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with August nearly here, thought I'd get this going. for most schools, Monday, Aug 12 is the first day of practice. one week conditioning, one week with pads. Scrimmages mostly on Saturday, Aug 24 with season openers the next week.
and now a sob story. the flooding this summer wiped out the football field in Windom (MN) where I live. the AD looked at scheduling all games on the road, but Windom already did that in 2018 after the last flood. so they have decided to turn the HS track into a temporary field. they will dig up all of the jump lanes and landing pits on the infield of the track, sod in those areas, and try to get that usable for football and soccer this fall. they will bring in portable bleachers and a portable clock/scoreboard.
as of now, no lights, so all games will have to be afternoons or Saturdays. scheduling TBD. soccer matches will have to start earlier so they can finish before dark. the AD has looked into getting temporary lights, but that sounds like it would be costly.
for the PA announcer (me...), scoreboard operator and radio, they will use a small press box where they normally do the scoring/timing for track meets. it's not very high off the ground, so the sight lines are lousy. they will bring in scissor lifts for coaches and video crews. if possible, I'd like to get up on a lift, but don't know if that is feasible. Oh - and the head coach resigned two weeks ago. it's going to be an interesting season..........
and now a sob story. the flooding this summer wiped out the football field in Windom (MN) where I live. the AD looked at scheduling all games on the road, but Windom already did that in 2018 after the last flood. so they have decided to turn the HS track into a temporary field. they will dig up all of the jump lanes and landing pits on the infield of the track, sod in those areas, and try to get that usable for football and soccer this fall. they will bring in portable bleachers and a portable clock/scoreboard.
as of now, no lights, so all games will have to be afternoons or Saturdays. scheduling TBD. soccer matches will have to start earlier so they can finish before dark. the AD has looked into getting temporary lights, but that sounds like it would be costly.
for the PA announcer (me...), scoreboard operator and radio, they will use a small press box where they normally do the scoring/timing for track meets. it's not very high off the ground, so the sight lines are lousy. they will bring in scissor lifts for coaches and video crews. if possible, I'd like to get up on a lift, but don't know if that is feasible. Oh - and the head coach resigned two weeks ago. it's going to be an interesting season..........