‘It’s just a place we can call home’: Colony baseball breaks in school’s first ballpark
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - For the first time in the school’s history, the Colony baseball team was swinging for the fences on campus.
The Knights hosted West Valley in an annual conference matchup on Friday, the first game the program has played on newly built Founders Field.
“It was nice practicing out here, getting use to the field, getting use to the hop,” Senior pitcher Boman Marks said leading up to the anticipated game.
The ballpark, named after the multitude of people who helped in it’s construction, is the first baseball field Colony has ever had on campus. Prior to Friday, the Knights mixed their home games between nearby Wasilla High School and Palmer Field.
“We haven’t had a place to play and call our own ever. We’d always have to rely on using someone else’s field,” Colony head coach Tommy Brown said.
“Not seeing our colors and not feeling like we’re at home definitely affected us last year,” Marks added.
Complete with a small locker room and equipment shed, the facility is tucked away behind Pride Field, home of Colony football and soccer. It’s location offers sights into the neighboring woodlands, along with multiple knolls that provides higher viewing and spectator seating during games when the bleachers are full.
Brown says the construction of the complex has been a community effort. One family is said to have helped install the outfield foul poles. Current players and coaches also aided in the construction of the dugouts both teams occupied on Friday.
“[The players] have been out here picking up rock, helping with the process,” Brown said. “We all built the dugouts together and they’ve been a really big part of getting the field put together too. I think it’s just a place we can call home.”
Colony High School plans to officially open Founders Field on May 8th with an ribbon cutting ceremony, tying a knot for a patch of land that looks to provide plenty of use to it’s new tenants.
“Just seeing our colors, looking at these dugouts and seeing the green. It’s just great,” Marks said. “We all just chill before the game, settle in, dial in. It’s nice that we have our own space.”
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