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Armstrong Cooper Girls Fastpitch Association

Game Days
  • 8U: Saturdays
  • 10U: Saturdays
  • 12U: Sundays
  • 14U: Sundays
  • High School (16/18U): Sundays

Season Dates
  • July 7: Registration Opens
  • Aug 1: Registration Closes
  • Aug 4: 10U & 12U Evaluations
  • Aug 5: 8U, 14U & HS Evaluations
  • Aug 11: Teams Announced
  • Aug 12: Practices Begin
  • Aug 23-24: Fall Ball Week 1
  • Sep 6-7: Fall Ball Week 2
  • Sep 13-14: Fall Ball Week 3
  • Sep 20-21: Fall Ball Week 4
  • Sep 27-28: Fall Ball State

Fall Ball

Fall Travel season follows the summer season and runs from August to September. This is a great opportunity for new and current players to grow and develop their fastpitch skills. Players will move to the age level that they will play during the next summer (i.e. an 8U summer player could move up to 10U fall based on her birth year).

The goal of the program is to allow for as much participation as possible. We intend to build teams that are appropriately sized (11-13 players) to allow for skill development while maintaining a competitive level of play. If there are not a sufficient number of players, specifically pitchers and catchers, a team may not be formed and player cuts might be necessary. For the fall season, players who successfully completed the ACGFA summer season and are registered on time will have priority in team placement.

Teams have 1-2 practices per week starting in August and play games on Saturdays or Sundays (see Game Days chart). Games are double header, 65-minute games (no new inning will start after 65 minutes) although teams will be allowed to complete their last inning. Typically games are at grouped for 12:00 & 1:30 PM and 3:00 & 4:30 PM. Note: Travel to games may require 30-60 minutes of travel to the field.

Cost: 10U-18U = $160, 8U = $60 (includes shirt, practices, league fees and state tournament).
Required Equipment: Glove, bat, softball pants (preferably red), batting helmet with mask.

Age Divisions:
USA Softball has changed the age eligibility rules for the 2024 season and beyond. Age divisions now use birthday ranges from 9/1 through 8/31. See the chart below as well as MN Softball's Age Calculator for more information.

Start DOB End DOB Age Division
9/1/2005 TO 8/31/2006 18 HS
(16U/18U)
9/1/2006 TO 8/31/2007 17
9/1/2007 TO 8/31/2008 16
9/1/2008 TO 8/31/2009 15
9/1/2009 TO 8/31/2010 14 14U
9/1/2010 TO 8/31/2011 13
9/1/2011 TO 8/31/2012 12 12U
9/1/2012 TO 8/31/2013 11
9/1/2013 TO 8/31/2014 10 10U
9/1/2014 TO 8/31/2015 9
9/1/2015 TO 8/31/2016 8 8U
9/1/2016 TO 8/31/2017 7
9/1/2017 TO 8/31/2018 6

Players have the option to try out to "play up" in the next age division. If interested, email [email protected] to let us know. Note: an additional evaluation fee is required. See the Playing Up portion of our Policies and Procedures document for full information.

Pre-Season Evaluation Clinics

Players are highly encouraged to participate in the team formation clinics posted below. We will leverage results from these assessments along with summer Coaches Player Evaluations to form teams. See our team formation policy for more information.

Player team formation clinics will take place at New Hope Learning Center #1 (where the Cooper varsity team plays) on the following date(s) depending on age group:


August 4th
  • 10U: 5:30 - 7:00 PM
  • 12U: 7:00 - 8:30 PM

August 5th
  • 8U: 5:30 - 6:30 PM (JV field)
  • 14U: 5:30 - 7:00 PM
  • HS: 7:00 - 8:30 PM

 

Fundraising:

Each family is expected to participate in a fundraising event. A $100 fundraising deposit check will be collected prior to receiving your uniform. The check will be returned to you if the fundraising commitment is met.

 


Field Status

Closed Closed

Armstrong High School (04:57 PM | 12/11/24)

Closed Closed

New Hope Learning Center (04:57 PM | 12/11/24)

Closed Closed

Lee Park (08:31 AM | 08/16/22)

Closed Closed

Manor Park (12:07 PM | 11/06/22)

Closed Closed

Robbinsdale Middle School (12:07 PM | 11/06/22)

Closed Closed

Sanborn Park (04:57 PM | 12/11/24)

Closed Closed

Spanjers Park (04:57 PM | 12/11/24)

Closed Closed

Sunnyside Park (12:07 PM | 11/06/22)

Closed Closed

Begin Park (08:31 AM | 08/16/22)

Closed Closed

Medley Park (08:31 AM | 08/16/22)

Closed Closed

Northwood Park (04:57 PM | 12/11/24)

Closed Closed

Plymouth Community Playfields (06:04 PM | 12/11/24)