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SEPTEMBER 2015, MCNARY FALL SPORTS PREVIEW, PAGE 1 1 (Continued from Page 10) KEIZERTIMES/Eric A. Howald Opposite page: Dr. Vern Casterline cuts the ceremonial ribbon during McNary’s annual Blue Day. Above: The fi rst yards of turf are installed. Top left: A FieldTurf crew stitches together panels of turf. Top right: Spaces for numerals are sheared. The project was paid for through about $500,000 in in-kind donations and an- other $500,000 cash. The McNary Athletic Booster Club is still raising money to help cover expenses. The new artifi cial turf fi eld is expected to be able to handle tenfold the amount of traffi c the old natural grass fi eld could. It’s expected to improve fi eld availability for groups and organizations ranging from the football team to the band to the lacrosse team come spring. In the short term, that same increased-yet-still-limited availability is causing at least some consternation. “The turf is nothing but positive for the school and the girls soccer program pro- gram. However, the biggest hurdle is work- ing through practice schedules. Before we would train and play on grass, but when you’re talking about different types of sur- face, we need to be able to train on the fi eld we are going to call our home fi eld,” said AJ Nash, head coach of the McNary girls soccer program. “If we can’t train two days a week over there, the grass fi eld will con- tinue to be our home fi eld.” Nash was speaking a little more than a week before the games were slated to start and he’d yet to hear anything about being able to practice on the new turf. “We haven’t gotten a training schedule Custom Jewelry BOUCHER JEWELERS HELPING HANDS The following students all pitched in to help prepare the new turf field. Hayden Sader Ty Penner Collin Young Jason Sperle Trent Van Cleave Brendan Van Voorhis Kolby Barker Marc Baiza Sam Farr Craig Brod Jon Anderson Jakoby Doke Bobby Botta Blake Norton Gage Mance Jacob Jackson Tanner Gordon Ryan Bamford Kyle Aicher Ty Covalt Tyler Stull Robert Benson Raymond Byrd Brycen Boucher Your Feet Are My Specialty Dean McNabb, DPM ABPS BOARD CERTIFIED Sports Medicine Foot Surgery Heel Pain Fractures Ingrown Nails Neuromas At BOUCHER JEWELERS, we sketch what you have in mind or suggest designs to assure a truly stunning custom-made piece. 4965 River Road N yet, but last year that fi eld was full and now we’re adding girls and boys soccer to the mix.The good thing is there are lights and if it means we have a couple of 8 p.m. prac- tices a week, we’ll do it,” he said. In the long term, Jeff Auvinen, head coach of the McNary football program, is hoping it cuts down on injuries. “In the past couple of seasons, we’ve actually seen more injuries during away games on turf because it feels different and cuts different when the kids are playing on it. The kids will now be more accustomed to it,” Auvinen said. While it will be a few months before the lacrosse team gets a crack at the turf on a regular basis, Head Coach Ryan Bowlby said he expects it to bring about a new era for the team. “There’s been a lot of kids who haven’t been able to participate once parents fi nd out that we practiced at North Salem (High School). Having a home fi eld means kids will be able to walk here and just seeing those guys walk to school with their pads in the spring is going to increase visibility,” Bowlby said. Since its inception, the Celtic lacrosse team has practiced and played at North Sa- lem. In the more than fi ve years the club has been around, they’ve only gotten to host a game at McNary once. 503-393-0701 Warts & Orthotics Nail Fungus Hammertoes Diabetic Foot Care Bunions PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOOT & ANKLE 4905 RIVER RD N - KEIZER - 503.390.0959