United Township High School - Skyline Yearbook (East Moline, IL)

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with a sand-pit at one end and a pole vaulting area at the other end. A high jumping area was also included. The hill behind the west side bleachers was torn down and replaced with new, permanent grandstands, These new bleachers will seat 1800 people. New 75- person locker rooms, complete with showers, storage area, and rooms intend- ed as coaching offices, will be constructed directly under the new, west side bleach- ers. Another improvement is a new drain- age system. The improved water-removal system moves water through a series of drainage areas into a local storm sewer. The improved system keeps water from getting to the loess soil which has contri- buted to many of the problems at Soule Bowl. The scoreboard will be slightly off-cen- ter so that it will be hit less often by field goals. Construction is scheduled to be fin- ished in August, 1982. fn rev ' .gig 1. This Panther football player cheers the team on from the sidelines at Browning Field. 2. Retired principal, Stan Sosnouski, begins the groundbreak- ing at the Soule Bowl renovation. lpicture compli- ments of the Key., 3. An aerial view of Soule Bowl shows the renovation underway. 4. Work is being completed on the west side bleachers. 5. The begin- nings of the new locker rooms are erected, 6. Dur- ing the Soule Bowl renovation, UT held home games at Moline's Browning Field. The Year That Was Opening 11

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Soule Bowl Gets Facelift Q q . , lllwtill ' .jd 10 - Opening A major contributor to change in 1981- 82 was the renovation of Soule Bowl, a project observed throughout the year and which forced an 'taway-from-home home field for Panther football, ln October of 1979, the school board decided to investigate possible options to renovate Soule Bowl. The options includ- ed improving the existing track facility, renovating the west side bleachers, and improving vehicular exits to the Bowl area. The board decided on a number of improvements. One improvement was a new, six lane, all-weather, asphalt rubber composition 400-meter track. An area at the north end of the field, cleared for field events, will provide two parallel runways, each BUWL RENOVATIUW . - - i 1 .'t. non 1 1 , ,,,,., AUG!!-UNITEDTOWNSHIPHIGH o ' M, V. si..t .iif mmmwpb QQEWQBWMQ nssler 'SINFCQ .M 131 a ,gg WW , if :oNsu' i' -,K M' W., Bl' 'S mai

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