HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A local sporting equipment manufacturer has started a major expansion project.&nbsp;

First Team Sports, Inc. is expanding its facility by about 27,000 square feet at 902 Corey Road. The company provides basketball goals, indoor and outdoor tennis, volleyball and pickleball equipment, bleachers and safety padding for indoor and outdoor sports.&nbsp;

The company uses outside contracts to manufacture subassembly parts that are then assembled and packaged in Hutchinson for shipping. After an expansion about six years ago, Vice President Jeff Roth said this past spring that they need more space.

First Team employs 10 workers and plans to increase that to as many as 14 within a year following the expansion.

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 </figure>HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A local sporting equipment manufacturer has started a major expansion project.&nbsp;First Team Sports, Inc. is expanding its facility by about 27,000 square feet at 902 Corey Road. The company provides basketball goals, indoor and outdoor tennis, volleyball and pickleball equipment, bleachers and safety padding for indoor and outdoor sports.&nbsp;The company uses outside contracts to manufacture subassembly parts that are then assembled and packaged in Hutchinson for shipping. After an expansion about six years ago, Vice President Jeff Roth said this past spring that they need more space.First Team employs 10 workers and plans to increase that to as many as 14 within a year following the expansion.

First Team begins expansion