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Spring/Summer 2024 - Registration is LIVE!

Registration for our 2024 Spring/Summer league is now LIVE and you may sign up and pay your player fee via the link below. 

When you register you will choose if you are on a TEAM returning from last year or if you are a FREE AGENT.

FREE AGENT- If you are joining LSA for the first time or a returning player who is not on a team returning from last year. 

TEAM - Please check with your coach or a board member for directions on how to register as a player on that team.

We will be updating info and details more frequently here on the website as well as on Facebook. 

If you are not a member of our LSA Facebook Group page - please use this link to go to "LSA of Eastern Iowa Members Only" and request to join the group!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/LSAiowa/?ref=share

We will also send important information and updates via email,  but we won't fill your inbox with "junk".  If you would like to be added to our contact list, or need to update your email on our contact list, please send LSA an email with your details - 

  • To: info.lsaiowa@gmail.com      OR
  • To:  steven.lsaiowa@gmail.com

Who's ready to play ball!

HOT NOW - Open Practice Days are Coming Soon!

We are just 6 weeks away from our open practices - there will be 2 of them - and we strongly encourage all new members and inexperienced players to come out for at least 1 of the 2 practices. Practices will be at Mercer Park in Iowa City - Here are the Dates & Times are:

  • Sunday April 21 from  12:00 noon to 2:00pm
  • Saturday April 27 from 11:00am to 1:00pm

Of course, we invite all returning players to come and practice with us as well. These practices are a fantastic way to meet and welcome our new members, see our returning friends we may not have seen since Fall, and get your body stretched and moving, and back into softball mode before the season begins!

LSA of Eastern Iowa

LSA is eastern Iowa’s premier LGBTQ+ Softball League and was founded in the Fall of 2017. LSA is a non-profit 501(c)3 and is committed to providing opportunity and a safe space where both LGBT and Non-LGBT participants can compete in an environment welcoming and open to the LGBTQ+ community. Participants must be 18+ and pay league fees for each season. Games are played Sunday Mornings from 10:00am-1:00pm at either the Hawkeye Softball Complex or Mercer Park in Iowa City. We have 2 seasons (Spring/Summer and Fall) that run from late April to late October. 

See you at the ball field!

NEWS FROM OUR LSA BOARD


2/5/22 Membership & Community Outreach Committee Chair, and LSA founder Jose Maldonado with the NAGAAA Board of Directors

It’s Official: LSA of Eastern Iowa is now a member of NAGAAA!

On February 5, 2022, LSA of Eastern Iowa became NAGAAA’s 48th member city / association.

The road to get here was a 2-year process, which included reaching specific milestones and maintaining specific requirements.

NAGAAA is proud to include 48 cities, more than 1,000 teams and 17,000 players from across North America in its membership. Each city and its members add rich diversity to the NAGAAA organization.

To see a list of the other 47 member cities, or to learn more about NAGAAA please visit https://www.nagaaasoftball.org/ 

LSA 2021 - Named Best Community Sports League by Little Village Magazine!

Exciting news to share with our LSA family and friends – From Little Village Magazine…

To the leadership and staff at LSA of Eastern Iowa:

It is our pleasure to congratulate you on being recognized by Little Village Magazine readers

and the broader community in Little Village’s annual Best of the CRANDIC poll -- a chance for

the community to recognize the hard work and dedication it takes to operate a business or

serve our communities.

Your work was recognized as: Best Community Sports League

This achievement comes amid a pandemic that continues to influence daily life after having

disrupted the last 18+ months of work; it is no small feat to maintain a level of quality and value

that withstands such a significant disruption to our communities. This recognition serves as a

testament to the tenacity, creativity, flexibility, and dedication of all those involved in making the

work happen every day, and we are excited and honored to share this news with you.

Beyond sharing the news with you and your staff, your achievement will be part of the featured

content for Little Village Magazine’s December 2021 issue, out on stands Dec. 1st.

Please go to https://littlevillagemag.com/ and click on the Best of The CRANDIC edition to view online.

Besides our award recognition which is listed in-column on page 66, there is also a short article about LSA on page 70, and our “Thank You” to the community ad is on page 73 (also below).


2022 LSA SPONSORS

SHAKESPEARE'S PUB & GRILL

We would like to give a special thank you to one of our sponsors, Shakespeare's Pub and Grill. They have supported us since the beginning of the league in 2017 and supported us throughout 2020 when we had to cancel our season. Please consider supporting this great, local restaurant.

Green State Credit Union

A special thank you to Green State Credit Union for sponsoring our spring 2022 season. Your support helps strengthen the LGBT community in Eastern Iowa!

New Pioneer Co-op

A special thank you to New Pioneer Co-op for sponsoring our spring 2022 season. Your support helps strengthen the LGBT community in Eastern Iowa!

Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service

A special thank you to Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service for sponsoring our spring/summer 2022 season. Your support helps keep our LGBT Community strong.

HIBU INC.

Many thanks to Hibu Inc. for sponsoring LSA for 2022. Their generous gift helps to ensure that we are able to continue providing an excellent experience without raising the player/member cost this year!

HILLS BANK

A special thank you to Hills Bank for sponsoring our spring 2022 season. Your support helps strengthen the LGBT community in Eastern Iowa!

2022 LSA COMMUNITY PARTNERS

THE REAL MAINSTREAM

The LSA of Eastern Iowa is a Community Partner of The Real MainStream, an intersectional, LGBTQ-affirming, progressive online publication serving Iowa and Illinois. Subscribe for free to the TRM e-list at  therealmainstream.com/subscribe.  You’ll receive first notice of all new posts, and exclusive content for subscribers only. Send story ideas and news releases to reachus@therealmainstream.com.

 

CARING HANDS & MORE

Caring Hands & More LLC’s mission is to serve individuals and families with a variety of services. It is our desire to assist needs through a holistic philosophy rooted in our fundamental understanding of human beings as created in the image of God.

Since LSA's first season in 2018, if there was something  LSA needed, supplies, equipment, even use of their facilities, Caring Hand & More has been there for LSA. Thank you for your continued support! 


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