Franklin County is getting ready for little league football season

Franklin County is getting ready for little league football season.

On Tuesday Franklin County commissioners agreed to buy some new shoulder pads for the children taking part.

Darren Turner from the Franklin County Little league football program told county commissioners that the pads the kids used last year are at least 2 years out of date and some are 10 years out of date putting the players at risk of injury.

The county rec department had already ordered 50 sets of new pads and pants and agreed this week to buy 35 more sets.

The board also agreed to upgrade the county's only youth football field at the Will Kendrick Sports Complex with a place for the scorekeeper to stand and the county will install gates at both ends of the field so there is only one way to enter or exit.

That will make it harder for people to sneak into the field without buying a ticket.

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