Harmon Field Renovation

Many enthusiastic football fans may notice something different about Harmon Field this fall, mainly because renovations have been made to the home stands of the Pirates this summer.

New stamped concrete has replaced asphalt underneath the home stands and a lot of concrete has been repaired around the seating area as well, according to Larry Lee head of Delphos Lee Construction. Larry said the biggest part of this job has been the concrete work but they also did some deck coating and put in new handrails as well.

Lee Construction won the bid for the job earlier this spring and about six workers in all have helped complete the job throughout the summer. They started working at the end of May and were making their final touches on the project last week.

Andy Lee, who marks the third generation of Lee’s to work for his family’s business, has been one of the busy workers for this renovation project. “It looks a lot better than it use to,” Andy said. “This has been a real nice job, its gone real smooth and everyone’s been real cooperative.”

Working alongside the guys of Lee Construction, were two grounds crew workers for the school, Lonnie Warren and Alex Hanna. Hanna teaches social studies at BHS and he said working on the school grounds is his summer job. Although his summer job keeps him busy, he enjoys it nevertheless, Hanna said.

With the construction repairs being completed and the school grounds prepping the football field and surrounding area, Andy Lee said everything should definitely be ready to go by the first home football game, which is scheduled for September 3rd against Carey.

Lee’s Construction has grown accustom to doing this type of job. Larry said his crew have just recently completed other stadium renovations at Delphos Stadium and at Salina Stadium.

Also, new to Harmon field are four brand new stadium lights that were raised on Friday August 13. The lights, however, were installed by a different company, County Electric of Ottawa, Ohio.

The Bluffton News will include the total cost of the repairs to Harmon field and other recent renovations around BHS in a later story.