Listed below you will find all of the important dates & deadlines for the SCGSL 2026 summer season, as well as fees, etc.

We can always be reached via email at:  southcentralgirlssoftball@gmail.com if you have additional questions or need additional information.

Important Dates:

• Rules Meeting (via Zoom):   March 4th at 6 p.m. (link to go out the week of).  
• Team Registration:
• - Opens:  Monday, March 9th
  - Closes:  Wednesday, April 2nd
• Rosters due:  Friday, April 24th
• Division Release:  Wednesday, April 29th
• Coach Registration due:  Thursday, April 30th
• Games entered into SE:  Wednesday, May 13th
• All Games Completed by: Tuesday, July 21st
• Championship Night:  Tuesday, July 28th (rain date Wed., July 29th)

2026 Fees

• Team fees remain at $100 per team.
• Coach Registration Late Fee:  $25
• Rosters Late Fee (after April 22nd):  $20 late fee per team.  
• Roster changes after April 29th are an additional $10 per change.
• No changes may be made after May 18th. 
• All late fees will be billed through SportsEngine.

All communities particapating in the South Central Girls Softball League are required to provide proof of  insurance in order to play.  Communities must submit an updated insurance certificate at the beginning of each season. 

This insurance certificate should show the following:

• Proof of liability insurance ($2,000,000 aggregate/$1,000.000 limit each occurrence). 
   
• We ask that you contact your insurance company and add South Central Girls Softball League as an additional insured on the policy and send a copy of the certificate to us via email.  If you need our mailing address, please reach out via email.
   
• We will need each community to submit proof of insurance before any of the teams in your community are allowed to schedule games - we will hold up the division release in order to ensure everyone is covered properly.   Deadline to submit proof of insurance is April 10th.

• Once you have added SCGSL to your policy as an insured please email us a copy of the certificate of coverage.  Again, this needs to be done before teams are allowed to schedule games, which can hold up a lot of teams.   Deadline to submit proof of insurance is April 10th.

Communities without their own liability insurance will be required to register through USA Softball and provide proof to SCGSL before scheduling games (copies of the player cards).  We will not release the divisions to any communities if we are waiting on proof insurance of any registered, participating community.

As stated at the end of the 2023 season, SCGSL moved to the new USA Softball age rule and will be forgoing the age waivers we had set up in the past.

Please use the below USA Softball age calculator if you are unsure which age division a player should be in.

Thank you to Dicks Sporting Goods for their continued sponsorship of the SCGSL!!!

Shop Event:  The 20% DSG Shop Event will be held April 17th thru April 20th at the Madison West, Madison East and Janesville locations. 

Coupon Booklet:  The new 2026 coupon booklet - that will feature coupons good through Dec. 31, 2026 and will be available here towards the beginning of April.

Any coach new to coaching in their community or new to coaching a SCGSL team within their community needs to fill out the Coach Registration Form.  

All coaches who have coached a SCGSL team within their community are already in our system.

The South Central Girls Softball League was established in 1998. The purpose of our league is to promote competitive softball in support of local high school programs, therefore Teams are made up of players from the same school district. We will consider exceptions on a case-by-case basis if the player has no other SCGCSL or other traveling team opportunities. Those decisions are made each year by our Board of Directors.

The South Central Girls Softball League provides a structured league for teams to play in, but we are not involved in the formation of teams themselves other than the registration of the teams in the league, outlining the rules each team will play by, and recording schedules (as determined by the coaches) & standings on the website. Anyone interested in playing in the league should contact the coordinators in their local communities for that information.

We sponsor four age groups: U10, U12, U14 and High School (U16/U18). The teams in our softball league are registered as Class B (community based) by the Amateur Softball Association (ASA). League fees include your ASA registration, insurance for each player & coach and one dozen game balls.

New teams are always welcome! If you are interested in joining our league we encourage you to contact us with your questions