Tonight was supposed to be a big night for Troy High School. The football team, 2-0, was to rechristen their home field by playing under the lights for the first time in school history, following in the cleated footsteps of the University of Michigan, which similarly had their first night home game 6 nights ago, an edge-of-the-seat thriller that saw the Wolverines score the game winning touchdown with 2 seconds left to beat Notre Dame. Unfortunately for the Flying Horses and their supporters, they're on the road again.
The lights just aren't ready at Picken Field, and the delay likely can be traced to Tropical Storm Irene passing through the area a couple of weekends ago, pushing back construction of the light stands and the renovation of the field. Apparently, the field isn't ready for game use yet, else they'd simply move the game to a Saturday matinee, but instead, Troy will travel to Averill Park, and will have their October 7 game vs. cross-town rival Lansingburgh rescheduled as a home game in exchange. This information I obtained from a friend in my bowling league, who has a relative who is a student at Troy. If they can finish the construction by this time next week, the Horses will play their remaining 4 regular season games at home, vs. Glens Falls, Bishop Maginn, Lansingburgh, & Green Tech.
Had the lights been ready, the hometown paper would have probably had a feature article written for today's edition. Have to believe they're holding the press on that until they get confirmation from Troy High that the lights are in fact in place.
Chalk it up to some collateral damage from the storm that went under the radar. Literally.
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