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54th Annual Snowshoe Softball Tournament At Priest Lake

Jan 21, 2023

09:00 am - 02:00 pm

152 Fairway Drive, Priest Lake, Idaho 83856,
Priest Lake, 83856

(208) 443-2551

January 14th-15th, 21st-22nd, 28th-29th Games start at 9am and last roughly 90 minutes.
The tournament is held at the Priest Lake Golf Course
In the inaugural year, the tournament only had two teams. Since 1980, 12 teams have competed in the three-weekend, double-elimination tournament. The event even garnered mention in Sports Illustrated in 1989. The game is played according to USA Softball modified fastpitch rules: no leading off, no stealing bases and the pitchers can throw as fast as they can as long as they don’t wind up. After 50 plus years, competitors in the annual Snowshoe Softball Tournament in Priest Lake are consummate experts in the genre-mixing sport.