SUNDOWN, Texas (KCBD) – Almost a year after Sundown High School won state in softball, the next generation now has a new ballpark and place to call home- named after long-time community sports leader Ron Holson.<\/p>\n
While many in Sundown knew the Ron Holson Field would be named in his honor, Holson, who was also an assistant coach for last year\u2019s state championship team, did not.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I didn\u2019t know this was coming, I really didn\u2019t, so it\u2019s quite a surprise, and it\u2019s a very big honor. It really is. I think it started before last year, even with our girls\u2019 high school team making it to state,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of kids that want to participate in softball and different things, and so we had this field set in here and this is a big collective collaborative effort with everybody to get this field up and running.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chad Harrell, Sundown Youth Softball board president, says they chose to name the field in his honor mostly because of the work he does when there\u2019s no game being played. <\/p>\n
\u201cNobody sees everything that goes on behind the scenes. You drive out here at 7 o\u2019clock in the morning, Coach Holson\u2019s out here doing something, same thing for at night. He\u2019s always out here picking up trash, putting up signs, just anything to help out,\u201d Harrell says, \u201cHis heart\u2019s in the right place, and he really cares about the youth sports in this community, and that\u2019s why we ultimately chose him\u201d.<\/p>\n
Holson already knowns many of the young, future Roughettes who will be using that field. He works with them every day as the elementary PE teacher and says that experience is as rewarding as having a ballpark named after him.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, every day, I get to be around these kids every day and that\u2019s a privilege in its own right, getting to be around all these little kids every day. If there\u2019s one thing you can do every day, it\u2019s that you can come around these small kids up there at the school, and if you don\u2019t think they won\u2019t brighten your day, just try it one time. They\u2019ll brighten your day every day,\u201d Holson said.<\/p>\n
Ron Holson Field is located on 505 Park Street and is open to softball for anyone wanting to play.<\/p>\n
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