This is my first post, so let me introduce myself.
I am an avid sports fan who is in love with stadiums, particularly high school football stadiums. I guess my love for high school stadiums began in high school, but ever since I was a child, stadiums have been a hobby of mine. On every vacation, I would get a '10' (which means I would get to choose my favorite thing to do while on vacation), and I always chose stadium visits. There have been too many to name, but most of the time we would walk up to the stadium and just ask them if we could look around. We only paid for a tour once. Most of the time they would just let us roam around and take pictures. All of those were professional stadiums: Cleveland Indians, Tennessee Titans (didn't have to pay), Yankee Stadium (didn't have to pay), The Vet (Old Phillies and Eagles dome, didn't have to pay), Fenway Park, Busch Stadium (didn't have to pay), Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills, Turner Field and the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. I've also been to numerous college football stadiums: UGA, Clemson, Ga Tech, Auburn, Alabama, Jacksonville (Ga/Florida game), South Carolina, the Rose Bowl, Superdome (Sugar Bowl), Samford University, Presbyterian College, Furman University, Coastal Carolina, The Citadel, Wofford University, Liberty University, Mars Hill College, Newberry College and Louisville. I haven't been to most stadiums, to say the least, but I have been blessed with parents who understand, and who have grasped my passion, allowing dme to visit a lot of places and experience many different venues. I'll share some experiences from those trips along the way, but mostly this blog will serve to share my experiences visiting high school football stadiums from the east coast to the west.
To explain my love for high school stadiums I will say this. I went to a small Christian high school with no football team. However, one of the local high schools is located near my house and I grew up going to their games with my family. Once I got in high school, I had many friends who went to TL Hanna and I enjoyed watching them play. Rafael Little, a 4-star RB, was playing for them at the time and it was a treat just to watch him play. We traveled to away games, tailgated at home games and had a blast. Visiting all the different stadiums on our away trips was fun and I began to enjoy the tradition and history that each stadium held. Most stadiums were old. Some had additions added onto them which gave them even more character. Once I went off to college I met friends from all over the southeast. Traveling back to their hometowns I would always take the back roads and stop by high school and take pictures of their stadiums to start a collection. This is where the blog comes in. After several attempts from my mother to start this thing, I've finally jumped in.
