A new baseball clubhouse with locker room and offices and adjoining rest rooms, and concession stand are among the new facilities to be unveiled at the opening of KCKCC's new baseball field Saturday, March 16. (KCKCC photo by Alan Hoskins)
Kansas City Kansas Community College’s long-awaited opening of its new baseball complex will come Saturday when the Blue Devils host Neosho County in a Jayhawk Conference doubleheader.
Opening ceremonies will be held at 12:45 p.m. with the first game of the twin bill starting at 1 p.m. The two teams will also meet in a Sunday doubleheader also starting at 1 p.m.
Part of a $4 million baseball, soccer and track renovation, opening ceremonies were originally scheduled for Feb. 23 but were postponed by snow.
Members of the KCKCC Board of Trustees will be joined by KCKCC President Doris Givens, Rick Kuhl of WSKF Architects and representatives of Nemaha Construction of Lincoln, Neb.; Wilcott Construction and TED Systems in the opening ceremonies. Board members include chairman Don Ash, Cathy Breidenthal, Ray Daniels, Mary Ann Flunder, Wendell Maddox, J.D. Rios and Clyde Townsend.