Goshen is a community that is very proud of many things including its history and its new athletic facilities.

Presently, the newly constructed and the still under construction Goshen athletic facilities are making history themselves.

“This is the first year for our synthetic turf football field and we’ve added five new tennis courts this year, too. The softball field will be ready for the spring,” said Mark Slagle, Goshen High School athletic director.

“This began as a visionary plan for facilities improvement and for new facilities. This is not only for school athletes and students, this is for the entire community. Lights have been placed at the facilites so the community can use them at night, too.

“There will be an amphitheatre at the high school for fine arts and the community. There will be a 3.1-mile walking path to be used by the cross country program and the community. There will be a facility for wrestling. We need to see how other projects can come in and determine how much we will have for wrestling….