A BUSY PLACE IN MAY
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hoccolocco Park has been a busy place so far this spring. There were the usual activities, which include 5K runs, walkers on the 3-plus mile walking track, and bicycle riders renting bikes through our BikeShare program. Throw in a smattering of youth baseball and softball tournaments, club soccer tournaments, and track meets, and you have a typical opening of the outdoor season at the park, but May added two collegiate conference tournaments and a high school regional tournament, giving the park a very busy beginning to the month. Billy Thompson, Assistant Director at Choccolocco Park, kept a tally of the cars entering the park, and for these three tournaments alone, over 2700 vehicles were added to the usual traffic for the nine days the championships were held. The first of these tournaments was the Gulf South Conference Baseball Tournament, which ran from Friday, May 3 through Tuesday, May 7 at the Signature Baseball Field. The GSC, which stretches from East Tennessee to Central Florida, with member schools also representing the states of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and South Carolina, all seemed to enjoy our beautiful park and city. The tournament winner was the Delta State Statesmen from Cleveland, Mississippi. The Ohio Valley Conference Softball Tournament began the next day at the Signature Softball Field, running from Wednesday, May 8 through Saturday, May 11. The OVC stretches from Illinois to Alabama, with member schools also in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. Although Choccolocco Park is farther south than any conference member school, the OVC has
BY DENNY BAILEY
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