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ROXANA — For the guardians and fanatics of this present season's Roxana High young men soccer group, Tuesday's home game against Carlyle was one to observer without a doubt. All things considered, it was the main game on the school's new soccer field. 

However, for others in the group, just as one uninvolved, it was significantly more than that. It was the perfection of an excursion, an objective they may have thought outlandish simply a year prior. As previous Roxana players and mentors, seeing the radiant green AstroTurf soccer field with the monster yellow, blue and red Roxana Shells "R" logo in the middle nearly blew their mind. 

What's more, when the game began, the current Shells players did their part, crushing Carlyle 7-0 for their first success of the seson just as in their new association, the Cahokia Conference. Generally, the Shells are 1-4 and will have Metro-East Lutheran at 4 p.M. Wednesday in Game 2 on the new Norman Lewis Field. 

Tuesday, the Shells got three objectives from Garrett McBride and others from Donovan Zeller, Nolan Tolbert, Ty Schmidt and Owen Weineke. 

Getting the success was essential to the current year's group and fans. Seeing the new field was nearly as essential to the previous Shells kickers. 

"I return to when we played on the opposite side of that structure," said Shells mentor James Futrell, highlighting a region straightforwardly behind the objective nearest to the school. Likewise being the Shells mentor, he's additionally a previous Roxana player. 

That old field, tenderly referred to some Roxana adversaries as "the postage stamp," was situated in the recreation center contiguous the school. Branches from an enormous oak tree stood out more than one of the objectives and those branches were in play whenever struck by a ball. 

From that field, the Shells moved their games to the Wood River Soccer and Skate Park when it opened in 2003. And keeping in mind that they liked having that office to call home for a long time, they needed to return home to the Roxana grounds sometime in the future. 

Tuesday was that day. 

Despite the fact that a first class soccer field on the RHS grounds had been a fantasy for quite a while, the real cycle beginning to end required 17 weeks. 

"From the time we reported the task to now, it required 17 weeks," Futrell said. He was one of the heads of the gathering headed by Roxana athletic chief Mark Briggs. Their "Dirt2Turf" campaignalso included introducing AstroTurf at the Shell football crew's Charles Raich Field as well as making the soccer office. The football field was finished before and has been being used. The soccer field, while presently playable, still anticipates lights, a scoreboard and extra seats, which are planned to be introduced. Extra stopping is likewise coming. 

The soccer field's namesake, Norman Lewis, was brought into the world in 1917. Work drove him to Roxana from an adjoining local area and he worked for the Shell Oil Co. 28 years. 

"Norman and his better half, Iva, lived in Roxana more than 40 years," Briggs said. "Their four youngsters, four of their grandkids and five of their incredible grandkids are Roxana high alums. He went to numerous Roxana games and was a given Shell fan completely. It's fitting that his name will be always connected with furnishing our Shells with the best we have to bring to the table. 

"It's difficult to accept we're nearly there," Briggs said. "This is an exceptional day. Getting this finished in this measure of time says a ton regarding individuals of this area and our supporters." 

Futrell said the new soccer field was in every case a piece of the turf plan. Indeed, Briggs demonstrated that soccer was really the main thrust behind Dirt2Turf. 

"Soccer drove this," Briggs said. "We've has huge help for the venture from previous players and graduated class who comprehend the significance of soccer being played nearby. We need children to have the option to leave the secondary passage and go directly to soccer as opposed to heading to or be headed to a field a few miles away. 

"We needed to bring soccer home."