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Show The Dixie Sun Page 8 February Sports 4, 1997 Sports Editor: Amber Faulkner Replanting of Hansen Stadium causes conflicts By AMBER FAULKNER I HI. DIXII SUN Rick Neilson spent years trying to find a video that would assist in the training of Boy Scouts in the Washington County area. Neilson called representatives from the Navy Air Force and the Army and found that such a video doesn't exist. After contacting Generals in the Pentagon, Neilson received a call from Captain Griffen, the commanding officer of the battalion at Marine Headquarters, who offered to bring the Marine Drum and Bugle Corps as well as the Silent Drill Team to St. George to peiform. They are scheduled to perform on Tuesday March 11, at Hansen Stadium. "This will be the first time that the band will be in Utah," Neilson said. "In excess of over 5, 000 people, including (Utah ) senators Bennett and Hatch, Congressman Jim Hansen, and Governor (Michael) Leavitt, are expect- ed to attend." Last week, construction began on Hansen Stadium to replant the football field. On Wednesday, the Dixie College stakes are moving the sod from Hansen Stadium to I lurst field. Following that, the smoothing of the dirt begins. The new field is expected to be complete between March third and eighth. "Once the grass is planted, no one can be on the field," College Athletic Director Karl Brooks said in a telephone interview. "The original plan," Neilson Color -- Co trn fry - 77 INSURANCE MEDICAID Health Express MEDICARE CASH OR APPOINTMENT WALK-I- N EAST too SOUTH SSS SOUTH BLUFF ! 419 WEST 400 SOUTH ACUTE II LNESS, WOMI N S SERVICES, BIRTH CON TROL. PHYSICAL S FAMILY MARJORIE ENCE- said, "Was to have the field dug up and the dirt smoothed before the Marine bands got here, then after they were done performing, plant the grass." "Four to five weeks ago, the powers that be, here at Dixie College, met together and decided to go ahead with the construction," Neilson continued. "The tickets were already printed and advertising was already under way." After hearing that the Marine bands were coming to St. George, the Army Old Guard band now wants to come, as well as the National Guard bands. "This is a great recruiting tool," Neilson said, "Look at the alternative, 700 - 1,000 high school students from all over the state are coming. This would be the perfect time for them to come to St. George, when it is warm, sunny, and beautiful," Neilson said. The funding for the project at Hansen Stadium has come through a sizable donation from the Rotary Bowl committee, as well as local contractors. "I have spoken with Randy Wilkinson and Jeff Norton (the contractor)," Neilson said, "to see why sod wasn't being used, and was told there were budgetary constraints that made it improbable at this point. I indicated to both of them that as a gesture of help and combined effort, Boy Scouts would donate to the college, monies to pay for the sod so that the grass (one) would be available for the Marines to perform on and (two) will NURSE - RAY HUFF - f ST GFORL.E. UT ST C.hORl.f. UT CEDAR CITY UT PRACTITIONERS MARJENE ALLEN - KATHERINE MOON SIAIISS 474 WJ give the stadium a longer season for the grass to grow root, without the concern of a shortened growing season as was the previous concern." We just want everybody to know that we appreciate the use of the stadium and if we could do anything to help, anything we can do to accommodate the college, we're willing to do so." said Nielson. Remaining proceeds go to the fund for 86 scouts and 14 leaders to go to Washington D.C. for a week to tour the capitol and other historic sites. "This is an effort to build their sense of patriotism and instill in them a renewed respect for flag and country, that they will bring back here, and hopefully make contagious." rFf ,n L i ? "A - . . f 4 ? .mh inTur lUiTTiir m artrr mlinrr-- - nMMuMim Mimf xnt t nnHirmur jniiimiiiir-- - mi turn-- L PHOTOGRAPH ERXXXXTHE DIXIE SUN Replanting of the Hansen Stadium football field began last week. The sod that was used on the field is being transplanted into Hurst field, and new grass will be planted in March. The new field is expected to be complete by the beginning of the 1997 football season. This Week in Sports Honolulu, Hawaii - Cary Blanchard kicked field goal 8.16 into overtime to lift the AFC to a 3 victory over the NFC in the Pro Bowl. While the NFC has won the last 13 Super Bowls from the AFC, the Pro Bowl has been more of a competitive event. The conferences had split the previous 12 meetings in Honolulu since 1985. The NFC leads the overall series, Winning players received $20,000 and the losers collected $10,000. a 37-ya- rd only player to appear in both tire Super Bowl and tire World Series. 26-2- 15-1- 2. star Deion Cincinnai i, Ohio Sanders, who sat out the 1996 baseball season to concentrate on playing football for the Dallas Cowboys, signed a contract Thursday to return to the major leagues with the Cincinnati Reds. Sanders played coinerback and wide receiver for the Cowboys for each of the last two years. He won a Super Bowl with the San Francisco 49ers following the 1994 season then signed a seven-yea$35 million contract with tire Cowboys in September of 1995. He is tire Two-spo- r, rt BurPAi o. New York - Buffalo Bills quarterback Jinr Kelly announced his retirement Friday. Kelly led tire Bills to an unprecedented four consecutive Super Bowl appearairces in tire 1990's and lost each time. Kelly completed just 59 percent of his 2,810 yards with a career high 19 interceptions. San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Jesse Sapolu, a member of four Super Bowl winning teams, had surgery to replace a valve in his heart. A veteran of 170 games in a 49ers uniform, Sapolu was drafted in tire Uth round in 1983 out of the University of Hawaii. Sapolu made one Pro Bowl as a guard and another as a center. He also made the Pro Bowl this season as an alternate to Dallas Cowboys center Ray Donaldson. F |
