State Baseball Championship moving to O’Fallon
April 6, 2011
O'Fallon, MO
The Missouri State Baseball Championship games are moving to O’Fallon, Missouri , for a four-year period that will begin next spring.
The Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) board of directors voted to move the games from Springfield ’s Meador Park , where they have been held since 2007, to O’Fallon’s ballpark, which is the home of the River City Rascals Frontier League baseball team.
O’Fallon won out over Columbia , Saint Joseph , and Springfield , Missouri .
“The City of O’Fallon is extremely excited to be the new home of the MSHSAA Baseball Championships beginning in 2012,” said Mayor Bill Hennessy . “This bid was aggressively pursued by our own River City Rascals, and our City staff was proud to support their efforts throughout the process. We are grateful to the Rascals for working so hard to make this a reality, and for bringing such a great event to our City. It will be a wonderful opportunity for people from all corners of the state to see what a jewel the T.R. Hughes Ballpark is, and experience all that O’Fallon has to offer.”
“The Missouri Baseball Championships moving here to O’Fallon is fantastic!” said O’Fallon Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Erin Williams . “The business community will definitely be able to reap the rewards. This event will bring with it an increase in lodging, dining and gas, not to mention all the purchases that families typically make when they are out of town. I love that the MSHSAA was wowed by the T.R. Hughes Ballpark, and I’m confidant that they, and the guests that they bring to O’Fallon, will be wowed by our entire town and our businesses.”
From the City of O'Fallon, MO.
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