PAGE 10, MCNARY FALL SPORTS PREVIEW, SEPTEMBER 2015
It’s here!
McNary new turf installed
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Throughout the summer, McNary High
School senior Hayden Sader – and a number
of other McNary students – pitched in to help
prepare the way for the Celtics’ new turf fi eld.
They raked, hauled, dumped, leveled and
performed almost innumerable small tasks,
but for Sader there was one part he won’t
forget anytime soon.
“When we were surveying we had to dig
through and put in stakes. That gravel is so
thick and we were out here hammering away
at it on some really hot days,” he said.
We see what’s on the inside
Still, he was proud to say he had a hand in
building it when future Celtics took the fi eld
on Blue Day, Aug. 22.
For senior Jason Sperle, getting involved in
the project any way he could was a matter of
pride.
“I really wanted to take part and help do
the little things. That’s something I wanted to
do as a senior and it shows what our program
is all about,” Sperle said.
The process of installing the turf involved a
three-month timetable that included excavat-
ing the old fi eld, upgrading drainage systems,
fi lling in with new foundation material, level-
ing it off, laying down new turf, stitching it to-
gether with a sewing gun, clipping out sections
for logos and numbers, gluing the pre-made
numerals and letters down, adding sand and
plastic infi ll, and laying down asphalt on the ar-
eas the turf didn’t cover. They also added three
large I-beams to reposition the old scoreboard.
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