18U

Directors

Welcome to the Lacombe Minor Baseball Association (LMBA) 18U homepage.  The LMBA has a strong history of providing baseball opportunities for athletes, coaches, umpires, and parents, and looks forward to another successful season.

Annual General Meeting / AGM Attendance Discount / Online Registration

The LMBA is hosting their 2024 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday, January 15th, at 7:00 pm at the Lacombe Memorial Center (LMC).  Everyone in attendance will receive a $25.00 discount off of their child's registration fee if they are registered within a week following the AGM.  Online registrations will not open until after the AGM on January 16^th.  Please click on the following link to access detailed registration information for the upcoming season: Registration Information

Policies and Guidelines Handbook

The LMBA Executive has established a Policies and Guidelines Handbook to assist the current and future Executive along with its members (players, parents, guardians) with direction in regards to refunds, imports, underage and overage requests, roster size, roster selection, player transfer requests and consistency in uniforms/apparel. The handbook can be accessed by clicking HERE.

Registration Deadlines 18U

The registration deadline for Competitive AA is February 15, 2024

The registration deadline for Community A is March 15, 2024

Player Evaluations and Tryouts

18U A - TBD, Tentatively week of March 20, 2024

18U AA - TBD starting the week of February 12th (some travel required)

Ages

Players born in 2006, 2007 & 2008

Player Registration Fee

Community A:  $325.00 ($300.00 with the $25.00 AGM Attendance Discount) Includes Individual/Team Photo Package

Competitive AA:  $405.00 + $45.00 Tryout Fee ($380.00 with the $25.00 AGM Attendance Discount) Includes Individual/Team Photo Package

Additional Fees

There will be additional expenses with Competitive AA teams that are not included in the player's registration and tryout fee.  These will be for expenses such as umpires, tournament entry fees, exhibition games, game balls, etc.  The additional fee can range from $100.00 - $400.00 per player depending on the extent of the additional expenses.  To minimize these additional fees per player, most teams will organize a fundraiser(s) or obtain sponsors.

If a Community A team decides to enter a tournament, play exhibition games, or enter A provincials there will be additional expenses.  To minimize these additional fees per player, most teams will organize a fundraiser(s) or obtain sponsors. 

Register a Player

Click HERE to register a player in the upcoming season (available after the Annual General Meeting).

Competitive AA Team

Competitive teams are usually determined around the middle to end of March.  If there are enough players registered, there will be a tryout process starting around the middle of March.  Players that do not make the Competitive AA team are encouraged to play for a Community A team. 

Depending on weather and indoor facility availability the season starts with 2 - 3 practices per week around the start to middle of April.  The Competitive AA league utilizes a 3 round seeding / tiering format with teams playing in a Regional format in May, a North / South Divisional format in June, and a Provincial Tiering format in July.   Each round of seeding / tiering historically involves 2 weekends per month (May, June, and July) with teams playing 2 - 4 games per weekend.

Practices and exhibition games take place during the week, with practices historically taking place on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Teams may also decide to enter tournaments or play exhibition games on weekends that are not scheduled seeding / tiering weekends, but this is determined by each team and diamond availability.

For more information about the Competitive AA seeding / tiering weekends (calendar) and the league in general, please visit the following links located on the Baseball Alberta website:

Calendar:  https://cloud.rampinteractive.com/baseballabertav3/files/2022%20League%20Calendar.pdf 

Information:  http://www.baseballalberta.com/category/5/Baseball-Alberta-AA-Division-Home

Home games and practices take place at Michener Park which is located on the west end of Lacombe, just off of Highway 12.

Community A Team

Community teams are usually determined around the middle of April.  If there are enough players registered for more than 1 team to be formed, there will be skill evaluation dates set up in the middle of April to divide the players up and create equal teams.

Community teams play in the Central Alberta Baseball League (CABL).  Historically, teams practice/play games during the week on Mondays and Wednesdays.  At the Community A level, there are no league games scheduled on weekends, however, some teams do choose to enter tournaments. 

Depending on weather and indoor facility availability the season usually consists of 2 practices per week around the middle to end of April.  The first few weeks in May usually consist of 1 game and 1 practice with a transition to having 2 games per week from the middle of May to the end of June.  Aside from the 2 games per week for most of the season, teams may decide to practice an additional day per week, but this is determined by each team and diamond availability.

Community A teams can choose to participate in a Provincial Tournament as well. Contact Baseball Alberta for more information.

Home games and practices take place at Michener Park which is located on the west end of Lacombe, just off of Highway 12.

For more information about the Community A CABL, please visit the following link located on the Baseball Alberta website:  http://www.baseballalberta.com/category/10/CABL-Home-Page

Additional Information

For further information about this division, please contact the Division Director which is listed on each division homepage.  If a Director is not listed please email lacombedodgers@gmail.com for further information.