The Palmer summer softball and baseball programs have been occuring in the area since the spring of 1983. 

 

The program has continued to grow in the past 35 years and doesn't just have softball anymore. We also have coach pitch ball and tee ball. The program is still going strong and has over 200 youth every Monday night throughout the summer. 

 

Palmer ball has some families that the grandparents played or coached, their sons or daughters have played and coached and now their sons and daughters play too. The whole family can all play the same night from four year olds to 14 year olds.

 

The teams are coached by program volunteers and parents. The softball program is run by volunteer committee members also with help from the Palmer Park Rec and Maintenance to maintain the grounds and fields.

 

The youth co-ed softball program is played at Palmer Township Park in Clear Lake — a 22 acre park which has playground equipment for the kids, horseshoe pits, a tennis court, a sand volleyball court, a half basketball court, on-site bathrooms and a concession stand. 

 

The teams stay and play in the park each Monday with no traveling to other towns or playing on weekends.