With heavy rain expected this weekend, the chance for high school football players in Los Angeles to run, tackle and enjoy playing in the mud is more than possible. There\u2019s eight City Section teams hosting playoff games Friday night with grass fields that have little grass left.<\/p>\n
That means fun times ahead.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be pretty,\u201d Venice coach Angelo Gasca said of his field\u2019s condition for a game against Franklin.<\/p>\n
The coaches might not like mud, but Gasca said his players are excited.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone is looking forward to it,\u201d Gasca said.<\/p>\n
San Pedro, Venice, Eagle Rock, Cleveland, San Fernando, Santee, Jefferson and Wilson have either not changed their fields into all-weather turf or chose to keep grass. Eagle Rock next season is switching to all-weather, so coach Andy Moran might have a final home game in the mud against Dorsey.<\/p>\n
San Pedro lost to Eagle Rock in the rain in 2022. Pirates coach Corey Walsh has not forgotten. He prepared with wet footballs in practice this week for Friday\u2019s game against Crenshaw.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re super excited,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The people who aren\u2019t excited are the bus drivers who will have to clean their buses; fans who will break out umbrellas, plastic hats and boots; parents who will have to clean uniforms; sportswriters trying to keep stats with no covering.<\/p>\n