The Edenton Steamers are changing summer-collegiate circuits for 2020, ending a more than 20-year run in the Coastal Plain League to join the Tidewater Summer League. (more…)
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Report: Edenton Steamers to be Sold, Moved
It is being reported locally that owner Frank Burke is working to sell the Edenton Steamers (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League), which would trigger a move of the franchise after 2019 and the launch of a new, non-CPL club in Edenton. (more…)
Frank Burke Purchases Edenton Steamers
After a short hiatus, former Chattanooga Lookouts (Class AA; Southern League) owner Frank Burke is back in baseball, as he has purchased the Edenton Steamers (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League). (more…)
Visiting Edenton’s Hicks Field
Used as a pro, spring-training and summer-collegiate ballpark, Hicks Field in Edenton, N.C., has quite the interesting history — a history that dates back to 1723, when the site was first used for sporting events as a racetrack. Funded with WPA money, the ballpark has been maintained through the years and is now home to […]
Steamers will return in 2011, despite coming up short in fundraising
Despite coming up short in a fundraising drive to save the team, the Edenton Steamers (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) will return in 20111, as the league cuts them some slack on a mandatory letter of credit. The nonprofit Edenton Chowen Community Foundation, which owns and runs the Steamers, originally had a goal of raising […]
Edenton Steamers not quite dead yet
Fundraising to keep the Edenton Steamers (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) alive has come up short of the goals set by organizers, but enough money has come in to keep the efforts alive — for now. The goal from the nonprofit running the Steamers, the Edenton Chowen Community Foundation: raising $50,000 by Labor Day. That […]
Edenton Steamers may fold if community support doesn’t arrive
The nonprofit that owns the summer-collegiate Edenton Steamers says they need the community to come up with $50,000 to ensure the team’s survival. The nonprofit that owns the Edenton Steamers (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) says they need the community to come up with $50,000 to ensure the team’s survival. The Steamers are owned by […]