An official ground breaking ceremony was held on Monday afternoon at what is now known as Klosterman Field at Washington Savings Bank Stadium. The ceremony broke ground for the Effingham High School upcoming new turf field. The field is not just intended to be used for just football but also for band coemptions, soccer and possibly baseball and softball.
Unit 40 Superintendent Mark Doan, other Unit 40 board members and Effingham sports backers were on hand at the ceremony. Representatives from significant donors to the project were present as well. Effingham Hearts Head Football Coach Bret Hefner, Effingham Hearts Head Soccer Coach Logan Arney and Effingham Red Regiment Director Logan Andrews were also on hand.
Along with the new turf being installed by Byrne & Jones Construction, a new video / score board will also be installed in the south end zone.
The same company Nevco that installed the video boards in the high school gymnasium will take of care of that portion of the project.
Mr. Doan said that both projects (field and scoreboard) would be completed later this year on August 12th. With a formal open house ceremony for the public the following week.
Construction on the project as already begun as the field goal posts have already been removed. And with track season over and the end of the school year the project is full speed ahead in order to meet the August 12th completion date goal.
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