Storm damage postpones Tahlequah Kickball League summer tournament

Storm damage across Tahlequah pushed the Tahlequah Kickball League to postpone its 90s Great American Summer Kickball Tournament, a planned all-day event at Anthis-Brennan Sports Complex that was supposed to open with first pitch at 8:00 a.m. The tournament had been scheduled for Sunday, June 28, 2026, with 15 teams, a double-elimination format and four fields, and organizers said the call was made out of caution while the city assessed damage to local facilities.

The scale of the event made the delay more than a simple schedule change. The tournament site listed live brackets, results, photos, rules, code of conduct information and merch, signaling a fully built-out competition rather than a casual weekend run. The Anthis-Brennan Family Sports Complex events calendar also had the Tahlequah Kickball League on June 28, underscoring how far the event had advanced before the postponement.

Interest around the tournament had been building fast. A league promotional post said organizers were looking for two local businesses to partner with the 90s-themed summer tournament and said more than 150 women registered in one day, with families also expected to attend. The field setup, registration pace and sponsor push had turned the tournament into a major stop on the northeastern Oklahoma kickball calendar, and the postponement now forces teams, families and organizers to remake travel plans and bracket prep from scratch.

The caution came against a wider weather emergency. Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management said a state of emergency remained in effect for Cherokee County and other counties because of severe weather and flooding that began June 6, 2026, and local officials were still asking residents to report storm damage. Storm reports in Tahlequah on June 25 documented 70 mph wind near the city and an 83 mph thunderstorm gust with multiple trees uprooted, a snapshot of the kind of damage that made field safety at Anthis-Brennan a moving target.

Organizers have said they will announce a new date once officials determine that the complex and other sites are safe and available. For a tournament built around a packed bracket, four fields and a dawn start, the pause protects the league’s biggest summer gathering and keeps the event alive for a reset rather than a rushed gamble.