Seahawks Football and Cheer seasons in full swing on beautiful new Kimbell turf field
On August 2, the PAL Seahawks returned to the newly renovated Kimbell Field for their 51st season. Even though our kids have been playing on the new field for two months, the official grand opening was Sunday, September 19, 2010. The Junior Midgets and their coach, Quincy Collins, were on-hand for the official ribbon-cutting (while the other teams were playing our regularly scheduled games at Kezar Stadium).
The Kimbell Field renovation is the result of a partnership between City Fields Foundation and San Francisco Rec & Park. Kimbell is the sixth field that has been renovated, and the first football field. PAL soccer and baseball players have benefitted from other field renovations over the past few years—Crocker-Amazon, Franklin, Garfield, Silver Terrace, and South Sunset. Like the PAL, City Fields Foundation believes in the power of sports to change lives and effect positive change in the community. San Francisco has a limited number of fields, and no space to build more. Each time a grass field is replaced with turf, the amount of available playtime is tripled (no rain-outs or fallow seasons). Already we have seen the increase.
Says Head Coach Coach Greg Isom about the Kimbell renovation, “The new field has re-energized the neighborhood. More kids are showing up to the field, and they’re excited. They enjoy playing on it. Even when we’re not practicing there are more kids at the park playing pick-up games.”
All Seahawks football and cheer teams are advancing to Golden Gate Regional Conference playoffs. Winners will advance to Western Region Conference championships and possibly Pop Warner Nationals in Orlando!
