Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Luverne School, Luverne, AL

Luverne School (formerly Luverne High School Tigers)
Luverne School was supposed to be the last stadium I visited on the way to Mobile in May, but then I hit up Brantley High School and Georgiana High School. Luverne houses PK-12 with a total enrollment of 1040 students, which puts it in the 3-A Alabama classification.  I have a lot of pictures of this little stadium, and it is situated right inside the high school grounds.  It's actually a pretty sweet location even though it is a small stadium.
Home stands (I'm assuming)
     I am assuming that these are the home stands since they are newer and the press box is named.  The visitors stands have a larger press box, but older, smaller stands.  The building to the left is the end of the schools gym and the walk way from the entrance over to the home stands is very small, but it puts you right in the action.  Very cool in my book.
Picture of the whole stadium
     In this view, my back is straight against the wall of the school.  Like I mentioned earlier, the walkway is very small, but it puts you right on the field.   Also these stands are extremely close to the field, assuming that both squads are not very big and cheerleading squads are small, you will be up close and personal watching a football game at Luverne School.
Visitors side of the stadium
    I'm guessing this is the former home side of the stadium judging by the pressbox, because what small school would have two press boxes unless they switched sides (Which seems to be a common thread in the stadiums I have visited, maybe the new thing now is to have a press box on both sides of the field, but I've only encountered that in small town stadiums not in the larger stadiums.  Which makes me think that the schools has switched the sides around).  This is set up very nice for the visiting fans, although it is spread out, it allows the fans to sit behind where ever their son probably stands for most of the game.  It is also closer to the entrance than the home side is.
Entrance to the stadium

Nice record of state champs and state runner up, should be due any time now for that next state championship.   The team is also in class 3-A now.


Scoreboard, I love the Tiger on top.  Very unique touch for a basic scoreboard for a small school.
Side of the school

Press box on the home stands

State banners
    I absolutely loved this stadium.  The setting is awesome, where the school is located is pretty neat too.  I would definitely drive down to this part of Alabama again on a Friday night to watch Brantley play and then come back through the next Friday night and watch Luverne play.  Two amazing small town football stadiums that explain why I really love traveling around and visiting stadiums.  Thanks Luverne School for letting me onto the field to take some pictures.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We are happy you enjoyed your visit to Glenn Daniel Stadium! Our school is very much a friendly place to visit anytime, even if you are our competition for the night. Most of your information is correct, however the home side is and always has been the side with the new larger bleachers. Our "visitors" press box was built to allow coaches from both sides an upper view of the action on the field. There are two levels so the home and visitor coaches both have a level to call plays from. Glenn Daniel Stadium was named after a former Luverne coach who holds the Alabama High School Football record for being the "Winningest Coach in State History". We hope you enjoyed your time in TIGER COUNTRY and will visit again very soon! Go Big Red!!!

Clarke Walker said...

Thanks for the comment, and the added information on Glenn Daniel Stadium. I will switch the captions around to correctly identify the seating sections! Glad you enjoyed the blog!