By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
For an 11th straight year, the Kansas Collegiate Athletics Conference (KCAC) selected Great Bend as the host for its baseball and softball championships. Kansas being Kansas, there are already some weather-related delays. KCAC Assistant Commissioner Hans Nickel said baseball will start a day later than anticipated.
"Unfortunately, baseball is not getting teed off today with the weather," he said. "Softball is a little bit different type of game. Pitching won't burn out as quickly -with baseball if you have stops and starts. We're going to try to get some softball in with the weather but baseball we'll start tomorrow."
Softball action begins today with a pair of games at noon at the Great Bend Sports Complex. The final two games of the evening are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday's baseball action is now scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. with Oklahoma Wesleyan taking on Friends. Nickel is pleased to again be working with Great Bend Recreation Commission and Christina Hayes at the Convention and Visitors Bureau.
"It's just really fun every time we get to come out to Great Bend, the community buy-in, the work of Christina at the CVB," he said. "Great Bend's just been a phenomenal host and we really enjoy coming out to Great Bend."
Community Night was scheduled for Wednesday, but with the change in schedule, has been moved to Thursday night. Stop by City Hall or the Great Bend Rec to pick up free limited tickets. Find a full schedule for both tournaments at Great Bend Post.com.