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NUTTER FORT -- Just weeks after receiving an artificial turf surface, Frank Loria Memorial Field in Nutter Fort was seriously damaged by recent high water in the region.
Not only will it be at least a temporary loss to Salem University, Notre Dame High School, and Clarksburg American Legion Post 13, who all play their home games there, and several local schools accustomed to playing at the historic venue will also be in a scramble to rewrite the slate ahead.
"I don't know how bad the damage is," Elkins Post 29 manager and local radio play-by-play veteran Chris George said. "It's an issue. That park is like Bluegrass (Park in Elkins), there's a lot of scheduled events there."
Frank Loria Field in Nutter Fort will certainly be closed for an undetermined amount of time, before reopening in the future.
The field was named after an acclaimed football star from the area.
Frank Loria was an All-Harrison County football selection before playing at Virginia Tech with Frank Beamer.
He was named a Consensus All-American for the Hokies in 1967.
Loria's No. 10 Virginia Tech jersey is retired in Blacksburg, Virginia. He went on to coach defensive backs in Huntington for Marshall University.
On the night of Nov. 14, 1970, Loria perished on board as the Thundering Herd suffered the worst athletic travel fatality count to date inside the boarders of West Virginia.
The Tygarts Valley High School baseball squad just competed at the field on Saturday during the McDonald's Classic Tournament.