The Folsom Cordova Unified School District approved a brand-new baseball facility to be built on campus at Cordova High School. Photo courtesy of Lancers Head Coach Scott Ahlstrom

RANCHO CORDOVA, CA (MPG) - The storied Cordova Lancers baseball program has called Peterson Field home since the 1970s, but they now are gearing up for a big change. 

At a recent board meeting on Thursday, March 19, the Folsom Cordova Unified School District approved a brand-new baseball facility to be built on campus at Cordova High School, with construction likely to begin later this year. The project is scheduled to be completed sometime between spring and fall of 2027, with no exact timeline currently available. The final cost of the new space has also not yet been revealed, but with the project set to move forward the excitement can begin. 

“We’re grateful for everything the (Cordova Recreation and Park District) has done for us (with Peterson Field), but it will be nice for us to have our own,” longtime Lancers Head Coach Scott Ahlstrom said. “It will be easier for student-athletes since it will be there on campus, and we’ll have better interaction with the student body. We’ll probably be able to get more people out to the games and showcase the history of Cordova baseball. We’ll be able to acknowledge the past by being able to put up retired names and numbers, stuff like that.”

The new baseball field will be located beyond the south side of the Lancer football stadium, adjacent to the school softball field according to Ahlstrom. The final square footage of the venue was not available at press time.  For Ahlstrom, this has been a goal since he took over the program during the COVID-shortened 2019-2020 school year.

“It’s just been one of those things since I took over,” he said. “It’s just been one of those things I’ve really kind of pushed for. We’ve been really lobbying for it. It’s something I’ve always been talking about with city leaders and school district leaders.”

So now the Lancers will begin their farewell to Peterson Field, which has seen the team accomplish so much during its rich history dating back over 50 years. The new field (which is still currently unnamed) figures to usher in the next 50 years of baseball tradition at Cordova.