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If Knights are ever to build stadium, it probably won’t be at school
There’s always been talk of Alter High School building its own stadium. But if that ever happens, it likely won’t be at the school.
That kind of stadium talk heated up in the 1980s. Instead, lights were installed on the projected nearby field and soccer games are played there. Unless the school were razed, there is no available stadium space near the corner of Marshall and David roads in Kettering.
“A lot of battles would have to be fought for that to happen,” Alter coach Ed Domsitz said.
Many longtime Catholic football programs have outgrown their land-locked locales, such as CJ and Alter. Carroll used to play home games at Beavercreek’s Frank Zink Field until purchasing surrounding land on Linden Avenue and building its stadium in the mid 1970s.
Cincinnati St. Xavier moved its entire campus near the university to its sprawling location at Finneytown in the mid 1950s. It’s now a state-of-the-art school and sports complex, and the largest Catholic school in Ohio.
Alter will play its “home” games this season at Fairmont, Springboro, Franklin and Centerville. All those stadiums were secured by contracts.
“I tell our kids, don’t come to Alter to play football unless you understand that you’re going to be on the bus and you’re going to have to take trips, get off the bus and play good football,” Domsitz said.
“Believe me, nobody cares about that for us and it’s not making any excuses. That’s just a fact of life.”
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