UHS Football Stadium Ribbon Cutting

September 8th, 2008

University High School, the UHS Athletic Facilities Development Committee and the Monongalia County School Board are pleased to announce the opening of the NewUHS Athletic Complex.  Recognition will take place this Thursday, September 8, 2008 (for soccer) and at the UHS/Elkins home football game at the new stadium, the first ever home game for University High School since the inception of the football program in 1946.Superintendent Frank Devono, and Committee Chairman, Fred Horton are slated to speak.  It is expected that some original members of the first football team will also attend.

The 4000 seat field will be known as Mylan Pharmaceuticals Stadium.  Funding for completion of the project was arranged through a 3.4 million bond issue that was based on donor contributions and pledges held at the Greater Morgantown Community Trust, our community foundation.  Seven area banks, BB&T, Centra Bank, Clear Mountain Bank, First Exchange Bank, First United Bank & Trust, Huntington Bank, and Wesbanco, agreed to finance equal portions of the deb.  This arrangement allowed bids to be let on the project for completion this fall. 

The field will be used by girls and boys varsity and junior varsity soccer, and varsity and junior varsity football during the rest of the Fall 2008 season.  In the spring the boys and girls Lacrosse will also use the facility.

Yet to be completed are the concession and field house or locker room facilities, and visitor bleachers.  Committee chairman, Fred Horton, acknowledges, “We are by no means done yet.  This project still has important needs.  Then, there remains the completion of additional complexes for baseball/softball/tennis and track and field/cross country.  We need everyone’s support to make this happen but we are also thankful for what we have achieved.”  

For more information or to make a donation visit www.uhssports.org or call the Greater Morgantown Community Trust, UHS Athletics Matching Fund at 296-3433.