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Oxford Area SD considers Lincoln University or Avon Grove as temporary home for football after turf delays
Summary
With a turf replacement delayed, the district's athletic director presented two contingency plans: Lincoln University offered Friday-night use at no cost but on a college campus; Avon Grove would host games on Saturdays with a fee, shared gate revenue and custodial costs. Board and committee members discussed logistics, streaming and staff responsibilities.
The Oxford Area School District is weighing two temporary stadium options for high‑school football after construction on a replacement turf field was delayed.
Athletic director Miss Sterling told the athletics committee April 21 that Lincoln University has offered use of its stadium for the district’s five home games at no cost, subject to cleanup and standard staffing protocols. "For Lincoln, we are able to use their stadium every Friday night that we have a home game... It would be at no cost to us," she said, while noting college scheduling and locker‑room expectations differ from high‑school sites.
Avon Grove High School offered an alternative with the stadium available on Saturdays only. Sterling told the committee that Avon Grove’s rental would require splitting ticket receipts 50/50 and paying for post‑game custodial services; if the Avon Grove boosters permit use of concession stands, the split would be 40% to Oxford and 60% to the boosters. "Worst case, if we can't [use concessions], we'd have to set up tables and sell that way," she said.
Committee members discussed whether Friday or Saturday games better serve athletes, families and school traditions, and raised operational questions — parking at a college campus, staff responsibilities, streaming capabilities and locker‑room access. Sterling said Oxford staff and assigned game managers would operate contests at either site and that both locations likely could support the district’s streaming system.
Next steps: The board and administration will finalize scheduling and contracts ahead of the fall schedule; committee members suggested the board will likely need to vote on a site arrangement in May or June to allow scheduling.
