The Wichita school board, for the second time in two months, approved a $3.7 million contract Monday with a Texas-based company to install artificial turf fields at five high schools.
Folks in Edwardsburg (IN) are teaming up for a very ambitious effort; a non-profit group plans to build a 102-acre athletic complex in the coming years. They've already raised about $1.7 million dollars to do it.
Another battle has been decided, but Newton's turf war is likely to continue, even though many combatants would rather use the battlefield for football. "Kids are walking around the school upset and distraught about what's happening," said South junior Isaac Freedman, a co-captain of the football team. "It's unbelievable."
The Ohio Sports Turf Managers Association (OSTMA) invites sports field managers from throughout Ohio to tour the new All Pro Freight Stadium, home of the Minor League Lake Erie Crushers, located off of I-90 west of Cleveland.
The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the Los Angeles Unified School District have decided that any new artificial fields they purchase must use a different material than crumb rubber as its infill layer.