Maple Valley PONY Baseball & FastPitch (MVPBA) has offered a programs for the area's youth since 1971. MVPBA is a member of the national organization, PONY Baseball, Inc. PONY is an acronym for Protect Our Nations Youth. PONY baseball differs from other baseball leagues in the following ways:
- Two year age bracketing
- Age specific diamond sizes
- Play by Major Leaue Baseball rules
- 6U is coach pitch (not T-ball)
- 8U is coach and kid pitch
- 20-24 scheduled game season
Mission Statement: Maple Valley PONY Baseball & Fastpitch seeks to implant in the youth of the community ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage and respect for authority so that they will be finer, stronger and happier youth who will grow up to be good, clean and healthy adults. This objective will be reached by providing supervised competitive games. The supervisors shall bear in mind at all times that the attainment of exceptional athletic skill or the winning of games is secondary and that the molding of future citizens is of prime importance.