04.16.08
driller remodel?
the other day the men with the blueprints meet after school and showed the driller adminstration (reese and harvick) what they had planned for the driller football field and track remodel.
from what i hear, they will keep the old concrete grandstand but add to it to make more seating possible. plus they are suppose to build a fieldhouse.
the vistor stands are suppose to moved to the outside of the track too. the discus and shot rings will be moved to the field behind the home grandstand.
the football field is suppose to stay grass. why i dont know, sure artificial turf costs more to put in but in the long run i bet it is cheaper. you dont have to mow it, water it, chalk it etc.
then comes our track. the photo shows how it looked the week after our 400 relay won the west coast relays. it was flooded in several places (didnt rain though) and dispite numerous signs, they still drove on it!
at least the moisture makes the track softer. it is usually as hard as concrete. so far in the remodel plans, we will get a dirt track again. one hopes we can raise money to put in an all-weather track. the kern high school district has one all-weather track and we need more.
sure some will howl that bakersfield high gets everything but it isnt the case by far. i hope the community will support getting bakersfield high a new track and i and others are looking into getting grants to make this happen.
lastly, it sounds like all this construction will start after the 2008 football season. so the drillers wont have a track at all in 2009.
