BIGFORK — The Bigfork high school baseball team held the first practice at Flathead Beacon Field on Monday after months of construction and fundraising efforts.
After an inaugural year of practicing indoors and playing home games at fields in nearby towns, the Vikings now have a place they can call home.
The Bigfork Youth Baseball Association led the charge of building the field when it saw the need. The association’s president, Nathan Mayer, said the construction of the field was possible thanks to a community effort.
“A six-month project to get it to where these boys can be on the field today playing is just an incredible feeling,” Mayer said. “It was a lot of work, a lot of work by a lot of people and we’re just so grateful from the Bigfork Youth Baseball Association to get it to this point where people can come enjoy it on a sunny day.”
Bigfork Youth Baseball began fundraising for Flathead Beacon Field back in October 2024 in that short span of time the field is now usable.
“I’ll be honest, I didn’t think we’d actually get it done in this timeline,” Mayer said. “So the time and work people have put in has just been incredible to get it ready so fast.”
The Vikings will play their first home game at the new field on Thursday at 4 p.m. against North division opponent Troy.
