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Itawamba Community College's Lady Indians play their home games in
the Softball Complex, which was completed in 1986.
The lights, which were also installed in 1986, allow the Lady Indians
to schedule later games for fan accessibility. ICC head coach Chad Case
plans to host an annual high school softball tournament in the near
future at this venue. It joins the Davis Event Center (basketball),
Crubaugh Field (baseball), Lambert Stadium (football), the soccer
complex and tennis courts to give Itawamba Community College one of the
finest group of athletic facilities for a community college not only in
Mississippi, but in the entire southeastern United States.
The complex, located on the northern end of the ICC Fulton campus on
Tombigbee Street, showcases one of the top playing surfaces (Bermuda
overseeded by perennial rye grass) in the entire league. A grounds crew,
including Itawamba Community College Athletic Fields' Supervisor Mike
Taylor and assistant Kirk Sheffield is responsible for the field
maintenance of the ICC Softball Complex.
Aside from the field, the facility has numerous luxuries including
dugouts, grandstand seating for nearly 100 fans, an electronic
scoreboard and fan amenities such as restrooms and concessions.
Additional seating is available on a concrete sidewalk behind the
backstop from dugout to dugout. A spacious new, air-conditioned press
box, which is scheduled to be completed this fall, will feature a public
address system with stereo equipment. The outfield fences are positioned
at 225 feet all the way around. The field features a removable fence,
which adds to the flexibility of the facility.
The field and grandstands are positioned between the College's
intramural fields and the Tennis Complex and share the parking areas. In
addition, spectators have an opportunity to enjoy the view looking up to
the bluff area on the back of the campus.
The locker areas are located in the nearby state-of-the-art Davis
Event Center and in case of inclement weather, the Lady Indians work out
in the fitness center indoor practice facility.
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