Findlay school board approves turf upgrades for athletic fields

FINDLAY, Ohio — Findlay City Schools’ athletics fields will have artificial turf installed after the school board approved borrowing $2 million from the district’s permanent improvement fund. By the end of the year, the turf will be installed at three baseball fields, a soccer field and a multipurpose field. Along with upgrading the playing surface, the artificial turf will feature permanent lines for multiple sports to get more usage out of each field. “Baseball is the only team that uses this,” FCS board president Matt Cooper said of one of the baseball fields. “With turf, we can put soccer on…