Baseball/soccer fields

The athletic complex is adding its next turf additions in the soccer and baseball fields. While the baseball field is already partially turfed, the outfield and soccer field have remained grass until now.

“We should be ready for turf install by the end of this month, so a couple of weeks,” principal Morgan Nolan said. “We’ve got a little bit of work out there and then they’ll be putting in the turf.”

Although the instillation of the turf may start as early as the beginning of March, the weather may push it back towards the middle and end of the month.

“The reality is, when it would rain we wouldn’t be able to have a game here anyways because that outfield was just a swamp, so if we have to move some games and flip some games it’s really not out of the norm to do that anyways because of the weather.”

• Start: Last semester
• End: early – end of March
• Fully turfed baseball infield and outfield
• Turfed soccer field built into the outfield of the baseball field

In the past, baseball and soccer teams have had to deal with flooded conditions and cancellations during their games and practices, with the baseball team missing anywhere from 10-15 games in seasons during  the previous years.

“I’m excited that a lot less games will be rained out because every year a lot of our games are unplayable,” senior Eddie Kicho said “And the field maintenance- there won’t be any more holes or uneven parts  in the outfield.”

Auditorium update

The auditorium has been completely gutted in the process of its renovation, and almost everything except the actual shape of the building has been changed.

• New HVAC system
• Updated sound system
• New entrance
• New lights and seats

“At first, I was disappointed when I learned we weren’t doing a full musical, since in my opinion they are the best show we do in our season,” senior Ariel Chen said. “But then I realized it’s ok, since our cast is still really hopeful for this show and our directors make sure that we’re all involved somehow.”

Instead of doing a spring musical this year, Munster Theater will be doing a musical review, which is a musical without the acting scenes in between the songs. They are now at the Center for Performing Arts.

“It’s fun, but definitely a little sad since there’s no dancing or big set pieces that I think are really exciting,” Chen said.

Music rooms

The choir room has been completed with the addition of mirrors, new bleachers, and pianos. The band and orchestra rooms are still under construction and should be finished in June.

“We had just a little bit of hold up in the music area with some structural steel work, so that’s going to get resolved, but it’s kind of delayed the production of some steel to hold up the roof because we’re trying to remove some columns there,” Nolan said.

New editions to the M-Dome

Renovations for the M-Dome will commence soon, depending on how far the boys basketball team’s season goes. During these renovations, boys’ volleyball will move to the middle school.

• New sound system
• New electric score board
• New bleachers

“They’ve got better seats, better aisles, handrails for ADA compliance, and will help people get up and down a bit better,” Nolan said.

One concern about the renovation of the gym has been graduation, which is usually held on the first Sunday of June. The installation of the bleachers will take from six to eight weeks, starting after the basketball season ends.

“It should be done by the first or second week of May, and graduation will be in there and it’ll be fine,” Nolan said. “If it isn’t then we’ll have to shift graduation outside to the football field, and we’ll figure that out.”