The city of Sedona’s 2025 Adult Softball Wood Bat Recreational League and the Bocce Ball League.

Softball

“Whether you have a whole team ready to play or you want to join as a free agent to meet new friends, we’ve got a spot for you,” the city of Sedona wrote in a Facebook post. “This is a great opportunity for anyone 18 and up to have some fun and enjoy the game. We can’t wait to see you out on the field.”

Softball registration is open until Tuesday, June 3, and the opening game will be played on Thursday, June 12. The cost is $250 per team. Interested players without a team can sign up for the free agent list via the Parks and Recreation Department’s website. Games will take place on Thursdays from 6 to 10 p.m.

“We usually go about 10 to 12 weeks, and then we also do a single elimination tournament at the end of that, and the winners get a shirt and some other kind of swag,” Athletics and Aquatics Supervisor Carmen Brashier said.

Bocce Ball

Registration for the spring Bocce Ball League closes on Tuesday, April 29, and league play will begin on Saturday, May 3. Bocce ball is an Italian game that combines lawn bowling and shuffleboard-style scoring and emphasizes strategy over athleticism.

“We lowered the prices to try to make it more affordable to people to come and try out the league, so this season it’s $50 for our four-person league instead of the $80 that we had last year and $25 for our two-person league,” Brashier said.

The four-person teams will play at 10 a.m. on Saturdays, and the two-person teams will play at noon. The season will run for at least six weeks depending on the number of teams that sign up and will conclude with a single elimination tournament post-season with bragging rights on the line.

League Organizer Danusia Szumowski said that each four-person team can have up to 10 players on the roster as long as each has four dependable players to participate weekly. 

“It’s a great sociable leisure sport to come out and play, and you can meet new people and learn a fun new game,” Brashier said. The city of Sedona built two full-sized, Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible bocce courts with shaded seating in response to a request by Szumowski and Dave Fowler at a cost of $7,400. The project was started in July 2023 and completed last winter and largely used surplus materials.

“We ‘re constantly looking for people to help us groom the courts, because they are in constant need [of] weed removal and raking,” Szumowski said. She can be reached via the “Sedona Bocce League at Posse Grounds Park” Facebook group or at danusia@testkitchens.com.

“We ended up having a pretty robust season and all ages participated, including people’s grandchildren, which was wonderful,” Szumowski said. “And while there was definitely a competitive spirit that evolved, there was still a lot of camaraderie.”

The bocce ball courts are also open during daylight hours when not in use by the league. Bocce balls are available in the orange storage box in front of the tennis courts using code  “1985.”

Those interested in registering for the leagues can visit sedonaaz.gov/sports or contact Brashier at (928) 282-7098 or cbrashier@sedonaaz.gov.