With turf, the speed of the game increases, which many find appealing. With grass, passes are more natural and predictable. And on a rainy night, turf is more reliable than a muddy grass field.

As the city looks to replace the surface of the baseball field the Missoula PaddleHeads play on, the MRA debated the ...

Synthetic turf prevailed over goose poop-laden grass — as high school athletes won not a football or soccer game but a civic debate against environmental advocates concerning the harms and benefits of ...

Walter said students and coaches were “tearing at my heartstrings” when discussing muddy fields, uncertainty about how game balls would respond to the fields, flooding and worries over injuries.

Seattle Parks and Recreation has closed all grass athletic fields Friday and Saturday because of the muddy condition of the fields. All baseball and softball games and practices have been canceled.

“When I was in college we played on all grass fields. Maybe one or two was not,” Petersen said on that day in 2019. “Then by the end of the year they get really, really muddy – I mean, (up ...

A majority of the football captains at Framingham, Marlborough, Hudson and Nipmuc enjoy their grass fields, preferring that over artificial turf.

The fields at Paradise Park are caked in mud. Whatever grass that is left is stuck to the bottom of the soccer players’ cleats and smeared across their knees. Huge clumps will have to be scraped ...