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May 21, 2024MARYVILLE, Mo.

Maryville breaks ground on athletic facility upgrades

The project will include synthetic turf for outdoor athletic complexes and new scoreboards.

 

The school year in Maryville comes to a close this week, but a lot of work within the school district is just beginning.

Maryville High School hosted a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning to celebrate the facility upgrades that will take place at the outdoor athletic complexes this summer.

"I think it's just great for the community in general," Gus McCullough, a senior on the 2024 Spoofhound football team, said after the groundbreaking. "We're going to have the best facilities in the conference. I love it."

Thanks to a no-tax increase bond issue that was approved by voters in April, the fall and spring sports facilities will receive synthetic turf. The football/soccer complex will also receive a new video board, and baseball/softball will have a new scoreboard installed through a donation from Nodaway Valley Bank.

"We've got some great leadership that really understands the need for culture as well as facilities," Maryville School Board President Josh McKim said.

McKim is excited for the renovations, and believes this gives the high school students an even bigger platform to positively impact the elementary kids following them.

"I'm hopeful that those kids will take some of the lead from others that have poured into them, that they'll take that leadership role and pour into others, and continue that great culture of success, culture of excellence by building it into that future generation."

"We've had people come before us, now we're going to lead the next generation of players that are going to play on this field," Matthew Walter, a Spoofhound football player heading into his senior season, added. "It's great for the community and great overall for the high school."

The Maryville School District will have another groundbreaking ceremony at 11:40am Wednesday at Eugene Field Elementary as construction begins to remodel building entrances to increase safety, renovate classroom spaces, and reconfigure car and bus drop-off zones.