EVENT DETAILS

League Description

CBL of Iowa General information                      

The CBL is a league designed for competitive tournament baseball teams.

The CBL will be held at Fareway Fields (Norwalk), Holiday Park (West Des Moines), and Triumph Park (Waukee).

The CBL will be sanctioned by Iowa USSSA Baseball.

The CBL will be officiated by Iowa USSSA baseball umpires.

League Structure

All teams playing CBL will be provided 10 games (no season ending tournament)

League play will be divided by division. Combinations of A/AA and/or AAA/Major for example may occur based on numbers of teams per division registered.

Teams will earn 200 USSSA points for participating in the league.

Game length will be as follows:

• 7U – 1 hour 15 minutes
• 8U – 1 hour 30 minutes
• 9U-14U – 1 hour 40 minutes

Umpires

• 7U-10U – one umpire
• 11U-14U – two umpires

Cost‍

League Fee:

11U-14U – $1595 + tax + online processing fee

7U-10U – $1375 + tax + online processing fee

Game Schedule

Games will be scheduled at the mandatory scheduling meeting. Date is March 9, 2025. The scheduling meeting will be completed via Microsoft Teams Meetings Call.

Games played Monday through Friday.

League play begins the week of March 25th and end the week of June 10th weather permitting.

Weeknight League play game times are 5:40pm, 7:00pm (7U and 8U), 7:20pm (7U and 8U) and 7:30pm.

USSSA

Current Iowa USSSA rules will be followed.  All teams must be registered with USSSA.

Teams will earn 200 USSSA points for participating in the league.

Miscellaneous

Registration Deadline is February 16, 2025.

Each team is responsible for bringing 2 game balls to each game.  Game balls must be non or slightly used regulation leather baseballs.  Teams may retain the balls at the conclusion of each game

Each site is responsible for its own communication (rainout etc.).

$590 - $1750

Entry deadline:  February 16, 2025

2025 CBL Scheduling Meeting

Date: March 9, 2025

Where: Microsoft Teams Meeting Online

How it works:

1. Teams will be selected in random order to pick the game time and location that they want to play. After going through the order, the next round will be in reverse order. There will be 5 rounds of location selection.
2. Match ups will be predetermined using a random scheduling software program and be presented to the coaches.
3. Each team will choose 5 game times of their choice (one at a time) and the opponent will be already listed based on the predetermined match ups.
4. Game slots will be presented to all coaches and only the number of games a division needs will be available.
5. For example: Team #1 will have first pick. That coach will then choose the location and time and the matchup associated with that team will be placed into that slot as well.