Understanding youth baseball and softball rules shouldn’t feel like a guessing game in the middle of an inning. That’s exactly why the The Driftless League has launched a new Rules Assistant powered by ChatGPT. A Faster Way to Get Rule Clarification The Rules Assistant was created to help: Parents Coaches Umpires get quick, reliable answers to rule questions. Instead of digging through rule sheets or debating interpretations during a game, you can simply ask the assistant you

The 2026 umpire certification courses for the The Driftless League are officially open. If you’ve ever considered becoming an umpire, this is a great opportunity to get involved with local youth baseball and softball while also earning extra money during the summer season. Separate Baseball & Softball Certification Courses Baseball and softball each have their own certification course. Participants can choose to become certified in: Baseball only Softball only Both baseball a

The first year of The Driftless League tournaments proven to be a fun and competitive one. Many games went into extra innings with almost all of the championship games being won by a single run! The 6/7 baseball tournament was decided on tie-breaker criteria due to the round-robin format. In the spirit of continuing these tournaments we have started the Hall of Champions. Each year the champions of each division will forever be documented and archived so that today's players

A big part of ensuring that the established rules of a new league are adhered to is knowledgable umpires. As a league, we have worked hard to provide the opportunities for anyone interested in getting into the umpiring role a chance to learn the rules and practice the essential functions of an umpire. We have put together two such opportunities... Online Umpire Courses We have developed two separate online courses: one for baseball and one for softball. Both courses start wit

A handful of communities in NE Iowa have scheduled summer ball games for over a decade and competed against one another for the sake of...