By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
The concrete crew has done the majority of their work already, and now
the turf crew has arrived to install new artificial turf at Hoisington High
School’s football field. The project is part of the $1.597 million replacement
of both the turf and track in Hoisington. USD 431 Superintendent Patrick Crowdis
said the asphalt team is expected to begin the track resurface the first week
of August.
"It should take them two or three days to put the asphalt down," said Crowdis. "Whether or not they put the rubber down for the track at the exact same time will be up in the air. We should know as we get closer to the first week of August. If they are not able to complete the rubber at that time, that should not keep us from hosting events."
ATG Sports Industries is the contractor for the Hoisington project and has told
the school district the entire project will be finished by the middle of
August.
"We are also bringing in a crew to lay our asphalt out of Kansas City," said Crowdis. "It's a crew that ATG works with on a regular basis. We should be in pretty good shape in terms of having all of our surfaces ready for football games and activities that take place at the high school."
USD 431 had to order new goal posts, which are on backorder, but Crowdis
said the posts should arrive before Hoisington’s first home football game on
Sept. 1.