City of Mountain Home ready to resume baseball, softball leagues

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Following the announcement from the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) on the resumption of team sports during the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Mountain Home is ready to get kids in the Twin Lakes Area back on the diamond.Mayor Hillrey Adams announced last Friday the leagues would resume in June, following the ADH’s guidelines. When the moratorium on sports was issued by the state in March, the city’s youth baseball league was ready to start, while softball was on the cusp, according to Adams.
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Due to the delay in the season, the city will allow children that haven’t previously registered to join the league, the mayor says.


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Adams says city officials have made it a priority to allow children to play ball this summer.


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Anyone with questions on the youth baseball or softball leagues should contact Parks Director Billy D. Austin or Program Coordinator Jeff Hughes at the L.C. Sammons Youth Center by calling 870- 424-7275, or visit cityofmountainhome.com/youth-sports

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