From Tribune staff reports
SPRINGVILLE, Ala.–Springville High School celebrated its newly installed synthetic turf football field and upgrades to its baseball and softball facilities on Friday with a ribbon cutting.
The project converted Springville’s natural football field to a turf field, fixing the uneven surface in the process, and added a new drainage system, fencing, goal posts, and play clocks.
Springville High School celebrates the opening of its new football field. Courtesy of Goodwyn Mills Cawood.
“This is a great day for Springville High School,” Springville principal Dr. Gregory Moore said.
“I do not have the words to express the gratitude I have for everyone that helped make this possible. We have a great school community, and I hope these facility upgrades are something that everyone can appreciate.”
The new field will also serve as the home of the boys and girls soccer teams, the latter of which has won two state championships in a row.
As part of the renovation, 1.5 inches of new asphalt was added to the track around the field and the parking lot around the stadium was repaved and now provides ADA compliant parking.
Springville also completed upgrades to its baseball and softball facilities, constructing a new concession stand, press box, and softball dugout funded by former State Sen. Jim McClendon.
The new softball dugout features a locker room, office, and restrooms.
The concession stand and press box were upgraded to two stories, separating the two spaces which were previously on the same level.
“We are excited about the athletic facility upgrades for the Springville community,” St. Clair County Superintendent, Dr. Justin Burns said.
“We hope our students enjoy them for years to come.”
Goodwyn Mills Cawood (GMC) provided landscape architecture and civil engineering services for the football field and baseball and softball facility upgrades.
Additional project partners included CCI Engineering Services, Gameday Athletic Surfaces, Jackson, Renfro & Associates, Tucker-Jones Engineers, Berhard, and Bogart Construction.
Springville will play its first home football game on the new field on Friday, Aug. 30 against Fairview High School.
