34 SportsTurf | May 2014 www.sportsturfonline.com
Field of the Year
Category of Submission: Schools/Parks Softball
Sports Turf Manager: Eric Jones
Title: Head Groundskeeper
Experience: I have worked on athletic fields in the Park Hill School District for 15 years. I started working here
as a summer job and it eventually led to my managing a high school sports complex and campus.
Original construction: 2007
Turfgrass variety: The softball field was originally sodded with Quickstand bermudagrass in 2007. In the fall
the field is overseeded with ryegrass to keep the field green once it cools down. When I have a bare spot I use a
cup cutter to take sod pieces from my nursery.
Rootzone composition: Native soil and clay
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