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Richland National Little League launches inaugural softball season and warns fields are at capacity
Summary
Eric Christensen, vice president of softball with Richland National Little League, told the Parks and Recreation Commission July 9 that the league’s recreational baseball program remains large (about 375 players) and that 2025 marked the league’s first Little League softball season (96 players); presenters said limited field capacity in Richland is constraining growth.
Eric Christensen, vice president of softball for Richland National Little League, told the Parks and Recreation Commission on July 9 that the league’s recreational baseball program remains large and that 2025 marked an inaugural Little League softball season for the organization.
Christensen said baseball enrollment this year was about 375 players across roughly 30 teams (down from about 400 last year) and that softball fielded 96 players on eight teams. “Our boys are playing, or boys and girls are playing baseball at Clay Bell Park and Badger Mountain Community Park,” he said, and added that softball home games were primarily at Horn Rapids Athletic Complex this season.
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