Lake Zurich Baseball and Softball Association

The Filly League is designed for 13 thru 15-year-old girls who wish to learn the complete game of fastpitch softball.  While competitive, this league is not intended to operate at a travel team level - a full travel team is available for girls desiring that level of competition.

Following ASA guidelines for this age level, a hard 12" ball is used, bases are 60' apart, and the pitching distance is 40'.

Girls are encouraged to play a few different positions, and a continuous batting order is used.  Limits are put on individual pitchers so that several girls get that experience and no one girl can dominate the game.   Other than these, all ASA rules are followed.

The league is composed of 5-6 teams that play a 12-14 game regular season schedule.  The teams are formed through a player draft and requests to pair players are communicated at the draft but not guaranteed.  1-2 all-star games are played near the end of the regular season.  The regular season is followed by a playoff to determine a league champion.  the league also includes a post-season travel all-star team in which players must try out to be selected.  They typically play in 2 "away" tournaments and host 1 LZ tourney.