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“Summer is just when we get everyone familiar with what we’re doing.”

— Steve Lopez, West  High football coach

West High’s Michael Thornton (left) battles a McNair defender for the ball during the four-team passing league match Wednesday evening at the new Steve Lopez Stadium. Glenn Moore/Tracy Press

The West High football team is getting used to the new football field at the school.

Come September, all of the Wolf Pack’s home games will be on the artificial turf in Steve Lopez Stadium.

Lopez, the team’s head coach, said the summer workouts have been under way since the start of June, and the practice provides the opportunity for returning and prospective players to show coaches what they contribute to the team for the 2008 season.

This week’s workouts included seven-on-seven matches with Lincoln, McNair and Liberty high school teams, where quarterbacks, receivers, defensive backs and linemen ran plays without pads.

“Summer is just when we get everyone familiar with what we’re doing,” Lopez said, adding that he has a young team that still needs to work on basics.

The team ended the week at a football camp at Fresno State, where it planned to practice against teams from the Central Valley and Bay Area.

Lopez figures about 100 players have signed up so far, with others dropping by daily. About 70 or so make it out every day, and several of them will fall away by the end of summer.

“Then, you’ve got to get good grades. That’s a big thing on who makes the team,” he said. “We’ll get it down to 50 or 55.”

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written by tdawg10 , June 29, 2008

why all this city talks about is west high, just because they got a new field. Tracy high needs to be recognized for football, there the better team in tracy now. Cant wait to beat west on their own field

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written by newsflasher , June 29, 2008

That's quite possibly the dumbest thing I've ever heard -- and in this town, there's a lot of competition, even coming from a sophomore football player. Atta'boy, Bullpuppy.

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written by tdawg10 , June 29, 2008

your not even listening to what i am saying. Everytime i read the newpaper it talks about west high. Tracy high this year was better in every sport besides basketball. We deserve something for letting west high use our football field, pool, and track. Do not get me wrong im glad west is getting a field its good for them and will also make Peter B. Kyne field have grass by the end of the season. Im just saying tracy high is also here!

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written by Curb Stomp , June 30, 2008

Calm down tdawg10 everytime Tracy Press talks about sports its always been a bias in Tracy High's favor. West High's team is terrible this year so you have it right in that regard.