Inquirer and Mirror

Turf wars: Board of Health weighs pros and cons of synthetic turf on island

The Board of Health held a roundtable discussion Monday with the sole topic being the possibility of installing synthetic turf at Nantucket High School’s Vito Capizzo Stadium.

PHOTOS: Huntsville City Schools debuts new turf fields for baseball, softball

Students in the Huntsville City Schools District are stepping onto brand-new turf this spring as multiple high school baseball and softball fields receive major upgrades.
Inquirer and Mirror

Board of Health grills PFAS experts with turf-field questions

The Board of Health held a roundtable discussion Monday with the sole topic being the possibility of installing synthetic turf at Nantucket High School's Vito Capizzo Stadium.
KPAX News

Baseball team withdraws request for artificial turf at Ogren Field

On Thursday, Jeremy Drake of the nonprofit MT Plastic Free was surprised to receive an email from Dale Bickell, City of ...
The Beaumont Enterprise

Jasper ISD installs new turf for athletic fields

Jasper ISD has used the offseason months to install new artificial turf for multiple sports venues. New surfaces were recently completed for the baseball and softball fields after the seasons ended in ...
Los Angeles Times

Laguna Beach installs $1.165-million athletic turf at Guyer Field

The Laguna Beach Unified School District has completed a $1.165-million athletic facility renovation, installing a new turf track and field at Laguna Beach High just in time for the fall sports season ...
Yahoo! Sports

Northwestern School District gives green light to field turf installation at Rogers Field

The Northwestern School District's board of directors began to openly consider major renovations to its main athletic complex in early spring. Since then, fans of its teams – especially football – ...

Hempfield Area will replace four grass fields with synthetic turf following split vote by school board

Hempfield Area School District will spend nearly $5.4 million to replace four of its grass fields with synthetic turf ...
Mission Local

It’s a (plastic) turf war at Crocker Amazon, and Chyanne Chen is caught in the middle

The ballfields at Crocker Amazon park at the southernmost edge of McLaren Park have seen better days. Gopher holes and soggy ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Study favors artificial turf over grass on Palo Alto’s busy playing fields

Players in the girls 2014 pre-academy soccer team practice at Cubberley’s turf soccer field in Palo Alto on January 28, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. Citing surging demand for soccer fields, a new ...
Athletic Business

Designing for Complexity: The Civil Engineering Behind Multipurpose Athletic Fields

A single multi-purpose field may host football on Friday night, youth soccer all weekend, marching band during the week and ...
The Star Press

Analysis: Why turf has surpassed grass in Delaware County and across Indiana

All Delaware County high schools with football programs will have turf fields by 2025, reflecting a statewide trend. While player safety concerns regarding turf exist at the professional level, high ...