Tuesday, May 1, 2007
University of Kansas Ground crew members Brian Bender, Overland Park sophomore, and Caleb Santos-Silva, Wichita junior, work Monday evening to prepare Hoglund Ballpark for the game against Bethany on Wednesday. The game against St. Mary Monday night was canceled due to problems with the lights at Hoglund Ballpark.
Even without weather in the way, Kansas (22-26, 8-13) was forced to cancel Monday night’s game against the University of St. Mary. The game, scheduled for 6:30 p.m., was called off because of technical difficulties.
New lights were installed at Hoglund Ballpark while the Jayhawks were on the road during the last two weeks. On Monday morning the lights weren’t ready yet.
“They were not sure if they would finish work in time to start the game,” Associate Athletics Director Jim Marchiony said of the workers installing the lights.
An attempt was made to reschedule the game for earlier in the day, but St. Mary was unavailable at an earlier time. Instead, Kansas has added a game against Bethany College at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Hoglund Ballpark.
While Kansas was away at Texas Tech and Oklahoma the last two weekends, workers had time to replace lights at the ballpark. The lights were still functional but it was possible for them to be better.
“The lights were not as good as they should be, and we thought we should get the new ones up,” Marchiony said. “We decided to take advantage of the two-week window, realizing that there were still 10 to 11 home games left.”
The remaining 11 games will now be played under Musco brand lights, which Marchiony described as top of the line and much improved compared with what the Jayhawks had been playing under. Although installment took a little extra time and sacrificed Monday’s game, the crew putting up the lights worked diligently.
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New lights were installed at Hoglund Ballpark while the Jayhawks were on the road during the last two weeks. On Monday morning the lights weren’t ready yet.
New poles were not needed, but putting up new lights wasn’t as easy as simply taking down the old ones and screwing in new bulbs. The new lights required new wiring of the light poles, which meant new trenches needed to be dug to accommodate the wiring. Workers finished the process by aiming and testing the lights.
“It takes that long to make sure they do everything safely and properly,” Marchiony said.
Bethany’s trip to Hoglund on Wednesday will put the lights to the game-time test for the first time before Kansas State (27-17, 7-11) heads to town on Saturday and Sunday.
Kansan sportswriter Alissa Bauer can be contacted at abauer@kansan.com.
— Edited by Darla Slipke
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