Q. What is the Fee to participate in Ponca City Junior Baseball?
A. Registration Fees are $45 for both spring and fall seasons.
Q. Will there be a Fundraiser?
A. YES. The fundraiser is mandatory to cover the operating costs of the program.
Q. How do I register for Baseball?
A. Spring and fall signups are done by both online and in person signups.
Q. What is required to sign up for Baseball?
A. If your child has not participated with PCJB in the past, you will need to provide a copy of your child’s birth certificate. There is no physical required.
Q. What do I do after I sign-up for baseball?
A. If the player is a new player that is not returning to, or being frozen by a coach, your child will be drafted to a team. In the spring there will be an exhibition for the player to perform basic baseball skills in front coaches. In the fall players may be chosen or drawn at random. All players that sign up with PCJB will be placed on a team. Your new coach will then contact you to tell you where you have been scheduled to practice and your practice times.
Q. My child participated last year, does he/she automatically return to the same team?
A. No, unless you or a team coach has frozen them to a team.
Q. Where will the practices be held?
A. Every team practices at different times and locations. Attempts are made by PCJB to assign teams a practice field, however, we do not always have enough field space for every team. PCJB is told which schools have practice areas and which days those fields are available to our participants. Practice areas are throughout Ponca City. Most practice areas will not have a backstop present. Your coach will let you know where your specific practice field is located.
Q. When are the games and game times?
A. The Spring Season will have games scheduled from mid to late March to the End of June. Games may be played week nights with game times at 5:30 and 7:15 start times. Some weekends are used for league games also. Games are usually not scheduled on Wednesdays or Sundays unless they are make-up games from Rain-outs. Your team may be scheduled to play 2 or more games per week. Every effort is made to split the early and late game times evenly amongst the teams. Double headers are now being used to decrease the amount of fans in the complex due to Covid-19.
Q. What about uniforms?
A. Each team is responsible for their own uniforms. These can range from $40 to $100’s depending on what the parents decide they want. Some teams will conduct a fundraiser to pay for the uniforms, some will get donations or sponsorships and some will ask the parents to kick in an extra amount. This is something that the team should decide on as a group
Q. Does it cost to attend my child’s game?
A. NO. PCJB does not charge a gate admission for League Games.
If your team chooses to participate in a PCJB Non League Tournament, then a $5 PER PERSON gate fee is charged for those games. The Tournament Gate Charges are a daily rate, so if your child has several games during the same day of the tournament, payment is only required once for that day.
Q. Why does our team have to pay Tournament Entry Fees and Gate Admissions to Tournaments?
A. Tournament games are EXTRA games that are not formulated into the League Fees. They are optional and by your team entering a tournament, they are opting to play more games, thus a fee for that. PCJB has costs for hosting a tournament, additional man hours, additional umpire pay, additional field usage payments, and trophy costs. Thus when a team opts to play in one of our Tournaments, either a REC or USSSA Sanctioned tournament, we must charge the fees to subsidize the cost to play.
Q. What if it is raining outside on our game day?
A. Ponca City Junior Baseball does not make a decision on canceling games until 2pm. It is our policy to play games if at all possible. PCJB will notify head coaches and make postings on our Facebook Page.
Q. Are Coolers or Ice Chests allowed at the ballpark?
A. NO. There are concession stands at the ballpark and the revenue generated from those stands assists the program in attempting to keep the costs lower for registrations. If your team wants to provide snacks for your players, you can either purchase those snacks from the concession stands or pass out the snacks in the parking lot area. PCJB will allow players to bring individual bottles of beverages such as water or Gatorade. Large team water jugs are also permitted.
Q. Is Smoking allowed at the ballpark?
A. The City of Ponca City has adopted the PCJB Smoking Area policy. The smoking areas at the ballpark are designated to anywhere in the parking lot. Smoking is prohibited in the fenced ballpark area. Please do not stand in front of the open fence entrance areas but move out of the main walking areas.
Q. What do I do in case of an emergency?
A. If there is a serious emergency, always call 911 first. Board members on duty as well as the concession stands are equipped with minor first aid supplies.
Q. How is the PCJB program ran?
A. PCJB is a Not-For-Profit 501 3-C Corporation. The League is operated by Board Members who are ALL Volunteers. These men and women volunteer between 10 and 20 hours a week to run the PCJB League. PCJB board members are responsible for the daily office needs, all league business, and operations of the concession stands. PCJB also has a field coordinator that is responsible for the daily upkeep of the park, preparations made daily to fields for games and general park maintenance that is not covered by the City of Ponca City. Every day that games are played at the ballpark there is a board member on duty. These board members are here to assist you in any questions, needs, or emergencies that may occur at the ballpark.
Secondly, the Coaches, Team Moms, and Managers are also volunteers who wish to teach your child the fundamentals of baseball and promote youth sports. They are in the PCJB program to make a difference for your child.
Q. What if I have a problem?
A. PCJB has a chain of communication that we prefer parents to use in this case. First, attempt to settle any problems you may have with your Manager or Coaches. If this does not work, contact the age groups board member. If you are still having problems, notify the vice president or president and they will get the information or problem corrected.
Q. Where do the registration fees go?
A. Registration fees are used to buy player Insurance, trophies, background checks, to pay umpires, pay for field maintenance and supplies, to pay National Registration Fees, to pay field usage fees to the City of Ponca City and pay for office expenses.
Q. What can I do to assist PCJB?
A. The biggest issue that PCJB faces is with minor acts of Vandalism. Pick up your trash in the dugouts, stands and the parking lot, and please always monitor your children while at the ballpark.
Please read our Code of Conduct paperwork. Teach your child good sportsmanship. Assist your child’s Coach/Team in any way you can. Take an active role in your child’s sports. Be a good spectator.
WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO!
Ponca City Junior Baseball(PCJB) is a 501 C-3 Not-For-Profit Organization comprised of over 450 members annually. We are dedicated to promoting, developing, sustaining, and supervising a youth baseball program. PCJB has served Ponca City and surrounding communities’ youth since 1972.
PCJB enters into agreements with the City of Ponca City for use of the City owned Park complex. We have a good working relationship with the City and appreciate their assistance and efforts at the park. The City of Ponca City maintains the structures (buildings, fences, lights, bleachers, etc.) and real property (right of ways, plumbing, electrical, etc.) while PCJB is responsible for field maintenance from the outfield in. We pay the City as part of these agreements, as all sports do. As any business we have other expenses, umpires, insurance, communications, labor, equipment maintenance, etc.. All of these expenses are covered by the various programs we conduct (league play, tournaments, fundraising, National tournaments, etc.). Without the contributions of each program the cost of playing baseball would be much higher. We strive to balance these costs and find ways to keep our costs down.
