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Article: THIS GRASS IS GREENER WITH LOW UPKEEP AND DURABILITY TO SPARE, SYNTHETIC TURF WILL BE FIELDS OF THE FUTURE
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 19, 2004
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The soccer players at Westborough High School had a not-so-nice
nickname for their old soccer field: the Swamp. It was bog-like, even
in dry weather.
"The water used to come up this high," said senior Dan Heatherman,
pointing to a spot midway up his right shin guard. "It was
ridiculous."
The contrast between the Swamp and the new home field of the state
champion Rangers couldn't be greater. As it shimmered under a fading
sun on a recent afternoon, Westborough's new bright-green,
multipurpose field was the picture of agricultural perfection.
Make that technological perfection.
The school recently installed a state-of-the-art synthetic turf
field, where the ball always bounces true, the ...