Experience Montgomery brings ACCC Baseball tournament back to Montgomery

For the first time since 1988, the ACCC Division II Baseball Tournament will be returning to Montgomery. The tournament will be held April 23-27, 2025 and will be played at Historic Paterson Field in the capital city. The Championship and “if necessary” game will be at Riverwalk Stadium, home of the Montgomery Biscuits.

For the past two years, the Tournament has been played in Oxford. But according to Commissioner Dean Myrick, the change for 2025 was necessitated because of a scheduling conflict.

“When NASCAR released its spring race schedule, the race in Talladega was going to be held on the same weekend as the DII tournament,” Myrick said. “Due to this change, the hotel availability in Oxford and the surrounding area was sold out.”

Myrick emphasized it had nothing to do with the City of Oxford or Choccolocco Park. It was simply a schedule change by NASCAR.

“Because of where Easter fell, they chose to move the race back a week,” Myrick said. “We considered several options—including changing the date—before settling on Paterson Field.”

“The City of Montgomery, Montgomery Chamber of Commerce with Craig Howard, and the Parks and Recreation Department have been great to work with throughout this process,” Myrick said. “I can’t thank them enough.”

Myrick said Paterson Field has gone through a numerous improvements. He also said a few baseball coaches checked out the facility and it received their stamp of approval, so he is happy with the choice.

With the tournament being played in Montgomery, it is a lot more convenient for all of the Division II colleges. Only Bevill State is located north of Montgomery. While the tournament will be played in Montgomery in 2025, no decision has been made about possibly moving the event long term. The ACCC is still under contract with the City of Oxford until 2027 for the Division I and Division II Tournaments.

Story provided by Nate Frazier of the Dothan Eagle.