April 2023 – On Friday April 28, Houston High School softball held the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the new softball complex. The design for this facility came to fruition in August of 2020, and it was completed in September of 2021. The Lady Mustangs finally have a place to call home! Deputy Superintendent, Josh Cathey said, “For thirty plus years our girls didn’t have a home. They never had a home complex that was theirs, and so we are so happy to finally be able to give them a place that can be called home.”
The facility is equipped with a weight room that has multiple sets of free weights, four benches, three rowing machines, and more to allow for multiple players to workout at the same time. Each weight and piece of equipment in the weight room was chosen for softball specific workouts. There is also a turf room that holds multiple adjustable batting cages. These two spaces will allow the girls to still hold practice even on a rainy day.
The locker room has custom lockers that GMSD also installed in the Mustang Soccer Complex locker room at Houston Middle. They have USB ports for athletes to be able to charge their devices and under seating storage. The locker room connects to a bathroom, and the laundry facility is right around the corner. The coaches also received their own private office that looks into the turf room. A new shaded bullpen is steps aways from the coaches office, and the dugout is off of the bullpen as well with direct access to the locker room.
This was not the only reason to celebrate though as it was also senior night. Seniors Anna Hulsey, Brynley Delancey, Brittany Mims, Faith Gibbs, and Katey McGee were announced that night and walked arm in arm onto the field with their families. These athletes then went on to play an incredible game against Northpoint, and they won their first game on the new field. Mustangs defeated Northpoint 11-10 in a tough fight. Congratulations to our seniors and to the lady mustangs for the win!