Leading off today: The cost to repair Liverpool's troubled all-weather track this fall will exceed $200,000,
The Post-Standard reported this morning. And that won't do a thing to help the situation with the artificial turf field in the stadium.
"The track surface is bubbled — it rippled and heaved — in the same sections where we know there are deep drain pipes," school district lawyer Dennis O'Hara said. "This will allow us to get below the surface."
The school board selected Ruston Paving from a list of four bidders to repair the track. The company was low bidder at $201,800. Work will begin by mid-September and conclude this fall.
Penalties imposed: Monroe County League football teams that violated practice rules in the opening week of camp will face penalties ranging from letters of reprimand to a missed day of practice, the Democrat and Chronicle reported.
After several reports of area teams in pads or using blocking devices during the first three days of practice last week, leagues and/or school districts were instructed by sectional chairman Dick Cerone to determine penalties.
"We took it seriously," said Monroe County League executive director Dennis Fries. "All of us don't like it when we make mistakes."
Fries would not say which teams were sanctioned. Greece Olympia, Rush-Henrietta, Victor, Webster Schroeder and Webster Thomas were seen to be in violation from photographs in the Democrat and Chronicle and on its Web site. Aquinas and Canandaigua also reportedly committed infractions.
Teams that practiced in pads are forbidden from working out or meeting, including coaches, on Sunday and Monday of the upcoming week. Those using blocking sleds were placed on probation, and teams using hand-held blocking shields received a warning letter.
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