Five schools will add artificial turf to their football fields this summer, bringing the state’s total number of fields with artificial surfaces to 21.
Glenrock, Big Piney and Southeast will add artificial surfaces to their existing stadiums in time for this fall. Glenrock and Southeast gained approval for their turf fields in the past week from their respective school boards.
Kemmerer, meanwhile, built a new football stadium that will have a turf field.
One of the biggest overhauls, of course, comes at Cheyenne East, where Okie Blanchard Stadium will be rebuilt and receive an artificial surface.
In all, 21 schools have exchanged grass fields for artificial surfaces. See which ones here.
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