Football: City teams could soon turn on their lights

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One of the biggest complaints from City Section football coaches is that they are not allowed to turn on their field lights to hold night practices. The City Section has begun to re-evaluate that policy because only 12 schools out of 74 don’t have lights.

‘It’s a school site issue, but we’ve tried to keep the lid on that for the elusive equal playing field,’ Commissioner Barbara Fiege said. ‘It’s just starting to be talked about.’

That means a change probably won’t happen until late this season or next season, but change is coming, and coaches may finally get to turn on the lights to help increase use of their field site.

-- Eric Sondheimer