On Wednesday, March 24, the baseball team attended practice like any other day- but this day was different. While taking a lap around the field for warm-ups, the team stumbled upon a hole in their field. This hole was not just any hole in the ground- it was a 4-foot-wide, 20-foot-deep sink hole located between right field and centerfield. This sink hole might as well have been a black hole for the team upon its discovery. The initial panic of the team and the coaching staff turned to just a mild inconvenience when the geologist came to inspect the damages. A decision was made that the best way to fill in this problem was with a combination of gravel and dirt, which was done by the school. The baseball team was scheduled for a home game very shortly after this sink hole was discovered, and this caused coaches and athletes alike to worry. They ended up being able to reschedule their game against Western Beaver, relocating to Penn State Beaver’s field, where they preceded to mercy roll their opponent by 15 runs. Senior Bryan McSorley described that the seven seniors on the team were upset; they did not want something like a hole in the ground to ruin their senior season. He went on to say that they had concerns about whether or not they would be playing on their home field again in their high school baseball careers. He also stated that this is not the only problem the field has; for a few years there has been a small bubble of concrete also located in right field. “It’s really nothing to write home about,” McSorley said. “It hasn’t even been that much of an inconvenience.” After some rainy days, the filled in hole had seemed to hold up, but as far as right fielder Brad Prinkey in concerned, the next home game might as well be his last. “I was a bit concerned,” Prinkey said as to his reaction to finding the hole. “No one is in any imminent danger,” Dr. Staub said, “it’s been taken care of.” The entire school’s property was built on remnants of clay mines, and this is the reason for some air bubbles under the school and around the property. A few years ago, these sink holes were becoming a major concern, so the school pumped filling directly into the ground to fix what could have been a major problem. It seems to be that they missed some places around the baseball field, but these things are unpredictable. “Are there any more sink holes? Maybe,” Dr. Staub said. But the school has taken care of these things before, and this year they did it again for the baseball team.