Doc Wadley Stadium located in

Tahlequah, Oklahoma Tahlequah ( ; ''Cherokee'': ᏓᎵᏆ, ''daligwa'' ) is a city in Cherokee County, Oklahoma located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. It is part of the Green Country region of Oklahoma and was established as a capital of the 19th-century ...

is the home stadium of the

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Division II

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team the RiverHawks of

Northeastern State University Northeastern State University (NSU) is a public university with its main campus in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The university also has two other campuses in Muskogee and Broken Arrow as well as online. Northeastern is the oldest institution of high ...

. The University also has consented to allow Doc Wadley Stadium to be used for other purposes—for example, th
Tahlequah High School
football team (the Tahlequah Tigers) schedules their home games there and the field is also used for marching band contests. The Tahlequah City Vipers are an adult amateur team that also leases the stadium. Doc Wadley Stadium underwent a $3.5 million renovation in 2014 which included an expanded seating capacity to 8,300, installing

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, installing a video scoreboard, and additional restrooms and concession areas.

References

External links

Description of Gable Field with recent renovations at the NSU Sports webpage

Reference to NSU's listing as an NCAA Division II school

Tahlequah High School homepage
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