SinceDayOne Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Warren East High School is currently undergoing major renovations of it's sports facilities including a new turf field. East signed an agreement with Boise State and became one of only 5 high schools in America to have blue turf. It was put down over the last week or so and it is stunning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFire Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Some additional photos in this Twitter status: Sporting Times on Twitter: "Taking shape: Blue turf field for football & soccer being installed at Warren East HS. #bluelikeboise https://t.co/UdDKdyP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastaslightin Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlDog75 Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Although it looks OK, I'm not a fan of blue turf at all. If aligning with Boise on the turf helped financially, more power to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winterweather Posted July 17, 2016 Share Posted July 17, 2016 (edited) I know Boise is known their for their blue turf but the color of a field is a broad thing to have a trademark. However, they do. Link below with some information Here's how and why Boise State controls who installs non-green playing fields >> Idaho Statesman Blogs I actually the east field better Edited July 17, 2016 by winterweather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEERFAN Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 What is inscribed between the 15 and 25? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFire Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 What is inscribed between the 15 and 25? Jim Ross Field. Jim Ross was the second head coach of the Raiders, and remains their winningest head coach (#3 win percentage). Ross led the Raiders to two district titles (and a piece of another one but lost that playoff). His second district title (in 1981) would be the last district title Warren East would win for 26 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinGa Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Looks good. Did the school or the county pay for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonFire Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 The county foots the bill. It is part of an overall athletic complex renovation at Warren East, similar to the one at Warren Central, but a bit more extensive than that. My assumption is that eventually every school here will have turf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinGa Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Very cool. Our county paid for all 16 high schools to get turf about 5 years ago with a SPLOST tax. It's been great. It's actually weird to play on grass now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Doyle Posted July 18, 2016 Share Posted July 18, 2016 Love it. Congrats to you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurplePride92 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Looks great. Glad to see Warren East looking this good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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