North State League Redding · 10-11U Baseball

Fall 2026Tuesday Night Baseball

A 10-11U league on Tuesday nights in Redding. One game a week under the lights, and a new pitcher on the mound every inning.

Redding, CaliforniaFall 2026
North State League crest
Night
TuesdaysFirst pitch 6:30 PM
Where
ReddingFields post with the schedule
Season
Sep – NovEnds with a championship
Division
10-11UAge as of Mar 1, 2026. Born on or after Mar 2, 2015.
Enter a team Five teams in. The field is set.

What this is

One night a week, all fall

The North State League is a fall season for 10U and 11U teams from Mt. Shasta to Chico. Two games go every Tuesday night in Redding, one at each site, September through November, ending with a championship on the last Tuesday of the season. Five teams means one team is on a bye each week.

It is built to sit alongside tournament ball, not compete with it. Nobody gives up a weekend, and no coach burns an arm he needs on Saturday. Your kids get a full season of real games against real competition and are still home before nine on a school night.

One game a night Six innings Six arms
1First pitch
2New arm
3New arm
4New arm
5Lights on
6Last call

The house rule

A new pitcher every inning

It is the one rule that makes a Tuesday night worth driving to. Six innings, six arms, and every kid on the roster who wants the baseball gets it.

One inning does not touch a kid's availability on Saturday, so no coach has to choose between this and his weekend rotation. Pull a pitcher whenever you want, as often as you want. Anyone who takes the mound has used his turn, even if he faced one batter, and he does not go again until every player on that day's game roster has pitched. Eleven on the roster means eleven arms before anybody repeats, so a change costs you.

The league

Real baseball, built for ten and eleven year olds

01
The game
Six innings or an hour forty five, whichever comes first. NFHS rules underneath, so leadoffs, steals, balks, and dropped third strike are all live. 65 foot bases, 46 foot mound.
02
Who plays
Any 10U or 11U team from Mt. Shasta to Chico. If your team plays 10U in Redding and Medford and 11U in Chico, this is your division. Travel, all star, or independent. No sanctioning body required.
03
The night
One game, one night, under the lights. Same night and same first pitch every week, so nobody is chasing a schedule around the North State on a school night.
04
The finish
Nine Tuesdays of regular season set the seeds. One plays four and two plays three in the semifinals, then the two winners meet on the last Tuesday for the championship. Banner goes home with somebody.

The season

Eleven Tuesdays

Opening night is Tuesday, September 1. Nine Tuesdays of regular season set the seeds. The top four meet in the semifinals on November 3, and the championship is the last Tuesday of the season, November 10.

Sep
1
Opening night
Sep
8
Week 2
Sep
15
Week 3
Sep
22
Week 4
Sep
29
Week 5
Oct
6
Week 6
Oct
13
Week 7
Oct
20
Week 8
Oct
27
Week 9
Nov
3
Semifinals
Nov
10
Championship
Every TuesdayFirst pitch at 6:30 PM. One game a week, no doubleheaders, no league makeups.
Two sitesRedding Sports Park, formerly Big League Dreams, and Cottonwood Little League. One game at each every Tuesday.
The finishOne seed plays four and two plays three on November 3. The two winners meet for the championship on November 10.
Week by week Home team underlined · First pitch 6:30
Week Redding Sports Park Cottonwood LL Bye
1Sep 1 Summit (Gold) at Shasta Stingers Rage at Cottonwood Crush Summit (Green)
2Sep 8 Summit (Gold) at Rage Summit (Green) at Shasta Stingers Cottonwood Crush
3Sep 15 Cottonwood Crush at Summit (Green) Shasta Stingers at Summit (Gold) Rage
4Sep 22 Shasta Stingers at Rage Summit (Gold) at Cottonwood Crush Summit (Green)
5Sep 29 Summit (Green) at Summit (Gold) Rage at Shasta Stingers Cottonwood Crush
6Oct 6 Rage at Summit (Gold) Summit (Green) at Cottonwood Crush Shasta Stingers
7Oct 13 Cottonwood Crush at Shasta Stingers Rage at Summit (Green) Summit (Gold)
8Oct 20 Shasta Stingers at Summit (Green) Cottonwood Crush at Summit (Gold) Rage
9Oct 27 Cottonwood Crush at Rage Summit (Gold) at Summit (Green) Shasta Stingers
SFNov 3 1 seed vs 4 seed  ·  2 seed vs 3 seed 5 seed
FNov 10 Championship  ·  the two semifinal winners
Home team

The home team has the field ready before first pitch: mound moved and set, lines chalked. The home team also confirms the umpire for its game, and lines one up if nobody is booked. Get there early enough to do it.

How it landsRegular season only
Cottonwood Crush7 games · 2 byes · 3 home, 4 away
Rage7 games · 2 byes · 3 home, 4 away
Summit (Gold)8 games · 1 bye · 4 home, 4 away
Summit (Green)7 games · 2 byes · 4 home, 3 away
Shasta Stingers7 games · 2 byes · 4 home, 3 away

The teams

Five in, field set

Cottonwood Crush, Summit (Gold), Summit (Green), Rage, and Shasta Stingers are in for the fall. That is the field, and the schedule is going to print.

Cottonwood Crush Cottonwood Crush In for the fall Summit (Gold) Summit (Gold) In for the fall Summit (Green) Summit (Green) In for the fall Rage Rage In for the fall Shasta Stingers Shasta Stingers In for the fall
Standings Preseason · first pitch September 1
Team W L T
Cottonwood Crush 0 0 0
Summit (Gold) 0 0 0
Summit (Green) 0 0 0
Rage 0 0 0
Shasta Stingers 0 0 0

Nobody has played yet. Every record here comes off the home coach's book, posted to the group text before he leaves the field.

The rules

How a Tuesday actually works

Real baseball underneath, with a handful of changes that make a weeknight game worth driving to. NFHS rules govern anything not listed here, which is the book your umpires already carry.

The game

  • LengthSix innings or one hour forty five minutes, whichever comes first. An inning in progress when time expires is finished.
  • The field65 foot bases, 46 foot mound. Leadoffs, steals, balks, and dropped third strike are all live.
  • Age10-11U. Age divisions are based on a player's age as of March 1, 2026. That is the same date Medford and 6-4-3 Athletics in Redding use, so a roster that is legal there is legal here. A player cannot turn 11 prior to or on March 1, 2026, so every player is born on or after March 2, 2015.
  • RosterTurn in your roster with dates of birth before opening night and put everybody on it, including your practice players. Anybody on the roster is eligible all season. If you pick a player up during the season you can add him, just tell us first so he can sign the waiver before he takes the field. This is a fun league and we would rather your kid plays than sits on a technicality. The only hard part is the paperwork: a player who has not been added and signed does not play. Roster and release form.
  • UmpiresThe league books and pays the umpire for every game. One man behind the plate, and he has the field.
  • TiesA regular season game that ends level is a tie. It counts as a half win and a half loss in the standings. The semifinals and the championship do not end tied. You play tiebreaker innings, and the last batter to complete an at bat starts on second with one out.
  • SeedingWinning percentage, then head to head, then fewest runs allowed, then a coin flip.
  • MercyFifteen runs after four innings. That is the only mercy rule, so a team that is down early gets to keep hitting.
  • LineupDeclared at the plate conference and used the whole game. The card lists at least nine players to start.
  • Courtesy runnersPitcher and catcher only, and it must be the last complete batter.
  • EquipmentAny baseball bat, USSSA, USA, BBCOR, or wood. Barrel no wider than 2 3/4 inches. Batting helmets on every batter, every baserunner, and the on deck batter. Catcher helmets NOCSAE certified with full ear protection. No metal cleats.
  • On deckOne batter on deck at a time and he stays in the on deck circle. Nobody else swings a bat anywhere, at any time. Same as Medford and Redding.
  • The bookHome team keeps the official scorebook. If neither team keeps one, the umpire's card is the game.

The house rules

  • A new pitcher every inningTaking the mound burns you for that game. It does not matter whether you faced ten batters or one, you are used, and you do not pitch again until every single player on your game roster that day has pitched to at least one batter. Put eleven on the roster and all eleven throw before anybody comes back out. Put nine on it and it is nine. Pull your struggling starter in the first and both of them are burned, that half inning still counts as one inning, and neither can return until the whole roster has been through. Once everybody has pitched, the count starts over and you can send any of them back out, one inning at a time, same rule again. The count runs inside one game and starts fresh every Tuesday.
  • Pull him whenever you wantChange pitchers as many times in an inning as you need to, but once an at bat starts the pitcher finishes it. Injury is the only exception. Anyone who takes the mound has used his turn even if he faced one batter, so a change costs you an arm.
  • If no umpire showsThe game is still played and it still counts. The coach whose team is in the field calls balls and strikes from behind the mound, so every hitter is called by the other team's coach and both sides get the same deal all night. Base calls go to the closest coach and a tie goes to the runner. Whoever is calling the pitch has the final say on it, same as a paid umpire, and it is not arguable and not protestable.
  • One balk warningEvery pitcher gets one warning before a balk is enforced. Some of these kids are throwing their first inning ever. They should learn the rule, not lose a game to it.
  • Continuous batting orderEverybody hits, any nine play defense, free defensive substitution. This is a development night.
  • No league makeupsThe schedule is published before the season and played as printed. The league does not run makeups, but if two coaches can find a night and a field on their own, play it and post the score. A team that cannot field nine takes the loss, 7 to 0. If the fields close for weather or smoke, the night is off for everyone.
  • 9U plays upEvery 9U player is age legal here, so 9U teams are welcome to enter as they are. Same rules, same field, no adjustments.
  • One group textHead coaches only. Schedule changes, weather calls, and everything else runs through a single thread, so nobody is chasing information.
  • Home team reportsThe home coach keeps the official book and sends the final to the group after the game. That result is the record, so post it before you leave the field.

Everything else

Anything not covered here goes to the two head coaches on the field. If they cannot settle it, play it under NFHS and sort it out before next Tuesday. Only a head coach can raise a protest, and nobody is protesting a Tuesday night in September.

Questions

Before you ask

Do we have to be a travel team?

No. Any 10U or 11U team can enter. All star teams, rec teams playing up, and teams that formed last month are all welcome. A new pitcher every inning flattens the talent gap more than you would expect.

Will this hurt us on the weekend?

That is the problem the whole league is built around. One inning per pitcher, and a coach who can pull anybody the moment he does not like what he sees. Your rotation is untouched Saturday morning.

Where are the games?

Redding, every Tuesday, at two sites. Redding Sports Park, formerly Big League Dreams, and Cottonwood Little League. Two games go every Tuesday night, one at each, and the week by week schedule above shows which site your team is at and who is home. Nothing to guess at, it is all set before opening night.

What if we only have four kids who can pitch?

Then you have four who have pitched before and a couple who are about to. Six innings means six different arms, and everybody on your game roster that night has to throw before anybody throws a second inning. That is the whole league in one rule. Somebody on your bench finds out he can pitch, and by November you do not have four arms anymore.

Does the pitcher count carry over between games?

No. It runs inside one game and starts fresh the next Tuesday. Six innings, then the slate is clean.

Inside the game it is your whole roster for that night, not a fixed number. Anybody who takes the mound is used even if he faced one batter, so pulling your starter in the first burns two arms in the first inning and that half inning still only counts as one. Neither of them can come back until everyone else on the card has pitched. Get all the way through the roster and the count resets, and anybody can come back out for one inning, same as the first time around.

What if no umpire shows up?

The league books and pays an umpire for every game, and that is who works it. On the rare night nobody turns up, the game is still played and it still counts. The coach whose team is in the field calls balls and strikes from behind the mound. That is the fair version of it: neither coach ever calls his own hitters, every hitter on both teams is called by the other team's coach, and if you squeeze a kid in the second you will be standing out there for his teammate in the third. Base calls go to the closest coach and a tie goes to the runner. Whoever is calling the pitch has the final say on it, and nobody argues a call in a game he is helping umpire.

We are a 9U team. Can we play up?

Yes, and you should. Every 9U player is age legal for this division, so nothing changes on paper. Two things to know: the bases are 65 feet, which is longer than some 9U fields, and you will lose some games in September. By November your kids will have seen better arms every week than a 9U season would show them all year.

What if a night gets rained or smoked out?

If the fields close, the night is off for everyone. That is different from a team not showing up, which is a loss. The league does not run makeups, so a cancelled night comes off the season. If the two coaches can figure out another night and a field on their own, play it and text the group the result. It counts.

We have a conflict on one of the Tuesdays.

Tell us when you enter and we will build around it where we can. Once the schedule posts the league does not move it. If you and the other coach can work out another night and a field between you, go ahead and play it. A team that simply cannot field nine takes the loss.

How does the championship work?

Nine Tuesdays of regular season set the seeds. On November 3 the one seed plays the four and the two plays the three, both games at the same time. The winners meet the following Tuesday, November 10, for the championship. No extra weekend, no travel, same night as every other game.

How do we hear about anything?

One group text, head coaches only. Weather calls, schedule notes, and anything else go out there and nowhere else. It stays short, so nobody misses the message that matters.

Who keeps the score?

The home coach keeps the official book and texts the final to the group before he leaves the field. That is the record. If neither team keeps a book, the umpire's card is the game.

Who runs this?

A small crew keeps the schedule and books the fields and the umpires. On the field, the coaches run it. Whoever is calling the pitch that night has the final call, umpire or coach, and that is the end of it. No board, no sanctioning body, no politics.

Enter a team

Bring your team

Cottonwood Crush, Summit (Gold), Summit (Green), Rage, and Shasta Stingers are in, and that is the field for this fall. If you want in, send these four things and you are first in line the moment a spot opens.

Team and programWhat you go by
Head coachName, phone, email
Roster sizeAnd how many arms you can run
Anything we should knowConflicts, questions, whatever

Once you are in, every team turns in one sheet: the roster with dates of birth and a parent signature for each player. Print the roster and release form.

Send it over