ALBEMARLE — The Uwharrie Wampus Cats recently announced their 2025 home schedule of opponents for their third season and second campaign as a Southern Collegiate Baseball League member.
Kicking off on May 24, Albemarle’s wood-bat collegiate baseball team will play 25 home games at Don Montgomery Park, including a few special holiday-themed matchups.
“We’re very excited to be playing so many important dates on the calendar at home in 2025,” team president and owner Greg Sullivan said in a March 28 media release. “We’ve got Memorial Day, Father’s Day and July 3 at home and play a lot of challenging teams. That combined with everything new at the facility is sure to make for a memorable summer for our local fans and players.”
The team’s regular season is scheduled to run through July 26 and will be followed up by a postseason tournament during the final week of July.
Last summer, the sixth-seeded Wampus Cats (11-20) fell 7-4 to the third-seeded Queen City Corndogs (18-13) in the first round of the 2024 SCBL playoffs at Queens University’s Stick Williams Dream Field in Charlotte.
Uwharrie finished the 2024 season in sixth place in the SCBL’s standings among eight league members.
The Cats’ 11-20 record was a slight step back after wrapping up their inaugural season in 2023 with a 18-17 winning record after playing independently of a league.
This year, Tony Villar is the new general manager of the team — taking over for Jayson James — while former Cats player Bryson Bebber has replaced Josh Kent as the team’s coach.
Along with changes to Uwharrie’s management and coaching staff, the team also announced that it has improved Don Montgomery Park with upgraded stadium lights, seating areas, and a new hospitality area, among other changes.
While the Cats are set to unveil their full schedule soon, the team did reveal that trips to face the High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms and the Boone Bigfoots will be among their road tests.
The team’s home schedule includes familiar opponents such as the Troutman Dogs, Mooresville Spinners, Queen City Corndogs, Carolina Disco Turkeys, Carolina Ducks, and Race City Bootleggers.
Uwharrie will also begin a fresh rivalry series with a new baseball club called the Marion Hungry Mothers out of Marion, Virginia; the Hungry Mothers will make their home in a New York Mets minor league facility where MLB pitching legend Nolan Ryan started his pro career.
Single-game tickets for Wampus Cat tickets will go on sale in late April.