during games all the COLGAN HIGH SCHOOL time. Colgan has a Favorite Prince turf bullpen William County high and mounds, a school baseball field large foul ter- to play at besides ritory and over your own and why? 50 feet from APART STANDING Colgan. They’ve done a home plate to the backstop. nice job with the play- ing surface. Both bull- DAVID Unlike football fields or basketball courts where dimensions are the same OSBOURN PARK FAWCETT/ HIGH SCHOOL pens are fully turfed INSIDENOVA no matter the location, baseball fields offer different sizes and oftentimes and the dugouts are Train tracks run behind Osbourn Park’s field. DAVID FAWCETT | INSIDENOVA nice and big. unique vantage points and scenery. Here is a sampling of local high school Location: Manassas; School opened: 1975 What do you like most about your field? The low Location: Manassas; School opened: 2016 Favorite Prince William County high school base- maintenance aspect of it. As long as we tarp the mound ball field to play at besides your own and why? Depth to outfield walls (left to right): 330-370-310 Depth to outfield walls (left to right): 317-367-317 fields and their distinctive features. All information supplied by coaches. and home plate, our field is playable much more often Hylton. It’s the nicest field hands down. Fans are right Infield is made of: Grass infield, dirt cutouts around Infield is made of: Bermuda grass with dirt in the than traditional dirt infield based fields. We save a lot of on top of you so it’s a great atmosphere. bases infield, not all grass money on Turface. What do you like most about your field? We have Dugouts are made of: Brick and concrete Most challenging aspect of your field? Rain. If it is Dugouts are made of: Concrete and brick dugouts the nicest complex by far. Turf cages, great press box Name of field: None too wet we have to wait. It is not the kind of field that Name of field: Colgan baseball field and great amenities for the fans and kids. Unique feature or features to your field: With you can make playable with hard work and sweat. If the Unique feature or features to the field: Colgan has Most challenging aspect of your field? Foul ter- tracks behind left and center field, trains come through grass is too wet, then it is not playable. a turf bullpen and mounds, a large foul territory and ritory. Players need to understand the dimensions of over 50 feet from home plate to the backstop. that. Location: Dumfries: School opened: 1979 Location: Woodbridge; Depth to outfield School opened: 1953 walls (left to right): Depth to outfield walls (left 305-360-305 to right): 315-360-310 Infield is made of: Infield is made of: Bermuda grass infield Bermuda grass with the dirt with dirt cut out around the bases Dugouts are made of: Dugouts are made of: Cinder block Cinder block Name of field: Jerry POTOMAC Name of field: John A. Suren GAR-FIELD Gardziel Field. Gardziel HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL was Potomac’s second Field. Suren was a former Gar- A light pole sticks out of the bleachers on the third-base line. BILL KAMENJAR | INSIDENOVA Field baseball coach Smoketown Road runs parallel with the right side of the outfield fence from the head coach and led the pole to center field and has been reached by batters during the games. SUBMITTED Panthers to Group AAA Unique feature or features to ball field to play at besides your own and why? state titles in 1983 and 1988. the field: Smoketown Road runs close proximity to Gar-Field makes it unique and the Don’t have one, but Battlefield’s looks out at Unique feature or features to your field: The light parallel with the right side of the outfield fence from fact that it sits up on a hill makes for a special experi- the mountains. pole in the bleachers along the third-base line. Potomac the pole to center field and has been reached by batters ence under the lights. What do you like most about your field? It’s a great during the games. was the first Prince William County high school baseball Most challenging aspect of your field? Most defi- team to get lights for its field. At the time the lights place to hit. It sits down in a bowl. Our infield is fast. Favorite Prince William County high school base- nitely the wind. In the past, Gar-Field had a reputation were installed, Potomac used portable bleachers so the Most challenging aspect of your field? Our field is ball field to play at besides your own and why? for being a launching pad. However, 90 percent of the permanent bleachers had to be built around the light not as big as the other fields in the county. Some years Patriot with its layout and manicured field certainly has time the wind blows across the field from left to right pole. that’s good and some years that’s not so good if you are the feeling of a minor league stadium. The expanded field, which knocks down hard hit balls heading out to dugouts, foul territories and the wooded area behind Favorite Prince William County high school base- a one-to-two home run type of team. left and center fields. The short porch and that wind has Battlefield’s Bobcat Stadium has a nice view of the outfield fence makes it stand out. BATTLEFIELD made or broken many a left-handed hitter. Pop ups can the Bull Run Mountains in the background. What do you like most about your field? The field’s be a nightmare for infielders. HIGH SCHOOL BILL KAMENJAR | FOR INSIDENOVA side that was built in STONEWALL JACKSON 2008. The hill is named HIGH SCHOOL for Greg Cesario, the design of the fence behind first Location: Haymarket; School opened: 2004 Unique feature or features to the field: What do you like most about your field? father of two former base and third base is unique. A Stonewall Jackson play- Depth to outfield walls (left to right): View of Bull Run Mountains beyond the The atmosphere is electric and has a great HYLTON live ball could travel behind the ers. Cesario donated all HIGH SCHOOL 315-360-310 outfield view (best lights in the county). Love the fact entrance way of the dugouts. It that our bullpens and cages are hidden from the dirt, trees, and plants forces the fielder to move away Infield is made of: Grass with dirt positions Favorite Prince William County high school view to other teams. on the hill. from the dugout before attempt- and grass baselines Favorite Prince baseball field to play at besides your own Most challenging aspect of your field? ing a throw to home plate. William County high Dugouts are made of: Cinder blocks and why? Patriot because it will be a high Favorite Prince William Coun- Sun at first base around 7 p.m. inc the school baseball field ty high school baseball field Name of field: Bobcat Stadium game of emotion and competition. spring. Very difficult coming from third. to play at besides your to play at besides your own Mount Cesario is an artificial hill that runs the length of the third-base side. Built in 2008, own and why? Either and why? Potomac because of the hill is named after Greg Cesario, a father of two former Stonewall baseball players who Patriot or Osbourn Park. For photos and information on more local high school baseball fields, go to INSIDENOVA.COM donated the dirt, trees, and plants on it. SUBMITTED With the design of the fence behind first base and third base, a live ball could travel the mystique and tradition. It behind the entrance way of the dugouts. It forces the fielder to move away from the Patriot is meticulously dugout before attempting a throw to home plate. BILL KAMENJAR | INSIDENOVA is difficult to beat Potomac at Location: Manassas; School opened: 1964 cared for and is a fun en- Potomac. No lead is safe over vironment. I am a little biased as I called Osbourn Park ODDS & ENDS Depth to outfield walls (left-right): 310-355-310 Location: Woodbridge; School opened: 1991 there. Patriot has a nice field that home for the last four years but the short porch in right SMALLEST RIGHT AND NUMBER OF FIELDS Depth to outfield walls (left to right): 325-380-327 is maintained well. Infield is made of: Infield grass is Patriot Bermuda and all the improvements [the coaches] have made the LEFT FIELDS OF ANY NAMED AFTER PEOPLE: What do you like most about your field? I think with a full infield dirt skin past four years make it a really fun place to play. Infield is made of: Bermuda grass infield with dirt PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL: Five (Potomac, Woodbridge, our infield grass, infield dirt, mound, and baselines are Dugouts are made of: Concrete and wood baselines and dirt infield Potomac (305 at both Brentsville, Gar-Field and Osbourn) What do you like most about your field? It’s home. as good as anyone’s. Rarely do we experience any bad poles). John Paul the Name of field: None Most challenging aspect of your field? Trying to Dugouts are made of: Concrete blocks and wooden hops. Infield plays very true. benches Great in Dumfries has Unique feature or features to your field: We have get it all done. Stonewall is a bit behind some of the Most challenging aspect of your field? Drainage so much backstop behind the catcher that there is other fields in the district when you consider three of Name of field: It is not named after anyone.