St. James high schools may join league of turf users

L’Observateur LUTCHER – Football players in St. James Parish may soon be feeling artificial turf beneath their cleats if Lutcher High School head football coach and Athletic Director Tim Detillier has anything to say about it.

Greener pastures: Artificial turf offers real advantages

ROCKFORD — Artificial turf has evolved well beyond the dark days of the early 1990s, when indoor soccer was played on little more than a scratchy green carpet stretched over padding and concrete.

It starts with toughness for Eli

GREEN BAY, Wis. – They were given hand warmers to stuff into their cleats. Those froze. They were given some strange cream to spread over their face. That didn’t help, either.

Willy's Gym unveils new field turf

The new turf field facility at Willy Gym in North Eastham has officially opened with a full slate of activities and even more planned. With a full 10,000 square feet of indoor playing surface, the new field turf with get a full introduction to the public on January 14, with a free Open House for the field, which is located on the old basketball courts, next to the indoor tennis facility. Slated ...

Erie Express opens practice; new players welcome to attend

The Erie Express semipro football team will have its first practice Tuesday at 9 p.m. at the Braendel Service indoor facility, 2325 Broad St.