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08-15-2007, 07:59 PM
By Scott Joiner
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:16 PM CDT
At the school board meeting Thursday night, the project contractor made a guarantee that the Hippos would play Dripping Springs on their new home field Aug. 31.
The Saturday scrimmage against Llano was moved from Hutto to the Round Rock Athletic Complex, saving the Hippos an unplanned road trip and giving fans a chance to see the team play in their first scrimmage.
“We didn't want to have to go all the way to Llano and Round Rock has let us use their stadium right now,” Penland said.
Fingers are crossed that the new surface will be ready for the season opener.
“Well, they're telling us they're going to make it. Hellas Construction is telling us they're going to have it ready. They were supposed to start putting the turf down Monday night, but they weren't quite ready,” coach Lee Penland said. “They got the rolls out and they say the turf will definitely be going on (Wednesday) morning. They're going to work from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. on the turf crew. They say they can get more done at night because of the heat and everything. (Wednesday) morning their better be a whole lot of turf laid out.”
If the field isn't ready, the Hippos will have to scramble for a back up plan to start the regular season.
“Right now the back up plan would be to go to Dripping Springs,” Penland said. “I had some other things set up but they guarantee they are going to make it.”
The Hippos held an inter-squad scrimmage Saturday morning as they continue preparations for the first scrimmage against Llano on Saturday.
“It was the second day in pads,” Penland said. “We got out of it and nobody got hurt. We got our work in and everything was fine.”
The football program drew a huge group of athletes with 155 players coming out to fill the freshman, junior varsity and varsity squads.
Against Llano, the coaching staff will get their first look at how some of the younger players respond when they line up against strangers, as opposed to the friends they've practiced against up to this point.
“We'll have cameras and get to watch some video and really start using our teaching tools there. You never know how somebody is going to respond when they line up against somebody they don't know,” Penland said. “We'll put them in a game situation and see how they get play, how hard they get after it and if they're confused and how fast the game is to them.”
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Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:16 PM CDT
At the school board meeting Thursday night, the project contractor made a guarantee that the Hippos would play Dripping Springs on their new home field Aug. 31.
The Saturday scrimmage against Llano was moved from Hutto to the Round Rock Athletic Complex, saving the Hippos an unplanned road trip and giving fans a chance to see the team play in their first scrimmage.
“We didn't want to have to go all the way to Llano and Round Rock has let us use their stadium right now,” Penland said.
Fingers are crossed that the new surface will be ready for the season opener.
“Well, they're telling us they're going to make it. Hellas Construction is telling us they're going to have it ready. They were supposed to start putting the turf down Monday night, but they weren't quite ready,” coach Lee Penland said. “They got the rolls out and they say the turf will definitely be going on (Wednesday) morning. They're going to work from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. on the turf crew. They say they can get more done at night because of the heat and everything. (Wednesday) morning their better be a whole lot of turf laid out.”
If the field isn't ready, the Hippos will have to scramble for a back up plan to start the regular season.
“Right now the back up plan would be to go to Dripping Springs,” Penland said. “I had some other things set up but they guarantee they are going to make it.”
The Hippos held an inter-squad scrimmage Saturday morning as they continue preparations for the first scrimmage against Llano on Saturday.
“It was the second day in pads,” Penland said. “We got out of it and nobody got hurt. We got our work in and everything was fine.”
The football program drew a huge group of athletes with 155 players coming out to fill the freshman, junior varsity and varsity squads.
Against Llano, the coaching staff will get their first look at how some of the younger players respond when they line up against strangers, as opposed to the friends they've practiced against up to this point.
“We'll have cameras and get to watch some video and really start using our teaching tools there. You never know how somebody is going to respond when they line up against somebody they don't know,” Penland said. “We'll put them in a game situation and see how they get play, how hard they get after it and if they're confused and how fast the game is to them.”
Story Link (www.thehuttonews.com/articles/2007/08/15/sports/news01.txt)