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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

GRHS Baseball Field on Target for May 1

Date still "highly dependent" on good weather in next few weeks, school official says.

A spell of inclement weather has pushed back the expected opening date of the remodeled Glen Rock High School baseball field, but school officials believe May 1 is a realistic target date. "I must stress that the May 1st completion date is highly dependent on satisfactory weather condition in the weeks ahead," Business Administrator Michael Rinderknecht told Patch. Upgrades to the baseball field – budgeted separately from the other athletic field projects at the high school – include new sod, protective fences, field re-grading, dugouts, a sprinkler system. According to Rinderknecht, the scoreboard is already up and running. Fencing work will begin Wednesday and should be complete by the end of the week. The warning track has mostly been …

Phil Brooks

2:40 pm on Tuesday, April 2, 2013

May 1 of what year? :-) And, now, may someone be blessed with half the sense God gave a chicken and keep sports other than baseball off the field in the fall, please. Because, if you want that field to be wrecked in short order, make sure that soccer and lacrosse play on it. The outfield of the old field was horrid and no one ever rolled it, which left it with cleat marks and divots all over the …   more ›

Monday, December 3, 2012

GRHS Baseball Parents Petition District for Expedience

Report in Glen Rock Gazette says parents who fear the baseball field won't be ready for the upcoming season are looking to pressure the district into speeding up construction work.

Parents who fear the new Glen Rock High School baseball field won't be ready in time for the spring season have circulated a petition to press the district, according to a recent report in the Glen Rock Gazette. As Patch reported last week, Glen Rock High School baseball parent Denise Blind took aim at what she felt was a slower-than-warranted process to have the outfield re-sodded, a new infield created, along with the installation of bullpens, a batting cage as well as a protective fence cover. Bids are expected to go out in December with construction estimated to commence in early-to-mid January, Business Administrator Michael Rinderknecht said at the school board meeting. Creating greater urgency to complete portions of the overall …

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glenrocker15

11:03 am on Friday, December 14, 2012

Excellent points Mark - you are right on the money (pun definitely intended)! Certain people may recall several years ago, that the pitchers mound was the site for the football game rally "bonfires". In any event, the necessary renovations to the GRHS baseball field are extensive and if done, should be done correctly over time - not some slipshod job done just to pacify a group of parents. Is the…   more ›

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