MSU Extension Schoolcraft County

Registration for the 2025 season will run March 1-31, 2025

Manistique’s softball and baseball (includes T-ball) teams are part of the Schoolcraft County 4-H program and run by a board of adult 4-H volunteers.  Registration for the 2025 season will be open March 1-31, 2025 with no player enrollments accepted after March 31.  The cost to participate is $55 for baseball and softball players and $35 for T-ball players.  Families will only need to pay the fees for the first two players from a household.  Registration and payment instructions are outlined below. 

Official games for baseball and softball are slated to start the week of May 19 and run through the last week of June.  If fields dry up well this spring, practices may start in mid-April with the option for some local scrimmages ahead of the official season. Baseball and softball teams will primarily compete against teams from Munising, Newberry, and Garden.  T-ball practices will likely start the week of May 19 and games will be played on Saturdays during the month of June.  T-ball teams will play most of their games in Manistique with the potential for a game or two in Garden. 

The club will be providing each player with a team jersey and a hat.  Families are responsible for purchasing GRAY pants for their baseball/softball, minors/majors/juniors-level players.  Like last year, we will put bins of pants from previous years in the hallway outside the Extension Office door for families to look at and take what is needed at no cost.  T-ball players may wear whatever pants/shorts they prefer. 

There will be an opportunity to drop off payment and/or register in-person on provided devices on Thursday, March 6 from 5:30-7:00 pm in the Schoolcraft County MSU Extension Office (in the maintenance building next to Manistique Middle & High School, down the sidewalk past the library entrance). 

Registration is a 2-step process (register in 4-H Online, pay the registration fee/submit shirt size at the MSU Extension Office).  A player will not be considered registered until both steps are completed.  The registration system does ask for health insurance information.  If you have insurance, please have that information ready and enter it when asked during the process.  If your player is not covered by insurance, you can make that selection as well.  

If at any time during this process you need assistance, the quickest way to receive help is to text/call Jill Connin, Schoolcraft County 4-H Program Coordinator, at 1-906-286-3327 or a slower response via email at conninji@msu.edu.  Michigan 4-H programs are part of Michigan State University and as such, if you or your player(s) needs an accommodation to participate in our program, please contact Jill Connin at least two weeks prior to the first team activity.  We will do our best to have all players participate in this program to their fullest ability.  Michigan State University Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status, family status or veteran status. 

STEP 1: Register in 4-H Online 
Click on the situation that applies to your player/member from the list below to be taken to the appropriate instructions: 
     A. Families enrolling a youth who is currently enrolled in 4-H (enrolled since Sept. 1, 2024) 
     B. Families enrolling a youth who has previously participated in 4-H 
     C. Families enrolling a youth for the first time with 4-H. 

A. Families enrolling a youth who is currently enrolled in 4-H will need to add the baseball/softball club to their member’s profile.
    1. Login to https://v2.4Honline.com with your username and password.  
    2. Open the profile of the member you are registering. 
    3. On the left menu, click “Clubs” then “Add”.  Set the county drop-down list to "Schoolcraft".  Select “Manistique 4-H Baseball & Softball Club”.  In the “Request Reason” box, enter which area of this club your member will be participating in: baseball, softball, umpire, T-Ball, Teen Mentor.  Click “Save”.  You will not see the club listed in your member's profile until approval is manually done by the 4-H staff member.  Do not try the process again - trust that you did everything correctly. 
    4. Continue to payment instructions. 

B. Families enrolling a youth who has previously participated in 4-H (including baseball/softball last year) should log in with their username and password. Login to https://v2.4Honline.com with your username and password.  To the right of the member’s name that you wish to enroll for this season, click “Enroll Now”.  Answer the grade and enrollment question.   
    1. On the next screen, click the blue “Select Units” button. Set the county drop-down list to "Schoolcraft". Add “Manistique 4H Baseball & Softball Club”.  [If you are enrolled in 4-H through a different county, you will need to change the category at the top to “Schoolcraft”.]  Click “Next”.
    2. On this screen, click the blue “Select Projects” button. Click “Select” next to the section of this club that your member will be participating with: baseball, softball, umpire, T-Ball, Teen Mentor.  Click “Add” then “Next”. 
    3. Continue through the rest of the enrollment until you click the green “Submit” button. 
    4. Continue to payment instructions. 

C. Families enrolling a youth for the first time with 4-H. 
    1. Go to https://v2.4Honline.com.  Under the login box, click “Don’t have an account?”   
    2. Select Michigan, then click the “Michigan 4-H Youth Development” area that appears. Then select “Schoolcraft”, even if you reside in a different county.  Enter the required information then click “Create Account”. 
    3. Enter your address and click “Verify”. If you live in a home that a previous 4-H member lived in, the system will not let you proceed.  Contact Jill Connin to help with this problem.] 
    4. If the next screen shows “Michigan 4-H”, click “Next”. 
    5. Add your member’s information for enrollment. When prompted, click “I want to join Michigan 4-H…”, then click “Finish”.
    6. Click the blue “Select Clubs” button. Set the county drop-down list to "Schoolcraft". Add “Manistique 4-H Baseball & Softball Club”.  [If you are enrolled in 4-H through a different county, you will need to change the category at the top to “Schoolcraft”.]  Click “Next”. 
    7. On this screen, click the blue “Select Projects” button. Click “Select” next to the section of this club that your member will be participating with: baseball, softball, umpire, T-Ball, Teen Mentor.  Click “Add” then “Next”. 
    8. Continue through the rest of the enrollment until you click the green “Submit” button. 
    9. Continue to payment instructions. 

STEP 2: Pay the registration fee/submit shirt size 
Submit your registration fees and shirt sizes by one of the methods listed below.

The fees are $55 per baseball or softball player and $35 for T-ball players.  There is no fee for teen/youth umpires or teen mentors.  Families registering more than 2 players only need to pay the two highest registration fees, additional players are free.  Payments must include the names of the player(s) that the money is for THEIR SHIRT SIZES and PREFERED PLAYER NUMBER!  There isn’t a way to add the shirt question to the 4-H enrollment. 

Make checks out to: Manistique 4-H Baseball and Softball Club 

1. Mail payment and shirt size(s) to: 
        MSU Extension 
        PO Box 132 
        Manistique, MI  49854 
2. Deliver payment and shirt size (s) to: 
        MSU Extension Office 
        100 N. Cedar St. 
        Manistique, MI  49854 
   Slip under the door if the office is closed.  The building doors are unlocked 7am-4:30pm M-F.  MSU Extension’s burgundy door is immediately to the left as you enter the building. 
3. Deliver payment, shirt size(s), and preferred player number during the in-person enrollment: Thursday, March 6 from 5:30-6:30 pm in the Schoolcraft County MSU Extension Office.