Asheboro Copperheads
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| Founded | 1999 |
| Home Field | McCrary Park McCrary Park McCrary Park is a baseball venue in Asheboro, North Carolina, USA. It is home to the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The park opened in 1946 and has a capacity of 1,400 fans. In addition to the Copperheads, the field is home American Legion... |
| Based in | Asheboro, North Carolina Asheboro, North Carolina Asheboro is a city in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 21,672 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County, and is the home of the state-owned North Carolina Zoo.-Geography:... |
| Colors | Texas Orange/White |
| League | Coastal Plain League Coastal Plain League The Coastal Plain League is a wood-bat collegiate summer league, featuring college players from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from a Class D minor league baseball league which operated in the same area from 1937 to 1952. The modern league was formed with six teams in 1997... |
| League Titles | None |
| Field Manager | Donnie Wilson |
| General Manager | David Camp |
The Asheboro Copperheads are an amateur baseball
Amateur baseball in the United States
Amateur baseball is a form of baseball in which the players either are not paid for playing, or receive only a modest stipend or employment arranged by the team's boosters...
team playing in the Coastal Plain League
Coastal Plain League
The Coastal Plain League is a wood-bat collegiate summer league, featuring college players from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from a Class D minor league baseball league which operated in the same area from 1937 to 1952. The modern league was formed with six teams in 1997...
. The team plays its home games at McCrary Park
McCrary Park
McCrary Park is a baseball venue in Asheboro, North Carolina, USA. It is home to the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The park opened in 1946 and has a capacity of 1,400 fans. In addition to the Copperheads, the field is home American Legion...
in Asheboro, North Carolina
Asheboro, North Carolina
Asheboro is a city in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 21,672 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County, and is the home of the state-owned North Carolina Zoo.-Geography:...
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History
McCrary ParkMcCrary Park
McCrary Park is a baseball venue in Asheboro, North Carolina, USA. It is home to the Asheboro Copperheads of the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The park opened in 1946 and has a capacity of 1,400 fans. In addition to the Copperheads, the field is home American Legion...
was built in the late 1940s for the McCrary Eagles, a semi-professional team sponsored by the Acme-McCrary Corporation, which is still in existence today manufacturing women's hosiery
Hosiery
Hosiery, also referred to as legwear, describes garments worn directly on the feet and legs. The term originated as the collective term for products of which a maker or seller is termed a hosier; and those products are also known generically as hose...
products. The Eagles disbanded in the mid-1950s and the park subsequently became the home for the local American Legion
American Legion Baseball
American Legion Baseball is a variety of amateur baseball played by teenage boys in 50 states in the USA. More than five thousand teams participate each year. The American Legion Department of South Dakota established the program in 1925 at Milbank, South Dakota...
Post 45 team and the Asheboro High School
Asheboro High School
Asheboro High School is a high school in the Asheboro City Schools system of Asheboro, North Carolina, United States.- Overview :Asheboro High School is the only high school in the Asheboro City Schools District. The current campus was constructed between 1949 and 1959, with a major addition to the...
Blue Comets. In the spring of 2010, McCrary Park received some significant upgrades, including the installation of a state-of-the-art synthetic infield surface. The Copperheads are the only team in the CPL playing on an artificial surface.
The Copperheads first started participating in the Coastal Plain League
Coastal Plain League
The Coastal Plain League is a wood-bat collegiate summer league, featuring college players from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from a Class D minor league baseball league which operated in the same area from 1937 to 1952. The modern league was formed with six teams in 1997...
during the 1999 season and in 2000 reached the CPL championship series but lost to Petersburg
Petersburg Generals
The Petersburg Generals are an amateur baseball team in the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The team plays its home games at the Petersburg Sports Complex in Petersburg, Virginia. The Generals first started participating in the Coastal Plain League in 2000...
. The Copperheads went 30-25 in 2011 and made the CPL playoffs for the second consecutive year. However, they were eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs by West Division rival Forest City. The 30 regular season wins were a franchise record and only three other teams in the CPL had a better regular season won-loss record than the Copperheads. Donnie Wilson, an assistant coach with College of the Sequoias in California, has completed two seasons as the team's field manager and plans to return in 2012. Asheboro hosted the CPL Petitt Cup tournament in 2006 and the league's all-star game in 2008.
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