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IN SOUTH
IN SOUTH
PORTLAND,, SOCCER
PRACTICE IS
UNDERWAY THIS
EVENING... DESPITE
THE FACT, JUST A
FEW DAYS AGO, ONE
FIELD LOOKED MORE
LIKE A SWAMP.
WMTW NEWS 8'S
DAVID CHARNS IS
THERE LIVE.
DAVID?
AND SOME FIELDS
HERE AT THE WAIN-
WRIGHT ATHLETIC
COMPLEX ARE STILL
SQUISHY -- DAYS
AFTER THAT SERIOUS
RAIN WE HAD LAST
WEEK.
CREWS WERE OUT
ALL MORNING --
GETTING THESE
FIELDS READY --
BECAUSE IT'S THE
áFIRSTá DAY OF
PRACTICE FOR MANY
SOUTH PORTLAND
TEAMS ...
INCLUDING THE
BOYS AND GIRLS HIGH
SCHOOL SOCCER
TEAMS YOU SEE
HERE.
THIS IS WHAT THIS
FIELD LOOKED LIKE
LAST WEEK.
PARTS -- UNDER
MORE THAN A FOOT
OF WATER.
THERE ARE NO
DRAINS ON THE
MANY, MANY ACRES
HERE...
AND IT WAS A
PRIORITY FOR THE
CITY TO GET THESE
FIELDS READY FOR
PRACTICE.
TAG
"i knew we'd make it
work, but it was a little
bit alarming because
we open up our season
against scarborough
whose one of the top
teams in the
conference every year,
so missing a few days
would hurt us. This
morning they mowed
the second half for us"
THE WEATHER
SENT THE FIELD
CREWS BACK ABOUT
FIVE DAYS.
THANKFULLY
THERE ARE TWO
WORKING FIELDS FOR
THESE TEAMS
NIGHTS.
NOW WE WAIT FOR
THE SUN TO DRY THE
REST UP.
SOUTH PORTLAND
HAS ITS FIRST BIG
GAME IN TWO WEEKS.
LIVE IN SOUTH
PORTLAND. DAVID
CHARNS. WMTW NEWS
8.