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The first high school football game in Texas was played in 1892 by Ball High school. Texas A&M played it’s 1st football game against Ball High school.
Kermit Courville Stadium is a 10,000-seat multipurpose stadium located in Galveston, Texas and owned by the Galveston Independent School District. It serves as the home field for the Ball High School Golden Tornadoes football team.
Kermit Courville Stadium (Known as “Public School Stadium” in my day) was built in 1948, so it is historic in and of itself," PTORS President Sandra Tetley said. I am older than the field! I played on this field from 1958 to 1963.
In May of 2010 an unsuccessful bond election was held to fund replacement of the 65-year old stadium with a new 6,000 to 10,000-seat multipurpose stadium, built on a district-owned site at 83rd Street near Scholes International Airport.
Even though the bond issue of a few years ago failed, a new bond issue vote is in the process. So, the last grass still standing that I played on will soon be history. You know you are old when every field you ever played the sport you loved has been replaced but this one, and soon it will be gone.
I do not like watching sports, but I loved playing them. In my life time, I never returned to a single field I played on to watch a single game. And soon the last field will be gone.
So, Nana Chou and I made a little adventure to see an old friend.
[video=youtube;plaKiR-1BYs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plaKiR-1BYs[/video]
Kermit Courville Stadium is a 10,000-seat multipurpose stadium located in Galveston, Texas and owned by the Galveston Independent School District. It serves as the home field for the Ball High School Golden Tornadoes football team.
Kermit Courville Stadium (Known as “Public School Stadium” in my day) was built in 1948, so it is historic in and of itself," PTORS President Sandra Tetley said. I am older than the field! I played on this field from 1958 to 1963.
In May of 2010 an unsuccessful bond election was held to fund replacement of the 65-year old stadium with a new 6,000 to 10,000-seat multipurpose stadium, built on a district-owned site at 83rd Street near Scholes International Airport.
Even though the bond issue of a few years ago failed, a new bond issue vote is in the process. So, the last grass still standing that I played on will soon be history. You know you are old when every field you ever played the sport you loved has been replaced but this one, and soon it will be gone.
I do not like watching sports, but I loved playing them. In my life time, I never returned to a single field I played on to watch a single game. And soon the last field will be gone.
So, Nana Chou and I made a little adventure to see an old friend.
[video=youtube;plaKiR-1BYs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plaKiR-1BYs[/video]
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