which is currently unusable thanks to the current number of turnips growing in it<\/a>. While school officials say the condition of both fields is all just a big misunderstanding, the contractor hired to build the new field says it was nothing of the sort.<\/p>\n\u201cThe school contracted me to build a field, but they did not specify what kind of field,\u201d said Max Cavator, owner of the excavation-and-seed company that created the turnip field. \u201cI decided this was my opportunity to express my artistic side.\u201d The newly-fulfilled field-artist added, \u201cSoccer fields are so boring, so flat and green. A good turnip field has furrows, hillocks, and, of course, lots of turnips. They add a nice touch of purple to Vermont\u2019s mostly-green landscape, and they are the state vegetable.\u201d<\/p>\n
As good Vermonters, the Proctor Athletic Department is making due. Since the school now doesn\u2019t have two soccer fields, its boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 teams will instead play the newly-created sport of rutabaga. \u201cRutabaga is a lot like rugby,\u201d says Proctor Athletic Director Justin Case, \u201cexcept that it is played with turnips on a turnip field.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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