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ARDEAN AAFEDT STADIUM

Aafedt Stadium:
Located on the North side of the Raymond Family Community Center Aafedt Stadium is the host site of the 2010 Babe Ruth Midwest Plains Regional Tournament and home to the Williston Keybirds, Oilers, and Babe Ruth teams.

Aafedt Stadium boasts what is arguably the Midwest Region's finest concession stand! Unique menu items include:
- The finest Hamburgers you will find at ANY baseball field
- The famous "Zoe Dog"
- Homemade Caramel Rolls
- Homemade Potato Salad

Stadium Dimensions:
Left field: 315 ft.
Center field: 395 ft.
Right field: 315 ft.
Gaps: 365 ft.
Grandstand seating capacity: 2,200

Major tournaments hosted
2010 Babe Ruth Midwest Plains Regional Tournament
1980 & 2003 Babe Ruth World Series
Babe Ruth Midwest Plains Regional: 1966, 1991, 1999, 2007
American Legion Central Plains Regional 1968, 1971, 1990, 2002
9 American Legion ND State Tournaments

The Beginning of Williston Baseball:
In the spring of 1959 a group of interested citizens met with Ardean Aafedt, Williston's Recreation Council Director, to discuss plans for expanding the summer baseball program in Williston. It was generally agreed at these first meetings that a baseball program for boys eight through eighteen was needed and that outside funds would be necessary to finance such a program. 

Businesses and organizations were contacted as the first sponsors of the 1959 program. Some of these same individuals are still sponsoring the baseball program today.

Sixteen teams and approximately 200 boys participated in the program in 1959. In 1960 the Williston Recreation Council appointed a Williston Boy's Baseball Committee to handle the tasks of conducting a boy's baseball program for Williston. Don Hotchkiss was appointed the first chairman of this committee.

The Boy's Baseball Program continued to grow in 1960, 1961 and 1962 with more teams taking part each year. In 1963 the Boy's Baseball Committee added the American Legion Baseball program with the cooperation of KEYZ Radio to its repertoire of responsibilities. 1963 was also the first year that Williston entered into the National Babe Ruth Baseball program for boys 13 to 15 years of age and they highlighted their first year by winning the North Dakota State Babe Ruth Championship.

The Boy's Baseball Program has grown from 16 teams and 200 boys in 1959 to 75 teams and over 900 boys and girls participating. Over 1,000 games will be played in Williston each and every summer on Williston Park District's facilities. Many championships and honors have been donned on Williston's baseball teams over the years.