Re: drying football field at westfield H.S. with a helicopter
Posted by:
tyckK
()
Date: February 13, 2013 05:20PM
Gek9u Wrote:
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> I read on wikipedia that in 2002, their football
> coach tried to dry the field off with a
> helicopter... during the game?
>
> "On October 11, 2002, a tremendous downpour
> postponed a Westfield varsity football game
> against rival Centreville for the Concorde
> District championship. Head coach Tom Verbanic,
> desperate to keep the game on time, had the field
> covered with tarps and hired a helicopter in an
> attempt to dry the field. Several thousand dollars
> later, the game was still postponed until November
> 17. The match resulted in a win for Westfield,
> earning the school's first district championship
> title.[65] The use of the helicopter for drying
> grass was later criticized heavily.[66]"
>
> When I went to Fairfax HS, Verbanic was Fairfax's
> coach (late 90s). I think. Anyway, how do you
> rent a helicopter in the spur of the moment like
> that? I would love to see some pictures of this
> event. It sounds really retarded that this
> actually happened. lol. You could dry that field
> with one or two Little Wonder blowers (I know- I
> own one).
Proof positive that the schools here are FUBAR.
Between this nonsense and the tens of thousands of kids educated in bathroom-less trailers, FCPS is just that -- trailer trash.