The Lone Oak Youth Baseball Softball Association is an all-volunteer, 501c3 charitable organization dedicated to serving the community by providing recreation baseball, softball, and teeball to local youth. The Lone Oak Ballpark has 7 fields ranging from teeball up to a field that hosts high school age boys.

In the late 1950’s, The Lone Oak Recreation Association had a dream of creating a park. Included in that park would be a baseball field. They convinced a group of land owners to donate a 27-acre, weed infested site for the project.

Spearheaded by Guy Gray, Doc Hicks, Don Stephenson, and Hubert Smithson plans were made to construct what is now known as Field 1. They contacted the Khoury League baseball organization and arrange to play ball under their banner.

In the following years, 6 additional fields, a concession stand, a boardroom/utility building, and batting cages were constructed to accommodate players of all ages from 3 years old up to high school age. Some of these fields were repurposed from other uses such as Field 4 which is built on top of an old go kart track.

The Khoury League grew in the area with inclusion of Reidland, Paducah, Concord, Heath, and other areas. In 1995, the Lone Oak area formed a coalition with 3 of the other areas to leave the Khoury League and form the independent West Kentucky Baseball Softball Association. By doing this, the new organization had better control over their finances and were able to tailor their new league to better suit the needs of the local league. At that time, the Lone Oak Youth Baseball Softball Association was formed. To this day, The WKBSA remains the overarching organization and now consists of 7 local areas in Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois.

In 2011, LOYBSA applied for 501c3 status as a charitable organization. That status was granted in 2012. Besides their prime mission of providing baseball, softball, and teeball, LOYBSA hosts the annual West Kentucky regional Softball Tournament for the Special Olympics at no cost to the athletes and care givers. Other organizations such as the local schools also use the ballpark for events such as field days.

In 2013, the Lone Oak Lions club subdivided the original 27-acre site which included the 7 field ballpark complex, a large tennis facility, and the Lion’s Club building and playground. The Lion’s Club transferred ownership of the Ballpark and tennis courts to their respective organizations while retaining ownership of the Lion’s Club building and playground.

Since its inception in 1950s, the Lone Oak Ballpark has developed many successful baseball and softball players. These players have advanced to all levels of play including high school, collegiate, and professional levels, including Major League Baseball.

LOYBSA remains an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to providing baseball, softball, and teeball opportunities for local youth.