Cottage Grove Baseball

Cottage Grove Baseball offers Wee Tees for age 4, Instructional T-Ball and Traditional T-Ball for ages 5 and 6, Pitchball for ages 7 and 8, Pee Wees for ages 9 and 10, and Minors for ages 11 through 13. Wee Tees provides the basics of baseball and includes jerseys. Instructional T-Ball introduces players to positions and the general concept of the game, Traditional T-Ball keeps score, Pitchball uses balls pitched by coaches and rotates players through all positions, Pee Wees introduces kid pitching, and Minors adds all phases of the game.

Programs

• Wee Tees — Age 4 · Typically held on four Saturdays in June · Provides 4-year-old children with the basics of baseball. Participants are provided with jerseys.
• Instructional T-Ball — Ages 5 and 6 · Mondays and Wednesdays · An introduction to the game for 5-year-olds. Players learn positions and the general concept of the game. Score is not emphasized.
• Traditional T-Ball — Ages 5 and 6 · Tuesdays and Thursdays · For 6-year-olds. Score is kept and it is a step towards preparing players for Pitchball.
• Pitchball — Ages 7 and 8 · Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesdays/Thursdays · The next step in the baseball education. It involves hitting balls pitched by coaches. Players rotate through all positions. End-of-the-year tournament.
• Pee Wees — Ages 9 and 10 · Mondays/Wednesdays or Tuesdays/Thursdays · Introduces kids pitching to other kids. End-of-the-year tournament.
• Minors — Ages 11 and 12 and 13 · Mondays/Wednesdays only · The final In-House league. It adds in all the phases of the game to prepare players for the next step of baseball. End-of-the-year tournament.
• Traveling baseball program — Ages 13-15 · Baseball opportunities for young men in these age groups.

At a glance

• Ages: 4–15 years old
• General schedule: Regular season begins the first week of May, weather permitting. Practices are on either Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday based on registration. All practices start at either 5:45pm or 6:45pm and last approximately 1 hour. All games start at 6:15pm. Instructional T-Ball and Traditional T-Ball go through the end of June. Pitchball and above go until mid-July tournaments.

About the provider

The mission statement says Cottage Grove Baseball provides spring-to-summer baseball for Cottage Grove youth. The leadership team lists In-House Baseball Director Rachel Dotseth, In-House Co-Director Bryanna Sandquist, and President Tim Kaplan. The Cottage Grove Athletic Association is involved in charitable gambling, and board meetings are held on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 7:00pm.

The age cut-off date is April 30th. CGAA Baseball reserves the right to modify the tournament format to single-elimination as needed based on inclement weather. The website also states that field availability and weather hotline is 651-458-6060.

Last updated November 3, 2026.