After a seven-year wait, the Portage Parks Department has a new sports director.
The Redevelopment Commission is funding the initial year to get Michael Schassburger on board. Interest in filling the position increased after the commission bought the former Portage Little League property and refurbished the fields so youth baseball could resume. Schassburger said in a release he sees outstanding untapped potential for youth and adult sports in Portage. “All the pieces have been there, they just have not been brought together,” he said.
He interned with Ripken Baseball — the same youth league run by the Portage Parks Department — last summer. Schassburger oversaw day-to-day operations at Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. He got pointers from major leaguer Bill Ripken, younger brother of Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, for whom the league is named. Schassburger said he’s eager to develop new sports programs for the parks department. Current offerings include adult softball and volleyball and youth soccer and baseball.
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