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Manteno baseball league reports mixed registration, asks board to note field needs
Summary
League president Jonathan Majorski told the board registration rose about 30% through 2024 to roughly 418 participants, then dipped about 70 players in 2025; the league offered a $25 early-registration discount that produced ~160 early sign-ups and an estimated short-term revenue loss of about $30,000 while enabling outreach to younger players.
Jonathan Majorski, president of the Manteno baseball and softball league, gave the board an annual update on registration, program changes and field needs.
Majorski said registration increased roughly 30% through 2024 to about 418 participants but declined by about 70 players in 2025, primarily because several travel teams went full-time and because T-ball registrations fell. "We had about 418 participants, which was phenomenal," he said. To drive earlier sign-ups, the league offered a $25 discount for the first two weeks of registration; Majorski said the early promotion yielded about 160 early registrants but likely reduced short-term revenue by roughly $30,000.
He outlined recruitment work — flyers distributed via elementary schools and daycares and a push on platforms such as Instagram and X — and said the league increased the number of Raptor (part-time travel) teams from eight to ten while full-time travel teams decreased. Majorski described capital improvements completed with village help (netting, a new scoreboard, a repaired field and new fence) and said the league purchased a second utility vehicle to support field maintenance.
On capital needs, Majorski said the league had discussed installing lights on Field 3 but that a prior estimate was about $222,000 and that lights were not likely in the current fiscal year given a village budget deficit. The league also expects prior commitments to replace cinder-block dugouts because of maintenance and wildlife concerns. Majorski said scholarships are available on request for families in need and that the league does not broadly advertise the program.
Board members thanked the league for its partnership and asked staff and trustees to note the budget and timing implications for any request that would require village funding.
