Grand Prairie High School - Geep Yearbook (Grand Prairie, TX)

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The Gopher Bowl, one of the most outstanding football stadiums in the state, was dedicated Sep- tember 28, when the Gophers won their initial game in the bowl against University High of Waco. School board president Ralph Clark introduced the board and Matty Bell, athletic director of SMU, who delivered the dedica- tion address. 0502 Ca f 1 Making use of a natural ravine on the north side of our high school, the Gopher Bowl was com- pleted in only four and one-half months. Hollowed out, lined with seats, and sodded for football, the ravine has become one of the state's outstanding athletic arenas. The lowest seat in the stadium, which is 29 feet below ground level, is several feet above the playing field so that persons standing along the sidelines will not block the fans' view of the football game.

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,L .., All hail To Grand Prairie High School Raise high your colors blue and whifeg Fight . . . Fight . . . Ai

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Undefeated in the Bowl was our rallying cry as the Gophers prepared to meet powerful Wich- ita Falls in the football game which was to decide district. However, spirits were not long dampened by the Gophers' first bowl defeat and loss of the dise trict title as fans streamed onto the field after the game. dd ' ' -nada The entrance of Texas' newest football bowl testifies that a local dream of two years standing has come true this year. Geep High's Gopher Bowl has been completed, dedicated, and christened with the season's football games. Our bowl requires our pride and our com- petitors' envy. The new S200,000 bowl, which is entirely free of debt, has at present a seating capacity of 7,500. lt will seat 2,500 more fans than the old Gopher stadium. The bowl is so constructed that in future years it can be expanded to seat 25,000 persons.