Rainy days no longer a problem
Coach Jerry Moore remembers how it used to be when inclement weather made for challenging practices for his Appalachian State football teams.
The only option to get inside was to take a quarter-mile walk to Varsity Gym.
“The (players) would get wet going down there, and the floor would get wet,” Moore recalled. “I can remember having towels all over the floor to step on so you wouldn’t slip. You don’t get much of a practice in there like that.”
That changed in 2007, with the opening of an indoor practice facility that features artificial turf and is located adjacent to Kidd Brewer Stadium and ASU’s athletics center. Moore said that it has come in handy the last two days, during heavy rain in Boone.
“It’s been invaluable to every outdoor sport,” he said.