Rotary Last WeekAs old, crumbling bleachers were being torn down on June 25, Valley Christian High School Athletic Director Dolph Carroll updated members on the Valley Legends Complex project behind the former South High School. The City of Youngstown owns the property on which the South High Field House and football field were located. Valley Christian will purchase the site after it is cleared, said Carroll, who also coaches the men’s basketball team. Then fundraising will begin for the project’s first phase, which is to install a new football field and locker rooms that also could be reserved by community-based teams. Valley Christian rented five different high school facilities for their football players’ use before moving to South High seven years ago. Trees were growing through the bleachers, and the school had to rent trailers as makeshift locker rooms, Carroll observed. These students “need something to call their own,” he added. Additional fundraising would be for the Legends Gateway, a two-floor concession facility where the history of sports in Youngstown’s past and present high schools will be remembered. “We want to honor the legends that came before us,” Carroll said. The long-term vision is to relocate the Valley Christian high school on Southern Boulevard to the former South High School on Market Street, Carroll added. Elsewhere, club President George Nelson and past president Scott Schulick were among those attending the Rotary International Conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. |
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