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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Big, big stadium changes coming at Wayne
HUBER HEIGHTS — Jay Minton, the Wayne High School football coach and athletic director, started our conversation about his football season by taking bug spray up the stairs toward the football stadium press box to kill some bees.
He climbed down, pointed toward the press box and stands and said, “That’ll all be gone next year.”
Minton then spent the next few minutes describing the upcoming changes the Wayne football stadium that will completely alter the look and experience of the place.
The plan starts following this football season, when the home stands and press box will be torn down and replaced. Then, by the start of the 2012 school year, Wayne plans on building other additions, including a large brick entry way on the stadium’s east side that will also contain restrooms and concession stands (much like, for those who have been there, Alexander Stadium at Piqua).
The plans are part of an even larger design for Wayne High School, which will have an entirely new building starting in August 2012.
Much like our discussion of the Beavercreek gym earlier today, the plans signify effort by high schools all over to give their fans the best experience possible and the players and coaches the top facilities they can.
The only problem for Minton, really, is keeping all of his season-ticket holders pleased with their new seats.
“We’re forming a committee for that,” Minton said. “We want to make sure everyone gets what they want.”
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Lighter, brighter gym coming soon to Beavercreek
BEAVERCREEK — For the past few seasons, it had become difficult to work on the main gym floor at Beavercreek High School.
“It was the original floor, about 50 years old, and they were at the point where they just couldn’t sand into the floor anymore,” said Ed Zink, the Beavercreek athletic director and girls basketball coach. “They just had to re-varnish it.”
The problem is being fixed with a new floor to go along with new lighting and duct work that is expected to be completed by late September. In the meantime, the auxiliary gym is being used for classes and events.
The Beavers will use the opportunity of a new gym to do some painting and decoration that will make the inside brighter with more color. Plus, Beavercreek players, along with opponents, will certainly appreciate the new digs.
“Even the auxiliary gym was so much better for the kids’ legs than the fieldhouse floor was,” Zink said. “There was just no give in it whatsoever. So, it’s exciting from that perspective, it’ll look better and be better for the players.”
