Fort Payne High School Enjoys Cutting-edge Athletic Fields

HNP joined Fort Payne City Schools, Greenhill Engineering and Warner Athletic to redesign and renovate Fort Payne High School’s baseball, softball, football/soccer, and track/field facilities.  The project is highlighted by the replacement of existing natural grass and rubber track surfaces with subsurface drainage, synthetic turf, concrete plazas, and track system including compacted base, asphalt, and surface. 
 
Key features make these fields stand out from other high school level projects with the cutting-edge GameOn turf system provided by Shaw Sports Turf through Warner Athletic.  This system of tufting graphics directly into the rolled turf enabled an incredibly unique Wildcat logo and Fort Payne branding across the fields, as well as mow patterns never seen on a synthetic turf field.  Second, use of SHAW’s B1K baseball/softball system utilizes variable infills within different turf products to replicate ball behavior more closely tied to natural infield, outfield, and warning track performance.  Furthermore, Beynon’s BS300 track system with colored exchange zones offers a powerful statement of both school pride and athletic performance. 
 
In December of 2023, the HNP-designed football and baseball fields were recognized by the American Sports Builders Association with the Distinguished Single Field Facility Award for football and Single Field Facility Silver Award for baseball.
 
Warner Athletic is a knowledgeable and accomplished athletic field construction company, having converted thousands of natural grass fields to synthetic turf across the country. Read more about them here.
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