RENOVATION OF JOHN KASSEN STADIUM

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:00 pm

SPRUCING UP THE PLACE

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:55 am

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JOHN KASSEN FIELD

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 11:58 am

BLACK END ZONES After seeing Iowa Parks stadium at the Albany /Muesnster game we knew we wanted this color scheme

Postby **ComancheAlumni06** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 1:29 pm

Very nice!

Postby **hardrockers** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 4:24 pm

Nice. Been waiting for you guys to do this.

Postby **Goodknight** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:18 pm

Nice! I've seen some real battles on that old grass field when John Kassen was coach. We had to stand along the cable when the stands filled up! I think I still prefer grass!!

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:22 pm

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Postby **Razorback** » Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:43 pm

Looks GREAT!!! I bet it will really be nice when finished!

Postby **Cottontop** » Sat Feb 10, 2018 4:53 am

Does look great. Hellas is a great company also.

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Wed Feb 21, 2018 8:03 am

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Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:50 pm

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Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:22 am

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Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Mon Jul 23, 2018 6:44 am

https://youtu.be/YYUuWxVpEKc

Postby **Cottontop** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:23 am

Swammy, what is the time frame? Is it gonna be done on time for football?

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:53 am

Cottontop wrote:Swammy, what is the time frame? Is it gonna be done on time for football?

Contract say August 8th on the field (Hellas) & .. Bleachers & pressbox ( Southern Bleachers out of Graham). However we ran into so soil stabilization issues & that has been pushed back another 5 days. The concession & bathroom should be ready around the 14th also. That should work just about right for us going into second week of two a days

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Fri Jul 27, 2018 11:40 am

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Postby **Goodknight** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 11:39 am

All right Swammy, did ya'll strike oil over there in the VV school district? Not many 2a schools with a turf field like that. Windthorst has one, perhaps at least partially financed by all the wind turbines in the area. There are some wind turbines in Cooke County around Muenster. Perhaps they'll be next. Beautiful stadium in honor of a great coach. Good luck to the Eagles.

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 12:57 pm

we are fortunate

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:03 pm

Pigskin Swammy wrote:
Goodknight wrote:All right Swammy, did ya'll strike oil over there in the VV school district? Not many 2a schools with a turf field like that. Windthorst has one, perhaps at least partially financed by all the wind turbines in the area. There are some wind turbines in Cooke County around Muenster. Perhaps they'll be next. Beautiful stadium in honor of a great coach. Good luck to the Eagles.

we are very very fortunate
we have a very supportive community
We have an excellent Superintendent who knows finances!! we were actually able to drop our M&O tax rate this year by 2 cents
no bond money was required

again we are very fortunate.. We have have had enough kids move here in the last 6 months because of this field , facilities, or program in general to pay for it. We prolly had 15 athletes move here in the last 6 months that will more than pay for this field at 10k per year in funding.

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Postby **Windthorstfan** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:54 pm

Goodknight wrote:Not many 2a schools with a turf field like that. Windthorst has one, perhaps at least partially financed by all the wind turbines in the area.

No wind turbines in Windthorst ISD. It's my understanding we are a poor school district when it comes to taxation. Cotton knows more about it than I do.

Found my post on the old board from Jan of 2010

The school board has been saving the ISD's pennies for a while. This all started because they wanted to build to track for our students. The bulk of the expense incurred is for the track. The football field is losing it's crest so there would have been expense to make improvements. It cost about twice as much to put the turf field down than to do the earth moving needed. The turf is guaranteed for 8 years and typically lasts 12 years before needing replaced. They are putting in a lighting system that will make the track available to the community 24/7 unless of course there are school activities taking place. In my opinion the best part of this is taxes will not be raised, no bonds to be issued. The fund that is funding this project is comprised of 70% State money and 30% tax money. This project will still leave a healthy balance in the fund since the school board has been frugal and diligent in their spending.

Postby **Cottontop** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 5:14 am

I think there are 3 or 4 turbines in our district. The bulk of them are in Archer and Midway school districts. That shows you how small WISD is.

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Tue Aug 14, 2018 2:01 pm

today they were suppose to start laying the turf down!!!! NOT

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Postby **Windthorstfan** » Tue Aug 14, 2018 2:45 pm

That's going to put them behind schedule!!!

Postby **Bonecrusher** » Tue Aug 14, 2018 7:21 pm

Good drainage test for the field.
Seriously though, hope it doesn't set ya'll back too much.

Postby **Razorback** » Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:00 pm

Turf floats right LOL

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Thu Aug 16, 2018 6:51 am

Razorback wrote:Turf floats right LOL

yes sir it just might with over 7 inches in two days

they re packed base yesterday along with staging the brock padding & turf... They were delivering in dump trucks this morning the medium to be used in the turf grass. Today they should make progress in laying the field

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Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Thu Aug 16, 2018 10:33 am

LOOKING TOWARDS VISITORS SIDE & PRESS BOX.

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Postby **Razorback** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:42 pm

That is gonna be nice!!

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Tue Aug 21, 2018 12:53 pm

Razorback wrote:That is gonna be nice!!

getting closer!! This was last Saturday... We were told at last night's at board meeting they would finish Sunday evening

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Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 10:16 am

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Postby **OskeeWowWow** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:33 pm

Swammy - where are you guys at on enrollment? Seems like you guys are more similar to a 3A school in many ways than most 2A schools.

Stadium's gonna look great.

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:51 pm

at the end of the day yesterday I was told 220

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 12:52 pm

Pigskin Swammy wrote:at the end of the day yesterday I was told 220

however 262 5th through 8th

Postby **Bonecrusher** » Thu Aug 23, 2018 2:54 pm

Stadium reno looking a lot better. Almost there.
Looks like y'all may be bumping to 3A in a few years?

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Fri Aug 24, 2018 11:47 am

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start practice Monday on it

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:55 am

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Postby **dogfan1** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 1:01 pm

Looks Awesome!

Postby **Razorback** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:16 pm

That is AWESOME!!!!!

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:18 pm

Razorback wrote:That is AWESOME!!!!!

thx guys!! I think they will practice on it today for the first time or coach Kassen said no later than tomorrow for sure

Postby **Cottontop** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 5:04 am

Looks great !!!

Postby **OskeeWowWow** » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:31 am

Very sharp.

Postby **Eagle 1** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:15 pm

Looking good.

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 7:55 am

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Postby **cowboyz** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:38 am

That's a good looking field.

Postby **HawleyRocks** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:20 pm

Very Nice... Looks Amazing... All that comes to mind is, Congratulations!!!!

Postby **Pigskin Swammy** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 2:43 pm

3 seed

https://www.kxii.com/content/sports/Tom ... 57571.html

Postby **Bonecrusher** » Tue Nov 13, 2018 3:41 pm

Very nice looking field, stands & all. Like the black end zones.
Kinda jealous. Always wished we would have got turf while my sons were playing.

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