What's in a name? The stories that turf our towns

As a new sports reporter for the Lincoln County Record-Times, I’ve been soaking up pthe energy of our local games, but one question keeps tugging at me: where did the names of our football fields come from? The stories behind the fields in Davenport, Odessa, and Reardan are like uncovering treasures buried in the heart of our communities. Each name tells a tale of people who shaped our towns, and I can’t help but feel a spark of excitement as I dig into their origins.

Take Davenport’s Hering Field, for starters. Back in 1939, the town came together to transform the old city park near the depot...