Disappointing Look At Sport Complex

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has sent out a memo to all member institutions reminding them of the health of all high school athletes during this hot spell that we are under now.

This memo was issued after a football player from Kentucky died last week from dehydration in 75 degree weather.

The NCHSAA has made it mandatory as of Wednesday any school who holds the so called two-a-days that the second practice can be no longer than ninety minutes.

All practices are suppose to be over before 10.00am or start after 5.00pm to avoid the extreme heat of the day.

I need to update you on my cousin Lauren Doughtie who has now played in seven Futures tour tournaments. The last time I spoke about her she had played in two tournaments and cashed in on both. But since then, she has gone five straight weeks and not made the cut.

Lauren finished her career at N C State before she started on the Futures tour and seven tournaments were already over before she started. There are only a few left and she stands #133 and needs to finish in the top 100 or have to qualify again this fall for the Futures or even if she tries to qualify for the LPGA tour.

She needs to finish in the top ten in one of the few Futures tour tournaments left to get into the top 100.

If you have been a regular reader of this blog you know I hate to be the barer of bad news. There are too many good things in life to have to dwell on the bad all the time.Tuesday night while I was at the Sports Complex doing the Co-Rec championship game I was distressed at what I saw.

The geese have over run the complex and you have to watch every step you take. That is expected if you expect to have animals as scenery.

Seems to me if you are going to cut the grass and set a field up for play every day you could power wash the sidewalks. What mostly disappointed me was the condition of the area between the concession stand and playing field. There are areas where there is no grass growing and the ground is unlevel from washouts.

The sports complex is what less than five years old. It is suppose to be a show case for the city. Somebody from down town needs to come look at the condition that the complex has already become.

If you are going to spend the kind of money they did to build the complex they had better take care of it. The fields look great but not everyone who uses the complex goes on the field but sits in the stands and watches.

I only saw where I was and not how the little league end looks. They are getting ready to open the soccer fields soon. Don't neglect what you already have trying to add to the complex. Take care of it. We can use it for a life time, If we take care of it.