SPRING 2026 REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!
Early bird pricing extended to Friday, November 28th, 2025
*Please review 8U-14U participation and playing rules by clicking the link below*
See below for 2025 Turkey Tournament Information
SPGSA Pistol Range Fields
2981 N Gaffey St, San Pedro, CA 90731
Please leave your dogs and other pets at home.
They are not permitted to be at the fields, which are located on US NAVY property.
Alcohol and smoking are not allowed at the fields or in the parking lots.
10/15/2025
As you may have seen on our social media or while down at the fields, construction work is currently taking place on the 6U fields adjacent to the snack bar. Please remind your children and family members to stay clear of that area for their safety.
The area has been coned and taped off for a reason; there are deep holes, materials, and equipment that could pose a risk of injury. In addition, our contractor will soon be setting up forms for concrete, and it’s important that these remain undisturbed so the work can stay on schedule.
Thank you for helping us keep everyone safe and our project on track!
2025 FALLÂ SOFTBALL SAVE THE DATES:
- Games begin: Weekend of September 13th (8U-14)
- Spring Registration: opens end of October through December 31
- LA/South Bay Turkey Tournament: Veteran's Day, Tuesday 11/11 and Sat 11/15 - Sun 11/16
2026 SPRINGÂ SOFTBALL SAVE THE DATES:
- 12/31/25: Registration closes
- Sat 1/10: Evaluations (Rec and Select) and Uniform Sizing (times TBA)
- Tues 1/13: Evaluation Make-up
- Sat 1/17: SPGSA Coaching/Field Maintenance Clinic
- Mon 1/19: Practices may begin
- Sat 1/31: USA Softball of LA/South Bay Coaching Clinic
- 2/19-2/22: Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic, Cathedral City https://marynutterclassic.com/
- Week of 2/23: Games begin
- Sat 2/28: Opening Day
- Sun 3/1: Picture Day (TBD)
- Sat 5/2: Closing Day
2025 LA/South Bay Turkey Tournament
A Letter from the President of SPGSA - September 12, 2025
Hello again everyone!
It has been a few months since my last letter to you all, and boy, have we been busy! If it feels like you have been at the field a lot lately, it's because you have been. Beginning with our first pre-evaluation clinic on July 19, then our second pre-evaluation clinic on July 26, our girls started the Fall off strong, got the cobwebs out and came ready to evaluate on August 2. We held our draft on August 4 followed by a pitching clinic on August 8. Practices began the week of August 11, and we held three more clinics on August 16, August 23, and August 30.
During what felt like a month of relentless heat, our girls came ready to practice, they honed their skills, and they persevered. Most importantly, all of them have improved! This improvement could not have been possible without all of our dedicated coaches. Thank you so much to our coaches for taking the time out of your busy lives to spend weekdays practicing with your teams; thank you for sacrificing your precious off-days on the weekends working stations at our clinics; thank you most of all for selflessly giving everything you have to make our girls better!
With all of the hard work we have been putting in lately, it was so nice to kick back with you all during Family Fun Day on September 6. What an amazing event! Whether they were jumping in the bounce house, playing carnival games in one of the nine booths created by our teams, dunking one of our coaches in the dunk tank or taking some hacks at the plate during one of the several wiffle ball games that were played throughout the day, our girls got a well-deserved break and had some good old-fashioned fun.
Congratulations to Mike Morrison's 12U team for taking in the most tickets at his team's fishing game booth (and for making Petco a small fortune selling fish tank supplies). An honorable mention goes to the booths helmed by Coach Giovanna's 6U team (Duck Pond) as well as the 8U tandem of Coach Taiya and Coach Jazmine (Candy Coin Toss) as their booths ended up tying for second place. Regardless of how many tickets each booth took in, everyone appeared to have a great time, and I truly hope that this event is something we can do every year.
As an added bonus, SPGSA raised over $8,000 from Family Fun Day. This event alone got us almost a third of the way towards our Fall fundraising goal of $30,000. The funds we raise this Fall will go towards finishing the 6U fields behind the snack shack and pitching area. These 6U fields will be an absolute game changer for our league, and the possibilities are endless once they are completed.
I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to thank Shannon Shannon for proposing, planning, and executing Family Fun Day. In just over a month, Shannon did just about everything from beginning to end in order to make this event so, so successful. She coordinated vendors, ensured that all of the teams' carnival games were unique, and kept our volunteers organized throughout the day. Most impressively, she left the fields and hosted a birthday party for her daughter later that day. Gal Gadot clearly has some competition for the lead role in the next installation of Wonder Woman :) THANK YOU SHANNON!
In closing, I want to wish all of our teams the best of luck as they start the Fall season this weekend. In all my years here at SPGSA, I firmly believe that this is the most prepared I have seen our girls from top-to-bottom to compete against other teams in the South Bay during the Fall. I am so proud of all our girls for all the work they have put in over the past six weeks in order to prepare for the upcoming season. They will do great!
Good luck to all of our teams, and I will see all of you around the fields.
Sincerely,
Matt Marchese
SAFESPORT TRAINING
Any person who is helping in the dugout or on the field MUST have completed a background check form AND SafeSport training in order to participate in USA Softball and SPGSA.
If you are volunteering as a Manager, Assistant Coach, Team Mom, Field Helper, or Board member you will need to complete SafeSport Certification and a background check each year. USA Softball year runs September 1st-August 31st.
