ATHLETIC FACILITIES
THS STADIUM INFORMATION
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TOM B. SMITH STADIUM FACTS
In 1945, Coach Tom Smith started an intramural sports program. Coach Smith had begun his tenure at the school in 1933. The stadium built in the mid-1950s is named in his honor. In 1953, the Quarterback Club and the school board helped to start work on a stadium. It was designed by the same architects that had designed the school. It was completed during the 1954-55 school year. The concrete bleachers contained about 6,000 fiberglass seats. Beneath the bleachers on the east (visitors) side were classrooms for vocal music and band. The rooms beneath the west (home) side were designed for athletics and boys P.E.
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