PREP FOOTBALL | NORTH SCOTT ELDRIDGE – Every year brings some sort of transition for high school football teams. Graduated seniors to replace, new personnel to mix into the varsity lineup, and new opponents to prepare for. Well, at North Scott High School this fall, coach Kevin Tippet's football program is also making another big adjustment – to a new stadium that features a new synthetic surface on which to play home games.
Final touches are being put on a multi-million dollar stadium project – part of the school district's Vision 2025 plan – that gives the Lancers and their fans a shiny new facility. "It was just time," said Jason Schroeder, North Scott activities director. "We finally got to the spot where we felt as a community and district that we had the funds to do what we wanted to get done in the district.
" The rebuild at Lancer Stadium was extensive, as opposed to the approach taken to build a new softball complex that opened this summer and replaced the old field. According to Schroeder, the Lancer Stadium work included installing a new artificial playing surface on the football field, resurfacing the track, and building new and expanded bleachers on the home (north) side of the stadium that included a new press box on top of those. Home and visitor's locker rooms, an athletic training room and an officials' office/shower area along with additional storage space was added in a free-standing structure underneath the new home stands.
A new entryway and ticket.