Great Bend will be hosting the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) softball and baseball tournament for the second year from April 29 through May 3, 2015. The City of Great Bend and the Great Bend Recreation Commission have worked hard to help host this championship baseball and softball tournament at the Great Bend Sports Complex.

To showcase the sports complex and the tournament itself, all Great Bend citizens have the opportunity to get a free ticket to experience the Wednesday night kickoff for free! Tickets are required for the free entry and can be picked up at the Great Bend city office at 1209 Williams or at The Great Bend Recreation Commission office at 1214 Stone.

The involved KCAC schools include: Bethany College, Bethel College, Friends University, Kansas Wesleyan University, McPherson College, Ottawa University, Southwestern College, Sterling College, Tabor College and University of Saint Mary. Tournament brackets have just been released with the championship games for softball being held on Friday at 3 p.m. and for baseball on Saturday at 1 p.m. both pending possible rain delays.

The KCAC is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. The KCAC ranks among the oldest conferences in the United States tracing its history to 1890. The KCAC was formed to attempt to organize Kansas colleges for the purposes of promoting and regulating amateur intercollegiate athletics in addition to the private universities and colleges. Currently the KCAC sponsors athletic competition in men’s baseball men’s and women’s basketball men’s and women’s cross countrymen’s football men’s and women’s golf men’s and women’s soccer women’s softball men’s and women’s tennis men’s and women’s track and field and women’s volleyball. For any extra information on the KCAC or their schedules visit their website at http://www.kcacsports.com/.

“Great Bend is so honored to be capable of hosting a tournament of this magnitude thanks to our new sports complex which was completed in the spring of 2012,” said GBRC director Diann Henderson. “The city and rec would both like to thank the community ambassadors willing to volunteer their time to support the incoming teams and roll out the red carpet for our city!”

The Sports Complex offers five different ball fields with scoreboards, lighted fencing and seating for spectators along with batting cages, restrooms, concessions, meeting rooms and an umpire room.


For more information on the KCAC tournament contact Diann Henderson or like the “KCAC Baseball & Softball Championships hosted by Great Bend” page on Facebook.