When the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Warriors take the field at Tommy Cash Stadium for the first time this season Sept. 14 against Dade County, the past, present and future of the program – and the school – will be in the spotlight.
There will be good news and there will be some not-so-good news, but the overlying message will be a future full of promise.
The Battlefield Parkway school, nearing its 40th year in existance, is undergoing massive renovations with the first major changes in the school’s history. The athletic programs will benefit greatly across the board, and football coach and athletic director Todd Windham thinks the upgrade couldn’t come at a better time.
“In the next few years LFO will be virtually remade,” Windham said. “It’s a very exciting time here, and it’s much needed.”
Windham hopes the upgrades, which will include new playing surfaces for all the athletic fields and a new gym, will both help keep athletes from transferring away and will lure more students into playing sports.