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Baseball field
--Gravel warning track that is overgrown with weeds goes from the 3rd base dugout around behind home plate, past the 1st base dugout, down the line to the outfield fence and all the way to the fence that goes along the 3rd base line. The 3rd base line fence runs along the track and football field.
--Infield dirt comes out of the Mississippi River along with quite a bit of Turface mixed in. Behind 3rd base is a low spot that always hold water after it rains, but most other places on the field dries rapidly.
--Left field corner holds water for quite a long time. If this is the only wet spot, then the game is played.
--Currently we have the 1st/3rd baselines cut out with about 6-foot dirt path. That is about to change and return to grass.
--Dugouts with benches that are falling apart. Concrete walls, new roof over the 3rd base dugout (blew off this past spring), and the third base dugout also has a storage shed attached. Portable benches are brought over from the football field to provide more seating in each dugout.
--There is very little "out of play" area that is inside the fence. In front of the dugouts, past the 3rd base dugout a little bit (part of where the running track goes away from the field), and where we keep the portable backstop down the left field line.
--I believe it's 325 to LF line, 360 in the gaps, 385 to dead center, and 305 down RF line. Right field corner is on a hill.
--New homeplate installed and raised this past week. Additional dirt to be added in the near future around home plate.
--Old chain link backstop
--Seating consists of one or two small bleacher sections. Many fans prefer to bring folding chairs and a lot of our home fans sit along the 1st base line on

the sidewalk next to a road.
--Parking is in the student parking lot beyond the right field fence.
--The bullpens absolutely are HORRIBLE. The home bullpen is beyond the left field fence in fall territory. It includes two (3 if tight) pitching rubbers; one

continuous mound constructed of gravel and railroad ties. The homeplate area is a gravel hole with a plate that is just thrown down. Behind homeplate in the

bullpen is the track and there is a gate to the track right in the middle of the bullpen. Yes, that creates problems sometimes. We have had track people get
hit on more than one occasion. The visitor bullpen is right behind the first base dugout. It is also constructed of gravel, but there is very little gravel actually there. The homeplate area there is actually on an incline and the plate is just thrown down.
--We have a pretty big scoreboard, but it doesn't have scoring by inning or hits, errors, etc. Just home score, visitor score, inning, and balls/strikes/outs. No sort of speaker system and no lights currently.
--No concession stand is operated during baseball. Rest rooms are actual plumbing, but they aren't always unlocked.
--Storage facilites at the field consists of old restrooms beyond the right field fence and the shed connected to the dugout. We have a single batting cage which is in pretty bad shape beyond the right field fence too.
--In our old gym where the wrestling team practices and our fitness center is located, we have a batting cage that we share with the softball team which raises up and down with a key.

JV and freshmen practice in a small field beyond the centerfield fence and sometimes go on either the band field or the football practice field. JV plays conference games across town in a Rec League park.

Wow... my description makes it sound like we've got a horrible field. That really isn't the case as CoachB25 would probably agree to. Our head coach spends A LOT of time working on the field yearround.

When we move to the new high school for the 2009-2010 school year, we are supposed to be moving to a new baseball complex which will include both a varsity and JV baseball diamond. It has been said that they have brought in a company who has designed several minor league facilities, but we aren't going to hold
our breaths..
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