Sarah Dumrese, great-granddaughter of Michael Spierdowis, was part of the ceremonial coin flip with her sons, Isaac and Ezra, and her nephew, Ben Allen. Players from the Roy-Hart/Barker team are lined up in the Albion end zone after the national anthem. The Albion district welcomed representatives from the contractors that worked on the field, including Diehl Development, sitework Blackmon/Farrell, electrical Chenango Contracting, turf installers and the Campus Construction Management Group. The district had been considering a turf field for about 25 years, Narburgh said.Īir Raising Events added balloons for the festive game, including this décor in one of the end zone corners. Narburgh said the baseball team could practice on the field in the spring and get outside more in getting ready for its season. With the grass field you couldn’t get on it after it rained.” “It gives you more play-ability,” Narburgh said. It doesn’t need to be mowed, fertilized or have fresh paint for the lines. He said the turf field is nearly 100 percent maintenance field. Narburgh is a 1982 Albion graduate and also played football for the Purple Eagles. Kirk Narburgh, CEO & managing partner at King & King Architects, worked on the design of the field and many of the recent Albion school construction projects. Soccer will be able to play on the new field in the fall 2023.Īlbion coaches, District Superintendent Mickey Edwards (second from left), contractors and the Board of Education check out the soft new turf on the field. If the weather allows, the softball field could be ready for the spring season. “It will be the same for our soccer and softball teams.”Ĭontractors are working to bring turf to those fields. “I’m excited for our kids to play on a field like they play on in Sectionals,” Edwards said. When that happened in a game, the grass field was often torn up, and took a lot of work and expense to get back up to par. “We don’t have to worry about the rain and the mud,” Edwards said. The players can better familiarize themselves with the lines and hash tags on the field. The ’83 team won Sectionals and played at Rich Stadium.Įdwards said the turf field allows the team to practice on it, and not just be used for games. Photo by Cheryl Wertman – Albion coaches, district leaders, Board of Education members and representatives from the construction and design companies also were on the field for the ribbon cutting.ĭistrict Superintendent Mickey Edwards, a 1985 Albion graduate, played defensive back for the varsity teams in 1983 and ’84. The team was led on the field by Blake Preston(2) and Auston Johnson (4). The ribbon-cutting included the varsity team sprinting through a ribbon held by Wayne Wadhams, president of the Board of Education. Albion battled the Roy-Hart-Barker team and the Purple Eagles won the game, 36-14. By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 15 September 2023 at 11:52 pmĪLBION – The bleachers for Albion’s side were near capacity for the debut of Albion’s new turf football field under the lights at Spierdowis Field on Friday night.
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