Pioneers ‘score’ a new board

By ROB NUNLEY / Sports Editor for the Southern Standard (McMinnville, Tenn.)

Warren County football fans will benefit from Dr Pepper’s generosity beginning this season, as a new scoreboard was installed at Nunley Stadium this week. (Rob Nunley photo)

While sitting in their newly renovated seats this fall, Pioneer football fans will now be able to keep track of the score on a brand-new scoreboard.

The local Dr Pepper Bottling Company has provided Nunley Stadium with a new, state-of-the-art scoreboard, which was installed earlier this week with assistance from Caney Fork Electric Cooperative.

“Dr Pepper did it all,” said WCHS athletic director Andy Jacobs, “and we can’t thank them and (owner) Doug Milner enough for what they’ve done for us.”

The new board — which comes complete with play clocks, which have been installed on opposite corners behind each end zone — replaces the antiquated scoreboard which had been in use at Nunley Stadium for several decades.

Plans for the new scoreboard first materialized last season, and were not part of the stadium “facelift” which is currently underway. The first stage of that renovation is nearly complete, with new concrete bleachers installed on the home side. Once that is complete, the final two stages will be renovating concession stands and the press box area. Those renovations will likely begin in early November, at the end of the Pioneers’ season.