Who has the nicest facility in NC?

I just want some imput on who's fields are the nicest and who gets a bit of the upper hand by indoor facilities during rain or cold weather.

 

Those........

in whcih the AD's and Principies support financially the program! Unlike many many places I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Baseball gets the last in many many instances!

 

of the places i've been...Watauga and AC Reynolds in the NW4A...Chapel Hill hs has a nice field...S. Mech(is that where Bard played legion ball?) is a good place to watch and play a game...Cherryville has a good facility..the field Caldwell Legion(in Granite falls) is a good facility. Shelby has a good place....South Point is not bad either...

 

Top 25 fields in NC

Impact puts an annual list out on their site www.impactbaseball.com
You will have to scroll down quite a ways on the front page to find it.
The top 5 according to Mr. Partin are:
Manteo
S. Meck
Hills. Orange
Ashbrook
Richmond Co.

Believe it or not,Watauga didn't crack Partin's top 25. Go figure that one out and get back to me.
As far as an upper hand, indoor facilities are great, but nothing beats outdoor practice. The teams who get the least cold and rain (or can tolerate practicing in it) are at an advantage. Having a field that drains well is often overlooked, but is a key element of a top-notch field. Visitors are often amazed when Watauga's games are played after a deluge.

Everyone knows that Coach Hardee is a great baseball coach, but what they may not know is the amount of work that he puts in on his field.
He treats that thing like Augusta National a week before the Masters year-round and is always looking for ways to make it better. It's the kind of place that is a privelege just to step foot on.

 

The best field in NC belongs to Victory Christian High School. The team has a long way to go, but the playing surface is as good as any professional field in NC.

 

been there , seen it ... your exactly correct... :applause:

 

4-way tie?

I have seen S. Meck, Richmond County, Guy Smith (Rose's field) and Victory Christian and I don't know how you could choose between those four. Growing up I played some games at Ernie Shore Stadium in Winston-Salem (home of the Warthogs), and the playing surface is better at any of those four prep fields. I've also been on the Crawdads and Myrtle Beach Pelicans fields and any of those prep schools can compete with those inside the lines. I would give Guy Smith the nod if I had to vote because of its quirky, old-school city block dimensions in the outfield. That facility may also have better bullpens and cage facilities than the others.

But you have to also give the nod for Watauga's total facility. Three large outdoor cages and an impressive indoor facility with two real mounds and cage space to hit four hitters at once.

 

christian also has one of the nicest playing surfaces around, once they get the renovations finished it will be quite a place, not to mention when the sun goes down, they have to best lit field in the state

 

As indoor facilities go, I cannot see how anyone can come close to Watauga. I know that being the only school in the county means you get more money to play with, but Watauga has spent it all in the right places.

As far as just overall beauty, I really like Keeter stadium in Shelby. The Southeastern playoffs were there a few years back as well as the State tournament last year.

 

Donated

Watauga's indoor facility was donated and put up by Hardee and a group of volunteers -- very little public funding, if any.