The 1980 North Pole Nicks began play as a Collegiate summer baseball team and were founded by Don Dennis.
[1][2][3] The team nickname is in reference to the North Pole being the home of Santa Claus and "Nicks" is short for Saint Nicholas.
[2] In 1985, the North Pole Nicks finished 2nd in the National Baseball Congress World Series.
[6] In 2001, three former North Pole Nicks players, Steve Finley, Mark Grace and Luis Gonzalez were members of the World Series Champion Arizona Diamondbacks.
Wright Field has served as the home to the North Pole High School baseball team.