NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The new scoreboard installed this spring at Gowans Stadium now has its new sound system ready to go before the HutchCC Blue Dragons football home opener Saturday.
"Just this past week, we've kind of wrapped up that project with the audio being finished," said Athletic Director Josh Gooch. "The video portion of the board was able to be displayed during the NJCAA track meet in May. We're just working through some of the logistics. Steve Carpenter, our Sports Information Director has done a nice job of learning the board. He keeps telling me this week, it's a work in progress. What we see this weekend will not be the end result."
It is Gooch's hope that the whole community will be able to come see what the new board can do sometime this fall, whether they come to a game or not.
"Now that the audio is done and the weather is going to cool down, I'm looking for that awesome opportunity that doesn't conflict with other scheduled events, to have a community movie night," Gooch said. "Have people out there, watch a movie, bring bag chairs, we'll pop popcorn, fire up some of our other concessions and have a community movie night and share that board with everybody."
That date has not been set yet, as Gooch needs to look at the schedules to decide on when might be best in the coming weeks.