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SFM: What is your overall management approach to the winning field, and what have been the most important aspects to getting this field to an award-winning level? Sheetz: On the back door of our classroom is a sign that says,“ Today someone will see your work for the first time.” This is a motto that gets repeated to our students often. Just because we are dealing with a high school playing surface does not mean that we make excuses or take shortcuts on anything. We strive to perfect all of the details that we can actually control. Every week on our board we have a schedule of cultural practices that need to be completed, as well as the schedule of field-use activities. We actively fill divots after all events to keep a smooth playing surface, and we are diligent at edging around the track, painting new logos and keeping field lines crisp. One of the biggest changes we made this year was more foliar applications over granular. We found that small spoon feeding dosages through the
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