Edwards Field redo: Update

Pipes stacked up on the street outside the left field

fence of the softball field. In the distance is evidence

of digging related to drainage issues.

(Photo by Ed Piper)

Visible changes noticed from a week ago in the reconstruction of the Edwards Field complex at La Jolla High School include:
   --The pressbox is gone.
   --The wooden steps to the girls restroom have been removed.
   --Giant pieces of broken-up concrete from walkways and surrounding the restroom are piled up near the track.
   --There are pipes, apparently to solve the drainage problem, stacked up on the street beyond the left field fence of the softball field.

The restroom, thought a week ago to be on the verge of demolition, still stands in the corner of the football field. The boys locker room, likewise, is ready and waiting.

Part of the concrete in handicapped spaces, and adjoining, in the parking lot in front of the Small Gym has been removed. That coincides with the handicapped space next to the entrance to the Big Gym being reduced from concrete to dirt, as well.

One LJHS student-athlete commented, shaking his head, "They've piled up tons of trailers and equipment on the field."

Next fall will be exciting, with the football team traveling to several campuses for "home" games while the field is under renovation. Two of those games are scheduled as early as 5 p.m. on Friday afternoons (against Bishop's and West Hills, both at Mission Bay) and two at 6 p.m. (against Fallbrook and Point Loma, both at University City).


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