. The week of July 4th is a bye week. There is a tournament scheduled the first weekend in August.

Please register now so that games can be scheduled! 

2025 Lakeside Summer Softball Program - Registration

Parents / Grandparents: 

The following are the designated game nights for each age group.

• U10 games are played on Monday
• U12 games are played on Tuesday
• U8 / HS are played on Wednesday
• U14 are played on Thursday

Recreation and Softball Program leaders! Please plan on joining us on Wednesday, February 26 at 7:00p for a Windmill Director meeting to discuss our 2025 summer season. It will be a virtual session using Zoom. If you have not received an invite, please contact Barb or Ken at windmill_softball@hotmail.com for the information and link on how to join.

2025 Windmill Team Registration

Dates

• League Registration
  Monday, January 12, 2025 – Monday, March 31, 2025
• "click" here to register
  Register Team Now
• Rosters Due

Wednesday, April 9, 2025 (before 5pm)

In addition to League registration, players and coaches must register online with USA Softball by using the USA Softball online registration system. A copy of the registration is to be submitted to the league before the 5pm deadline with a minimum of 10 players.

The last day to add players to league rosters is June 15, 2025 (contact to request exceptions). Rosters are to be submitted electronically to windmill_softball@hotmail.com

• Schedules Posted Online
  Thursday, May 1, 2025
  (Coaches will be notified if schedules are available earlier)
• Season Begins
  Monday, May 26, 2025 (tentative)

PRICE PER TEAM: LEAGUE FEE

$90 per Live Pitch team

$70 per Mach Pitch Team 

CLICK HERE if need a  team to play on (All Ages)

PLAYING DAYS FOR EACH DIVISION

• 10U - Mondays 
• 12U - Tuesdays 
• 8U / 16U (HS) - Wednesdays
• 14U - Thursdays 

16 regular season games over a 10 week period plus a post season tournament. DH'ers each week.  

• RegisterUSASoftball.com is the online membership website for USA Softball. The USA Registration link is: https://www.registerUSAsoftball.com

2025 Lady Junior Warrior Softball

Lakeside softball is open to all girls attending one of our Lakeside federation schools or the public schools within the federation school's community. Games are held by age group at various parks in participating communities.

GOALS Our goals are to further develop each girl's skills through quality instruction and help each one gain confidence in her ability to contribute both offensively and defensively, to provide competitive opportunities to challenge each girl, to encourage each girl to continue playing at the high school level, and to have fun while building Christian friendships.

A player's age as of August 31 of the preceding year determines the age in which the player is eligible to play. The youngest player in our program is age 5 as of 8/31/24 and would play in the U8 age group.

• A parent or guardian may request an exception to age so that their daughter may play on more than one team or play with an older age group by contacting Ken Walters.
• Exceptions will be reviewed after the deadline when final numbers are determined for each level.

The deadline for registration and the payment of fee is Sunday, March 23, 2025.

Signup Link

CROSSOVER GAMES

The last three weeks each year a few teams in our U10 Mod Division play crossover games with our U10 USA Division teams. Attached is a sample of the rules one could expect to play by. In comparing the mod rules to the league rules for USA, they are largely similar. and these rules could be tweaked somewhat so we are open to suggestions. Please express your interest in doing so by emailing windmill_softball@hotmail.com

Rule Sample

Softball Opportunities

Our JWP and Tri-City Softball Teams have a couple of open opportunities for players at the 12U and 14U levels. Come give us a look. Contact Ken or Barb at windmill_softball@hotmail.com for more information!

Please note the exact specs on all the Windmill league game balls.

·         Age 12U and Up - Dudley 12" ASA leather softball SB-12L #4A311Y

·         Age 10U Live - Dudley 11" ASA Fastpitch Softball SBC11Y #4Y611

·         Age 8U Live – Diamond 11” DRC-11RFPSC Reduced Compression Yellow FP softball

All of the above are stamped ASA

·         Age 8U Machine Pitch - Diamond DFPM 12 Diamond Dimple Green Foam Ball 12"

·         Age 10U Machine Pitch – B2020 JUGS Sting Free Yellow Dimpled 11 inch Softball

"click here" for video clip.

SOFTBALL SLIDING DRILLS in RED

GETTING DIRTY WITH COACH DALTON

SLIDE AND NOT HURT YOURSELF

Sliding foot first into a base accounts for 23.3 percent of injuries among girls across all age ranges, but only 11.9 percent of injuries among boys. Not surprisingly, the body part among girls most frequently injured is the ankle, at 21.4 percent. Fingers and thumbs come a distant second at 11.4. percent.  It’s important that players are taught the basic or “Figure Four” method of sliding, where one leg is positioned straight ahead to reach the base, and the other leg is bent and foot tucked under runner so as not get in the way. The video below demonstrates the proper sliding technique.

SLIDE AND NOT HURT YOURSELF

GOING AROUND THE BASE

Ukiko Ueno Video

22 Seconds Worth