More upgrades completed for high school sports

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Now to the latest on the sports facilities upgrade project we’ve been telling you about out of Putnam County.

McKinley Architecture and Engineering, the firm in charge of the upgrades, provided a progress report at Monday night’s Board of Education meeting.

The engineering firm shared with the Board that completion for various upgrades such as lighting and bleachers at Poca, Hurricane, and Winfield high schools are on pace to be completed by the end of July -- in time for football season.

Work is already completed on several components of the projects.

Bruce McGrew, deputy superintendent of Putnam County Schools, shared his enthusiasm.

“We’re very excited about the progress and meeting deadlines to be ready to go for fall sports, and then they’ll continue on to spring sports stadiums,” McGrew said.

In addition to the football upgrades, demolition work at the Winfield soccer field is complete.