For the 2025 seasons, all volunteers will be required to successfully complete a volunteer application.  Registration through the Sports Connect platform should automatically admisinster your background check and volunteer application through JDP.  JDP will complete a background check that will check both the national criminal registry as well as the national sex offender registry.  A new background check is required every year, even if you have completed one in the past or for a previous season.  This application & background check will be required for anyone who will have direct contact with players (Coaches, Assistants, Team Parents, Team Volunteer, Board Member) or be on the field or in the dugout in any capacity at any age group.  All applications and prior work with a team will be reviewed by League President (Chris Riley), and Vice-President (Dave Mantlo)  prior to approval.  There is more than enough opportunity for volunteers, however coaching spaces in some divisions are limited and while this application is required to be considered, completion of an application does not guarantee a head coach position.

All Volunteers are also required to complete Heads Up Concussion training yearly.  A link will be sent via email, that link is also located on this page.

Additionally ALL volunteers will be required to complete abuse awareness training through Little League yearly.

If you do not complete a background check through the application process or receive a background link to your email, please  contact Chris Riley directly via text at 970-985-2770 or email at [email protected]



2025 Coach Reimbursement Program




https://www.cdc.gov/headsup/youthsports/training/index.html

In keeping with its focus on protecting the health, safety and welfare of children, Grand Mesa Baseball, Grand Mesa Little League and Little League Baseball, Incorporated require all coaches/volunteers to comply with all applicable laws and requires annual completion of the CDC Heads Up Concussion Training which is available free of charge on the Centers For Disease Control website here: CDC HeadsUp

The Colorado law (the “Jake Snakenberg Youth Concussion Act”) is found at Sections 25-43-101 through 25-43-103 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, under the title dealing with Health. (Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-43-101 through 25-43-103). Colorado law requires that each public and private school require each coach of any youth athletic activity involved in interscholastic play to undergo annual concussion training and requires that each private club or public recreational facility and athletic league sponsoring youth athletics require each volunteer coach to undergo annual concussion training.  The law defines “youth athletic activity” as an organized activity involving participants eleven (11) years of age or older and under nineteen (19) years of age who are engaged in an organized athletic game or competition against another team.  If a coach who has completed concussion training suspects a youth athlete has sustained a concussion, the coach shall immediately remove the youth athlete from participation and the youth athlete may not return until all symptoms of a concussion cease, they are evaluated by a health care provider and they are cleared in writing.  A registered athletic trainer with knowledge of the concussed athlete’s condition may manage the athlete’s graduated return to play.  The parents/guardians of a youth athlete must be notified of a suspected concussion.

The Colorado Revised Statutes are available online at:

https://advance.lexis.com/container?config=0345494EJAA5ZjE0MDIyYy1kNzZkLTRkNzktYTkxMS04YmJhNjBlNWUwYzYKAFBvZENhdGFsb2e4CaPI4cak6laXLCWyLBO9&crid=96f51554-00d8-48dd-b3aa-5a5d84ccd1a7

(click on “I agree” and scroll down to search box and search “concussion”)

The following website offers additional information regarding Colorado concussion law:

http://biacolorado.org/public-policy/youth-sports-concussion-act/

Standard paper rulebooks are no longer available.  However the Little League® Rulebook App contains the Official Regulations, Playing Rules, and Operating Policies for all divisions of Baseball, Softball, and Challenger in one easy-to-use location. Download the app on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.

As a District Board of Directors, we found it necessary to get all our District Local Leagues on the same page. The only way to accomplish this for all Interleague play was to go by the book; yes, that means the Little League Operating Manual and Little League Rule Book.  The only acceptable deviations allowed are what are outlined in the following District 1 Interleague Rules. Local league rules will not be used in any interleague games. If it is not discussed on this page, then refer to the current Little League Rule Book that applies to the division in question. 

Any rule and schedule questions related to a

Grand Mesa vs. Grand Mesa Game:

Chris Riley

President - Grand Mesa Little League

970-985-2770

[email protected]

Grand Mesa vs. Other League Game:

Kayleen Balsinger

District Administrator - Colorado District 1

440-537-2836

Dana Palmer

Assistant District Administrator - Colorado District 1

970 250-5199

[email protected]

Interleague Rules
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