Help a high school in Exeter win $1M for athletic renovations

EXETER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Exeter Union High School is simply a apical 25 finalist successful T-Mobile’s Friday Night 5G Lights competition, with a accidental to triumph $1 cardinal to upgrade its diversion stadium and value room.

"A caller value country by Gronk Fitness, an all-expense-paid travel for immoderate of the medication to spell observe astatine the SEC title crippled this year. And they get an advisor for stadium renovation," said Michael Perreira, Rural Market Manager astatine T-Mobile.

From football, track, and adjacent precocious schoolhouse graduation, the Exeter Union Athletics Stadium has seen a batch of love. 

"It is simply a unsocial acquisition being successful a municipality that has 1 precocious school," said Andrew Montes, Athletic Administrator astatine Exeter Union High School.

Occasionally, they adjacent lend the tract to different precocious schools successful need.

"Our district, the radical successful this assemblage are [like] absolutely. We don't request to bash contracts. We don't request to complaint you for custodial. You conscionable travel due to the fact that that's what's champion for kids," Montes said.

So, similar anything, with years of deterioration and tear, some amenities are overdue for a makeover. If the Monarchs triumph the large prize, they already cognize however they'll walk it.

One of the planned projects is updating their summons booth, made up of conscionable 4 woody walls, that's been lasting for implicit 40 years.

Expanding the concession basal and bathrooms are besides apical of mind.

"We lone person 1 acceptable of restrooms, and truthful we you cognize usage a batch of porta-potties astir here. It would beryllium truthful bully not to usage porta-potties," Montes exclaimed. 

So far, the precocious schoolhouse has already won $26,000 and is 1 of the apical 25 finalists retired of 2,100 applicants.

"It's going to spell a agelong way, not lone for our existent students, but our future. For our community," said Exeter Union Principal Roger Robles.

But only the schoolhouse with the astir votes volition win.

"That would beryllium cool. Just knowing however overmuch wealth conscionable comes in. Because $1,000,000 is simply a batch of money," said Exeter Senior Joseph Ruiz.

Voting ends Oct. 24. To vote, click here.