Opening Day was a HUGE success! Thank you to all the families, players, coaches and friends who came out. The weather held out for our ceremony and we were able to have several games until we had to call it due to rain!

I want to take a moment to thank Bill, Megan & Dickie for everything they've done to make our 2025 Season a success. Without you three we wouldn't have this program! It's a lot and we appreciate the time and effort you put into this for these kids. 

Thank you to all the amazing coaches we have this season! You have volunteered your time to not only teach these players but to encourage them to do their best. Whether that's on the field or off YOU have a lasting impact on each and every one of them. THANK YOU!!

And last but certainly not least - a HUGE thank you to the parents, guardians, family and friends! Thank you for sacrificing your time and energy to drive these players to the countless games and practices. Were it not for you this program would cease to exist - so THANK YOU!!

Here's to a great season!! We'll see you on the field! 

Let's PLAY BALL!!!

The 2025 KCRBL Majors and Minors Evaluations will be held on Saturday, March 22 in the main and practice gyms at Kingswood Regional High School in Wolfeboro, NH.

The evaluations are for only players who are new to the Majors level or Minors level of KCRBL, which includes those moving up from Minors, up from Rookies, or who are new to KCRBL.

Reminder that Majors is ages 11-12 and Minors is ages 9-10. League age is the player’s age as of May 1, 2024. So, a player whose birthday is May 15, 2015, would be a league age of 8 years old for 2024. KCRBL does consider players "playing up" early (e.g., 10-year-old in Majors) on a case by case basis, taking into account player ability, safety issues, roster counts, and family issues. 

Majors evaluations will begin at 11:30 a.m. 
Minors evaluations will begin at 1:45 p.m. 
Players should arrive 15 minutes before the evaluations to check in and warm up.  

Players should be ready for athletic activity, wear sneakers, and bring their baseball mitt, bat, and helmet with them. Players should not bring any baseballs with them. We will be providing indoor-approved practice baseballs.

Evaluations are just that - an evaluation. This is not tryouts; no players will be cut or fail to be placed on a team. This is the coaches' opportunity to gauge skill levels entering the season and to aid the league in forming teams that are as fair and competitive as possible. These evaluations include baserunning, fielding groundballs, catching balls from various angles (popups, flies, soft line drives), throwing, and batting. For those Majors players interested, we will also evaluate pitching.

The 2025 Spring season of Cal Ripken Baseball and Babe Ruth Softball is just around the corner. Registrations open on February 14, 2025, for this season. 

Click on the Registration button in the menu bar of our website www.kcrbl.com to register your children for participation and/or yourselves for coaching/volunteering.

KCRBL has two registration windows now: Early and Late. Early Registration has the established fees everyone knows that have not changed in many years, and has essentially the same deadlines of past years. Late Registration has higher fees to incentivize registering within the Early window and to offset the extra effort and accounting required to accommodate players registering after the initial window.

Registration is open to all youth of the appropriate ages within our league boundary of Brookfield*, Effingham, New Durham*, Ossipee, Tuftonboro*, and Wolfeboro*.  *Towns included in our Softball program.

The Early Registration fees are as follows, which again are the same fees from the past many years.

All levels of softball (8u, 10u, 12u) are $75.
Baseball registration is $90 for Majors (ages 11-12) and Minors (ages 9-10), and $50 for Rookies (ages 7-8) and T-Ball (ages 4-6). Junior Babe Ruth (ages 13-16) is $150.
Ages are based on “league age.” “League age” is defined by Babe Ruth League Inc as the player’s age as of May 1, 2025, for baseball, and as of December 31, 2024, for softball. 

Deadlines to register within the Early Registration window are: Majors/Minors/Rookie Baseball on Friday, March 14; Softball on Friday, March 14; T-Ball on Friday, March 28; and Junior Babe Ruth Baseball on Friday, April 18.

Late Registration fees and the registration window dates are as follows:

All levels of softball (8u, 10u, 12u) are $100 from Saturday, March 15 through Friday, March 28.
Baseball registration is $125 for Majors (ages 11-12) and Minors (ages 9-10), and $60 for Rookies (ages 7-8) and T-Ball (ages 4-6) from Saturday, March 15 through Friday, April 18. Junior Babe Ruth Baseball (ages 13-16) is $200 from Saturday, April 19 through Friday, May 1. No registrations will be accepted at any level after the Late Registration window.

Babe Ruth League Inc increased the age range to include age 16 at the Junior Babe Ruth level in 2024. Our Jr Babe Ruth league boundary includes Alton, Alton Bay, Brookfield, Effingham, Middleton, New Durham, Ossipee, Tuftonboro, and Wolfeboro. Our Junior Babe Ruth program has had great success the past few years, and we hope to continue and build upon that in 2025. 

KCRBL accepts all major credit cards for payment through our online registration system. www.kcrbl.com 

If money is an issue and is holding you back from signing your child up for KCRBL, we encourage you to apply for a sports scholarship and even equipment assistance through The Nick's Youth Assistance Scholarship Program or Ossipee Children's Fund.

The Nick, a long-time partner of KCRBL, is proud to be able to award upward of 50 scholarships annually and is committed to ensuring all children in our community have the opportunity to play organized sports. Scholarship applications and more details can be found at www.thnick.org/yap. 

The Ossipee Children's Fund provides tuition assistance for many programs, including  recreation, for eligible children living in the KCRBL towns of Effingham and Ossipee. The organization was established on the premise that children of working parents or parents seeking employment should be assured a secure environment in which to learn, socialize, and play. Scholarship applications and more details can be found at https://www.ocfnh.org/ .

When seeking financial assistance, you will not be able to complete the registration on kcrbl.com right away. Notify KCRBL that you’ve applied for scholarship, and then email us a copy of the YAP or OCF certificate upon receipt. At that time, KCRBL will issue a “scholarship code” to apply to your registration during checkout.

Keep visiting the KCRBL website and Facebook page to get the latest news and information, from evaluations to tournament teams and more! Check our FAQ page for answers to common questions, too.

Spread the word that registration is open NOW!

Kingswood Cal Ripken (KCRBL) has joined Farmington 500 Boys Club to form an interleague fall baseball experience that offers our players, who were in Minors or Majors this past spring or those who will be in those levels next spring, an opportunity to continue to develop their baseball skills and experience. 

You can register your youth athlete on our website for fall baseball TODAY. You will see the two levels to which players can be registered - Majors (12u) and Minors (10u). The registration is $70 per player, which covers shirts, hats, umps for home game days, insurance, and game balls. We anticipate forming one team of 11-15 players per level. If a level has enough signups for two teams, we will consider entering two teams. There are no cuts, tryouts, or evaluations.  

Games will be mostly on Saturdays, with times varying. Teams play one or two games. The committed participating leagues are Kingswood, Farmington 500, Belmont, and Wakefield. Another league or two may still commit. 

Teams can practice at The Nick. The typical fall baseball schedule is one practice per week (though coaches/teams can schedule more), whichever afternoon/evening works best for the team, and a game or doubleheader on Saturdays.

The game season will run September 7, 2024, to October 26, 2024. Once we have confirmed number of teams/leagues, the game schedule will be developed.

The athletes are able to play by what their league age was in Spring 2024 or bump up to the level they will play in Spring 2025. Each weekend a different town/organization will host games. The hosting town is responsible for umpires, baseballs, and field setup on their weekends only. Right now, with current league commitments, Kingswood would host two weekends and travel to other hosts the other weekends. 

Practices may begin the week of August 5. 

Register NOW at this link:

https://www.kcrbl.com/page/show/7577985-registration

After playing past the Cubs in the semifinal last week, the Giants culminated their playoff run with an upset 9-4 win over the #1 seed Red Sox for the team's  third straight KCRBL Majors title. 

Giants' starting pitcher Colton Balser went the distance on the bump for the Giants, leading the team playing their best ball of the season when it mattered most. 

The Red Sox had a tremendous regular season and easily earned the #1 seed with good pitching and great hitting. But they came up short on Tuesday in trying to end the Giants' title run. Nonetheless, the Red Sox players should be proud of their development and play this season.