SHS softball field at Mill Creek gets equality

School system making use of rec dept. fields permanent

While poised in scoring position, Statesboro High's Alexis Costlow, center, makes an acrobatic move to avoid a hard foul ball from teammate Morgan Thompson as Bradwell Institute third baseman Tamia Johnson makes a stab at the ball during a game at Mill Creek Regional Park in 2015. The Bulloch County Board of Education approved an agreement Thursday for a project to make the softball field Statesboro High School uses at the park more comparable to the baseball field the school uses at the same site. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file

W 090115 SHS SOFTBALL 01 — While poised in scoring position, Statesboro High's Alexis Costlow, center, makes an acrobatic move to avoid a hard foul ball from teammate Morgan Thompson as Bradwell Institute third baseman Tamia Johnson makes a stab at the ball during a game at Mill Creek Regional Park in 2015. The Bulloch County Board of Education approved an agreement Thursday for a project to make the softball field Statesboro High School uses at the park more comparable to the baseball field the school uses at the same site. - photo by SCOTT BRYANT/file

The Bulloch County Board of Education approved an agreement Thursday for a project to make the softball field Statesboro High School uses at Mill Creek Regional Park more comparable to the baseball field the school uses at the same site. Besides addressing a concern about the equality of facilities for girls’ and boys’ sports, the action commits SHS softball to the county-owned park, operated by the Statesboro-Bulloch County Parks and Recreation Department, for the long term. The agreement with the county includes a 50-year lease.

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