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By Matt Pelkey Rappahannock News Staff Wnter
An audience of about thirty Rappahannock County High School officials, parents and students gathered this past Monday to hear details of a proposal to install lights at Rappahannock’s school athletic fields.
Representatives from Musco Sports Lighting, a manufacturing company that has provided lights for professional and college sports as well as high school stadiums, said the total price for the project would come in at just under $400,000.
Funding for the lights has not yet been nailed down, but according to officials with the Rappahannock County School Sports Association (RCSSA), the sports booster organization thait hosted the event, tax dollars are not a target.
“We’re looking to keep taxpayer dollars out of this,” said RCSSA President Rich Hogan.
Musco representatives said plans for the individual fields could be pursued separately. The price tag would be $157,620 for the stadium, $156,783 for the baseball field and $80,597 for the softball field.
RCSSA’s Hogan expressed interest in setting up lights at the stadium as a first step.
“Ultimately we want to do it all,” he said.
Hogan noted that lighting the stadium would benefit the football, soccer and track teams — which compete there — as well as the school band.
The cost for the lights could be paid off annually over a period of up to ten years if the county were to hold the lease for the project, Musco’s district sales manag
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