David Hagan of the Shelor Automotive Group speaks to the crowd that attended Wednesday’s dedication of the new Motor Mile Sports Complex.

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County officials, including Board of Supervisors Chairman Annette Perkins and County Administrator Clay Goodman, spoke during the ceremony, which also included a few comments from David Hagan of the Shelor Automotive Group.

The new facility, which is named the Motor Mile Sports Complex, includes a new baseball field and softball field, as well as being able to be used for football, soccer and lacrosse. The field is also the first in Montgomery County to be lighted.

“We still have some work to do on the field,” said Mitchell Haugh, Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Director. “We still have to install restrooms, bleachers and outfield fence, along with some other minor items.”

The newly lighted field is the first to be built in Montgomery County since 1998 when the Plum Creek Field was constructed.

The Motor Mile Sports Complex, which is located on the old Bethel Elementary School property near the I-81 and exit 109

Larry Shelor of the Shelor Automotive Group throws out the first pitch on Montgomery County’s Parks and Recreation Department newest ball field.

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Following Wednesday’s morning dedication, which also saw Larry Shelor throw out the first pitch, more than 100 area youth baseball players took to field to participate in the Cal Ripkin Baseball Clinic.

“Following today’s events, we will start back to work on the field and it will be ready to see its first real action come next spring,” added Haugh.

Next summer, Montgomery County will play host to the Dixie AAA 9-10 year-olds and O-Zone District 11-12 year-olds tournaments now that the sports complex has lighting.

Photos by David Grimes

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