Baseball and softball state finals will remain in Oxford and Jacksonville

The Alabama Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation introduced in early December an settlement to maintain the state championships for baseball and softball in the identical location for a minimum of the following 5 years.

The AHSAA’s settlement with the Metropolis of Oxford and Jacksonville State College will preserve the baseball and softball championships in Calhoun County via 2027, with the identical configuration first utilized in 2022.

Oxford’s Choccolocco Park hosted the state softball match for the primary time in 2021 and returned in 2022 to finish a two-year contract, after the match had been held at Montgomery’s Lagoon Park since its inception in 1986.

Transferring the softball match to Oxford has allowed the state match finals in all seven AHSAA {qualifications} to happen at Signature Area, a stadium designed particularly for softball.

Baseball’s state closing sequence for every of the seven rankings was beforehand held in Montgomery, however a scheduling battle compelled the state to relocate these championships final spring.

That led to holding the primary sport of every qualifying finals sequence at Choccolocco Park, with the second and third video games the following day at Jacksonville State College’s Rudy Abbott Area in Jim Case Stadium.

“We’re excited to have our state championships in each sports activities secured for the following 5 years and hopefully for a few years to return,” stated Alvin Briggs, AHSAA Government Director. “Our expertise with softball at Choccolocco Park and baseball final spring at Choccolocco Park and JSU was wonderful. We had packed crowds for many of our video games. Each websites offered actual championship experiences and lifelong recollections for our groups, faculties and communities that traveled to attend.”

Choccolocco Park in Oxford has devoted fields for baseball and softball, plus a multi-field advanced used for softball match video games main as much as the championship sport of every rating. The park has hosted many regional and nationwide occasions through the years.