State baseball, softball finals to remain in Oxford, Jacksonville

The Alabama High School Athletic Association will keep the state baseball and softball championships in the city of Oxford and Jacksonville State University through 2027.

Oxford’s Choccolocco Park hosted the state softball tournament for the first time in 2021 and returned in 2022. Moving the softball tournament to Oxford from Montgomery’s Lagoon Park has allowed the finals in all seven AHSAA classifications to be held at the Signature Field, a stadium designed specifically for softball.

Baseball’s state final series was forced to move from Montgomery last spring due to a scheduling conflict. Instead, the first game of each classification’s final series was held at Choccolocco Park, with the second and third games at Jacksonville State University’s Rudy Abbott Field.

“Our experience with softball at Choccolocco Park and baseball last spring at Choccolocco Park and JSU was incredible. We had packed crowds for most of our games. Both sites provided real championship experiences and lifelong memories for our teams, schools and communities that traveled to attend,” said Alvin Briggs, AHSAA executive director.