WICHITA – The championship football game for the Jayhawk Conference will be held on a converted baseball field.
The Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) signed an agreement with the Wichita Wind Surge and Riverfront Stadium in Wichita to hold their playoff championship game there on Sunday, November 21 at 1 p.m.
"Having the first football game to be played at Riverfront is exciting," said Carl Heinrich, KJCCC commissioner. "We look forward to Wichita and the Wind Surge hosting this unique event."
Ticket sales will begin on Friday morning, according to Jordan Kobritz, CEO of the Wind Surge. Tickets will be available for the general public, as well as marketed to the alumni and booster clubs of the participating colleges. The upper box suites will also be made available to interested parties.
The KJCCC will have playoffs involving all eight teams this year, beginning with quarterfinal matchups on Nov. 7, followed by semifinals on Nov. 14. All games prior to the championship will be held at the higher seed's home field.
The Wind Surge and Riverfront Stadium will lay fresh sod on the dirt infield portion of the stadium field, with the pitcher's mound removed well prior to the game. The actual football field will run from North to South, with the third base line serving as one team's sideline. Goalposts will be brought in and installed in existing underground sleeves days prior to the championship. The two teams in the championship will have a walk-through practice day on the grass turf prior to the game.