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+ Falcons unveil new field house
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School unveiled its new Falcon Field House during an open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony May 16.

The Field House is the final phase of the Moore Athletic Complex at Turner Fields. The roughly 7,000-square-foot Field House is home to a weight room, training room, whirlpool and hot tubs, a football locker room, boys and girls showers, coaches offices and a laundry room.

The Field House concludes the $5 million campaign that began fundraising and construction of the state-of-the-art athletic facility Moore Athletic Complex at Turner Fields, which hosts football, track and field, soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball, tennis and cheerleading events,

“The new Falcon Field House is the icing on the cake to our new Moore Athletic Complex at Turner Fields,” Head of School Dr. Jan Pullen says. “Our student-athletes will be able to have great sports conditioning and care in this wonderful space thanks to the board and those in the St. Stephen’s community that made this latest facility a reality.”

+ Pittsburgh Pirates plan renovation
The Pittsburgh Pirates are in the middle of planning a new major league clubhouse at McKechnie Field and a new strength-and-conditioning facility at Pirate City, in Bradenton.

The Pirates recently earned the honor of Best Ballpark Renovation (more than $1 million) from Ball Park Digest.

The 22,500-square-foot clubhouse will include a strength-and-conditioning room, athletic training room, hydrotherapy, equipment room, 65 lockers, kitchen and dining hall, coaches conference room and media and press-conference space.

At Pirate City, the two-story strength and conditioning facility will include a coaches office, conference room, private office, storage room, server room, restrooms and an open exercise area.

Both projects are currently underway.

+ Chargers tryouts upcoming
The Lakewood Ranch Chargers Soccer Club will host free tryouts for its U8 to U18 competitive soccer teams June 3 and June 4.

All tryouts will be held at Premier Sports Campus.

Each competitive team practices three times a week during the 10-month season.

Individuals interested in trying out must preregister by visiting chargerssoccer.com and selecting the Lakewood Ranch Community tab.

For more information, contact Antonio Saviano at 910-231-1070.