Kenton County Parks & Recreation offers recreational softball in two leagues for adults:
- Monday Men’s Church/Recreational League with 2 Divisions: A (up to 6 teams) & B (up to 6 teams)
- Friday Co-Ed League with 2 Divisions: A (up to 6 teams) & B (up to 6 teams)
Teams will play a round-robin format in each league/division with a single-elimination tournament. Each team may have as many as 20 players on a roster during the regular season.
KCP&R Adult Softball will run June 15 through Fall on Mondays and Fridays.
Key dates to know:
- Registration Deadline: Monday, June 1
- Manager's Meeting: Monday, June 1
- Season Begins: Monday Men's Church: June 15; Friday Co-Ed: June 19
- The season is scheduled to end no later than September 25. This includes regular season and tournament games.
- No Games: Independence Day (July 3 & 6) or Labor Day (September 4 & 7)
Manager's Meeting:
A manager's meeting is held on Monday, June 1, at 7:00 pm in the Kenton County Public Works Administration office building, 420 Independence Station Rd., Independence, KY 41051 (in Lincoln Ridge Park). Managers must register ahead of the meeting. Register online by visiting CivicRec.
Registering your team:
For a tax-exempt entity, you must email a Sales Tax Certificate to Rhonda Ritzi PRIOR to registering your team and paying fees. Register online by visiting CivicRec.
Fees
Fees include league administration by KCP&R, regular season round-robin play, a single-elimination tournament, and one dozen U.S.S.S.A.-approved softballs. Additional softballs will be available at $50 per dozen. Fees for the season plus a single-elimination tournament per team will be $250.00 plus $15.00 tax totaling $265.00. For a tax-exempt entity, a Sales Tax Certificate must be received to have the tax waived.
Umpire fees are $15 per team, per game, and are NOT included in your league fee. Each team will pay the umpire directly before each game.
Games
There will be two games on fields each night during the regular season in a round-robin season for each league/division with a single-elimination tournament. Random pairings will rotate the schedule so that teams will play approximately the same number of games on each field and approximately half early (6:15 pm) and half late (7:30 pm).
When & Where
- Games will be played at Lincoln Ridge, Pioneer, and Middleton-Mills parks and will begin promptly at 6:15 pm and 7:30 pm.
- There will be no games on Independence Day or Labor Day.
- Single-elimination tournaments for both Men’s leagues and for the Co-Ed league will be played on Mondays and Fridays, respectively, at the end of the season. KCP&R will provide softballs during tournaments and you will continue to pay the umpire for each game as you advance in the tournament.
Rules
We play under U.S.S.S.A. rules as well as KCP&R league rules.
For a full list of rules, please review the Kenton County Parks & Recreation- Recreational Slow Pitch Softball Leagues Rules document.
Weather-related postponements
Up to one game postponed due to the weather or weather-related field conditions will be rescheduled at the end of the regular season.
For Field Conditions: Statusfy's telephone number is (859) 544-1700. You may now also check the status of a field on our website, or download the Statusfy app on your smartphone and search for “Kenton County Parks & Recreation”.