Try Try Try Again
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August 26, 2007
Saturday, August 25th, I decided to make the short drive from Abilene to Trent to have a look see at the new Trent Gorillas athletic complex. Very impressive, very impressive indeed.
What I found was a new football stadium, track, and softball field. The playing surfaces are artifical turf. The football field turf is down and ready to go. That is a good thing as the Gorillas will be hosting the Water Valley Wildcats Friday August 31st at 7:30 PM. There is still lots of work to do with the stadium. The bleachers and press box on the Home side are not finished. The Visitors side looks to be ready to go. The lights are connected and being tested on the Home side. The lights on the Visitors side will get hooked up on Monday.
Workers were there on Saturday welding on the fence that surrounds the football field. Closer inspection revealed thos workers were none other than Head Coach Kyle Jeffery, Superintendant Greg Priddy. and Vocational Ag teacher Lee (I missed the last name).
I am going to try to add some pictures so you can get a feel for what the first artifical turf Six-Man stadium on the planet looks like. Trent paid lots of money for this complex but the school board thinks they have made a good investment and I agree.
Who builds next? There are others interested.
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