Is Great Falls Adding Baseball To Their Sports Program?

A Decision Years In The Making

According to the Electric, Great Falls Public schools has been playing with the idea of adding baseball as a sport for local high schools for over 2 years now. August 5th they finally made a decision.

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July the school board met to discuss the feasibility of adding baseball to the sports program for Great Falls but no official decision had been made until last night where they unanimously agreed to add baseball as an official sport for Great Falls high schools.

The update from the Electric discusses the financial impact per school which ended up adding up to about $20,000 per school to start but the board feels confident they can get the funds once they have a start date which at this time is Spring 2026.

"Adding baseball to the GFPS spring sports roster will have one-time start-up costs of about $20,000 per high school."

Start up costs per school

• uniforms estimated $8,000
• equipment and gear estimated $8,000
• miscellaneous costs estimated $4,000

Annual expenses per school that will still be needed

• coaching salaries - one head coach and three assistants
• transportation
• field rental
• umpire fees
• gate workers

As a high school mom I have been waiting so patiently for them to officially make baseball a sport but can see how the logistics have held things up.

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As of August 5th there has been no decision on where practices and games would be located although there was discussion on the possibility of using Voyagers stadium or the city's Multisports complex.