The WORST HIGH SCHOOL Football Fields in America

[@BradDoherty-BransonSchool]

We're #1.... but not for long! I'm the AD for Branson, the proud holder of the #1 spot. Thank you for pointing people our fundraising page. Since your vid was posted, we've had several hundred dollars of new donations. We actually broke ground on our new field earlier this week on our new turf field, so we won't be worthy of the #1 spot for much longer. Thank you to everyone who has donated to help build the new field for our kids!

[@kevindao1103]

FPV needs to pin this comment for everyone to see.

[@KorbinX]

@@kevindao1103 yes he does

[@82dorrin]

I donated. Good luck!

[@BradDoherty-BransonSchool]

@@82dorrin Thanks!

[@lukethompson2714]

Yeah good luck man the kids need it

[@Kam_Perry]

The castle stadium is actually pretty cool

[@prod.byojv09]

And has a decent field

[@simonshotdat]

I’ve played there and it’s really cool

[@braden9226]

And it matches their “Viking” name and theme

[@roycedutch1]

My dads friend was the starting Quarterback there in the early 2000s

[@matthewdingus5618]

I went there, it’s a great atmosphere

[@esteskefauver3919]

I love how a bad pass can end up in the arctic ocean in Barrow

[@UnchainedAmerica]

"uhh...anyone want to go fish the ball out of the water? you! boy! go get the football!"

[@arreksu0666]

Haha I never thought I would see the words "bad pass" and "arctic ocean" in the same sentence until this video and comment. What a world we live in

[@patk3232]

Imagine shanking a punt and you just spend the rest of high school as the kid that sent the ball into the Arctic Ocean.

[@alanvanasch4793]

It'll be frozen over, just walk out there and pick it up

[@thescotslair]

I played there in Barrow, they renamed the village to what you see in the video. I came from fairbanks to play a game there it was cool, but it is a tiny village.

[@brodydoherty1479]

I'm actually the starting QB for Branson, and I appreciate the feature :)

[@FivePointsVids]

DUDE!!!!

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

@@FivePointsVids his dad, the athletic director, is also in this comments section

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

If America would like to hire our architects, we're available anytime

[@teddygudelski6814]

ok kim send them here

[@AidenBF56]

thanks kimmy

[@dapigbear312]

Kim jong good to see you again

[@dakko-fm8wz]

Can we borrow your nukes?

[@TysonIke]

dakko2840 “borrow”

[@AyooKDot]

My hometown was Kim, CO and we played with Branson for football. Honestly loved that field cause everyone we played hated it😂 But the school did get enough money for a new field and they started construction on it two days ago! So thank you to everyone who donated!💯

[@brandonhodge5136]

Damn I lived in Pickens for a decade. And now 10 years later I'm hearing about it in a Five Points youtube video. The internet is a wild place.

[@willflint5014]

Yay! More South Carolinians!

[@brandonhodge5136]

@@willflint5014 we are a rare breed

[@Viva_la_Snowman]

How is Clemson in the same COT DAMN county

[@miamifan6836]

@@brandonhodge5136 I still live in Pickens and use that field

[@Kendall1518]

I couldn't believe i was seeing Pickens South Carolina on one of these videos lol. Live in Easley now but went to the old high school when it was on the hill close to downtown.

[@nikky8000]

"Sorry UT, I wont be able to make the podcast this week, I'm making a video about high school football fields.....No seriously I am!"

[@cjallen2]

Trona High is not too far from a dry alkaline lake bed, and a lot of the minerals find their way into the local soil.

[@mikepuppetz9]

Mike Brown would totally have the Bengals play on one of these fields if he could...

[@NoahRicks1999]

He sure would, that cheap f***!!

[@UnchainedAmerica]

hahahahahaha or Dan Snyder.

[@johnflorio3052]

Have you seen the Bengals’ practice field?

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

That Weehawken one takes me back to when I used to live in NJ Whenever we went home after a day in the city, we'd take the bus from Port Authority Bus Terminal and every time the bus drove past it after exiting the tunnel, I always looked at it with confusion. Why build it that way and put it there? It's like "Welcome to NJ, here's an eyesore"

[@danteangotti5786]

When you said eyesore did you mean the NJ devils?

[@AidenBF56]

@@danteangotti5786 that’s cold

[@vigilantejusticevid]

It's Jersey, pretty sure the word "eyesore" is on the state crest

[@danteangotti5786]

@@vigilantejusticevid lol

[@tyroland06]

"Weehawken. Dawn. Guns. Drawn." "You're on."

[@wileyhall5376]

The Barrow one is a good story - it USED to be the worst, gravel and dirt as everything else was consumed by the artic ocean. That field got featured on TV and some Floridians raised big bucks and literally shipped them a football field - which is the blue thing.

[@kozippio7854]

they used to have to pick up rocks after practice lol

[@bcperry1973]

7:18 "neither of those do SHIT"--I laughed waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy to hard when you said that

[@TheNewChevyRoll48]

I remember my HS football stadium. Turf was soft, the Fieldhouse was a Work In Progress,... and the home stands faced westward so every game we were just about looking into the sun.

[@SpankinDaBagel]

Melting your retinas builds character.

[@alekjenkins2558]

You know, for what ended up being the worst field on this list, I'm really happy that he shared the length for the project. He might be honest but he still has heart.

[@NolmDirtyDan]

Fall River, Wisconsin used to have a pretty bad field, the endzone was 3 feet away from a river and some trees so if you catch a ball in the corner of the endzone, you might end up in the river

[@chicagoakland]

I mean...it IS called Fall River...

[@jakeseverson2668]

Now they have one of the best fields in the state in my opinion.

[@Grandizer8989]

My high school stadium in Gloucester, MA is actually below sea level and has a busy canal behind it. During the actual ‘Perfect Storm’ in ‘91, the storm surge caused flooding, and a JV game had to be stopped because kids were actually drowning when they got tackled.

[@whatincarnation95]

Is the thumbnail a High School Field or an abandoned NASCAR track?

[@mkepioneet]

Oddly enough my high school used to play on the infield of a dirt track (since it had a decent sized grandstand and lights for night games) from the ~3!0s until the early 70s

[@lenniusgato3270]

Oh hey greetings meme god, I think it’s a abandoned football feild dirt thing

[@higgy04]

I thought it was a SlapShoes video

[@solid_salsa]

That was my high school track and field😅

[@psychlops924]

It’s a new picture of Airbase Speedway

[@dineromushroom1968]

3:04 You have to admit it's competitive this year

[@patrickracer43]

Kinda surprised my high school didn't make this list, since there is a risk of games getting flooded out as it's on the back bay here in Wildwood, NJ

[@samueljones3550]

I know a bad High School stadium. It's In White Plains Alabama and it's one of the worst I have ever seen lol. It has giant dirt and ant hills. The field is more like a hill and the seats are really messed up

[@81casperflip]

Imagine if there was no Google maps and you just had to creep on high schools all over the country

[@FivePointsVids]

lol wait till you see what i have next

[@81casperflip]

@@FivePointsVids as always!

[@mattmed5953]

@@FivePointsVids your going to creep around on high schools for your next project? That would be interesting.

[@grilledlettuce1845]

@@mattmed5953 'Top 10 best Female Locker Rooms'

[@austinm2817]

For part 2 of this, you have to do preble high school in Green Bay Wisconsin, the field is grass that quickly turns into hard dirt. Despite being in an area with lots of land, the field is sandwiched.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

My home town in iowa in 70s built new school sports complex on other side of town. They dug out and widened the running track around it for a stock car dirt track. The football field was turned into pits but the 2 soft ball fields were left for little League and girls softball and kids soccer. I grew up across the street from it so as kids we played ball on a racetrack infield. By early 90s they took out the ball fields for more pit room as races got more popular and had more types of cars. But by 2000s races had ceased altogether. Past 15 years been few crazy 8 races and tractor pulls there as part of the county fair weekend.

[@BZ0905]

My school has astro turf, and everytime we go out to practice the turf collects in my shoes, to the point that im practically barefoot.

[@Dtuba15]

In marching band we called them turf turds.

[@illiniguy34]

The fact that there's football fields made of dirt when fake turf exists is unbelievable. Time to save those kids from Colorado!

[@neondeath07]

The Branson school district is dirt poor. I've attended school in districts its size and it's not fun in some regards. I've heard **horror** stories from fellow basketball officials about their gym so it's not just the football field that needs money they don't have. The kids don't let it stop them though.

[@AyooKDot]

They actually reached their goal and started working on the new field this last week!

[@joecashautry99]

Honestly it has helped us in most of our games 😂 but turf is gonna be crazy y’all should come watch next year

[@Mememan-bi6ys]

1:56 You had one job. And you failed

[@rishibhakta5894]

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[@robbie5138]

Problem with Trona... 1. It's a tiny tiny desert town. The ground is so salty and so many minerals in the ground that they can't grow grass. They got rocked by the earthquakes in Ridgecrest as it's just on the other side of some mountains. They play their own Borax Bowl game their between Boron High School Vs Trona they are some of the largest producers of Minerals. Knew I'd see this on the list can't be a list without the Only Dirt field... Also FYI if you're gonna play there bring the old school rubber balls not leather they get coated in Dust impossible to hold.

[@vicepresidentmikepence889]

Al Bundy scored four touchdowns in one game for Polk High School

[@bearsarefast1483]

Hey Mitch! been a while. Hows the wife?

[@swagwagon6627]

Hey turtle man

[@cattibingo]

Hey mitch, quit being a scumbag please

[@evog35viii]

Try telling that to "Spare Tire" Dixon

[@jamesfields2916]

Three! His knee was down!

[@SLagonia]

I went to a baseball high school. I was fine with that, because I played baseball. The baseball field was beautiful, freshly manicured every day and up to the quality of a low-end minor league ballpark. Almost all of the money that was spent on the athletics budget went to the baseball team; Which makes sense because the baseball team brought all the money in. Hell, The JV baseball field was gorgeous. Baseball ruled the day. Our football field? Well... Basically imagine a typical forest, tear the trees down and then play on that. That was basically it. It was lumpy, it would be easier to count where the grass actually was as opposed to where it was missing and despite being on top of a hill, still managed to always be under water.

[@cillianoleary8091]

The new background looking 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@chrisconley8583]

I’m kind of surprised Hull High School in Hull Ma. didn’t make this list. It’s essentially in Boston Harbor. When I played a game there (many moons ago) an oil tanker went right by. We stopped what we were doing during pregame warm ups and the crew on the ship was just looking right back at us. Also if the wind was really bad, there was no sense in punting because the punt would just land behind the punter.

[@panzerrat]

Everyone should be happy that Branson, Colorado, received $500k in funding for a new field that should be ready for next season.

[@13bbarcot]

Grew up Ridgecrest CA. I played a pee wee game at the field in Trona. Over 30 years later... that's the only game I remember... Bad

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

I love how big high school sports is in America, like half of my school doesn't even know we have a basketball team, yet in America they spend millions on stadiums and get on national tv

[@Mooreproductionsnflfootball]

The cantle stadium looks insane bro

[@vut4s]

It’s always a good day when FivePointsVids uploads! 😃

[@michaelandcolinspop]

The old Jimmy Carrey stadium in Weirton, WV was a tough place to play. The lights were sodium-based and lit the place like an interstate highway. It was dark. Plus, the visitor stands were about eight or so rows tall, open, and always covered with dust from the steel mill. There was no parking, but part of the charm of the place was finding a spot along the street and making the walk to the stadium through downtown. The Red Riders (Weirton’s nickname) put some really good teams on that field, though. Their new stadium is slightly smaller and much nicer, but doesn’t have nearly the character. Just an aside re: Caldwell HS’s stadium: It’s at the county fairgrounds, thus the horse track surrounding it.

[@FivePointsVids]

Awesome comment ❤️

[@marchenry1222]

St clairsville should of been on here to. We had a demolition derby on our field lol

[@michaelandcolinspop]

@@marchenry1222 I didn’t know about the demo derby - was that for the Belmont County Fair? With that new turf and field-level locker rooms, St. C’s got a first-class place now, it seems. I’m an old Wintersville (now Indian Creek) guy, and we just went through stadium upgrades over the last couple of years to bring Kettlewell up to par. I love the old OVAC stadiums - so much character and such good football.

[@Because4545]

This is why we watch FPV. Al Bundy clips, Seinfeld references and shitty stadiums all wrapped up in one great video. Good Work, Sir!

[@zacharytaylor3178]

I’ve actually played against Pickens before. I think the squiggly line thing was just a one-time mistake before a game, but it was still absolutely hilarious

[@evanewert1472]

Fun fact- Logan Mankins, a former first round draft pick and Pats lineman, played at Mariposa High. Take that as you will.

[@jacksonj.bonner1234]

As a freshman at weir high school, I appreciate the shoutout.

[@davidmiller5978]

The Castle in Bristol Tennessee is actually a very nice field. It was built back in the 30's by the WPA. It has been the football field for Tennessee High School. It was also the football field for Virginia High School for years until Bristol Virginia finally built Virginia High their own field.

[@DarkAudit]

The one guy who could've made the "Weir High" joke go viral, and you didn't. I'm not mad, just disappointed.

[@FivePointsVids]

LOL i didn't even think of that

[@DarkAudit]

@@FivePointsVids WV kids have been making that joke for decades.

[@mightytax]

That alaskan one scares me. Run to far and you are in freezing cold water

[@Labyrinth6000]

At least you can visit Santa.

[@Tang-qi6zw]

@@Labyrinth6000 Santa lives in North Pole, Alaska, though, which is a town significantly further south. Only gets 50 below zero and the Chena River hot-springs aren't too far away!

[@JFlay33]

The field I played on in Bunker Hill, IL looked just as bad as the Branson one. People coming on the field for presentations were always rolling their ankles.

[@jamiebarba5701]

My High School Football team back in 2003 lost all their game in my senior year high school.

[@micah2426]

My HS hasn't won a state championship since 1965.......

[@KorbinX]

I won 3 games out of 50 at my high school. But the girls have been to state 4 billion times. (Soccer btw)

[@josephlingered1637]

Bristol, TN (Tennessee High-Bristol Municipal Stadium) is home to the Vikings and the famous Stone Castle. It is definitely NOT one of the worst but one of the most unique venues in High School sports. It also is on the National Registry of Historic Places.

[@cmikesmith664]

4:39 Thanks for the props! 😁

[@DylanM15]

The Barrow field last I remember looks nice but is heavily covered in gravel and rocks too.

[@Bomezy]

Got a recommendation for a highschool football stadium. Little Rock central home of the famous Little Rock 9 the football stadium besides the turf has not changed in pretty much 80 years and is serounded by a 10 foot by 1 foot concrete wall. Definitely worth being in another video.

[@42sethike]

They also play soccer on Branson's Field. I played there once. Almost broke my ankles

[@42sethike]

Note I was 10 and now i'm 14 and having fun with cousins for a family reunion in Branson

[@goalie5733]

My high school had a decent field. The stands were safe but slightly jank. The triangular cinder track that surrounded it though might have qualified it for a spot around #50. How the hell do you put a triangular track around a football field? The elementary students have asked for years, even after a new stadium has been built and it’s relegated to jr high practice field.

[@Yappit]

3:21 I have multiple scars from the band section stairs at Stone Castle

[@patrickpalony7622]

Stadium vids is the best video series off al time. Also FivePoints is an F1 guy. Big props.

[@redlightning2322]

Still can't say Barrichello right

[@patrickpalony7622]

@@redlightning2322 Could always just call him “That Other Ferrari Driver”

[@SportsKar]

Gotta do a part two. Your stadium vids are gold 🥇

[@menzel17]

What gives people feelings of power Money:__ Status:_____ Five points using the stadium u found:____________

[@BobZed]

I played football in small town Montana. Not unusual to see cow pies or the occasional sheep's jawbone on the field. Real grass was kinda optional.

[@LabRat8899]

I’m so surprised that Kahuku High in Hawaii didn’t make the list.

[@uchikoshi-TL]

or Hilo's Wong Stadium lol.

[@therealnathnath154]

That is not Tucker County's stadium. Nice view of my family's farmland on the next hillside though. That one is not even used for practice, not just for the danger of falling off a mountain, but there is constant wind (massive windfarm starts next door basically) and fog past sunset on humid cool (fall) days. Imagine playing on that field, with visibility issues and a backwind propelling you to the cliff lol. The real stadium though is 15 minutes away, only has seating on one side that had to rebuilt because it was condemned as a public safety hazard, 40ish parking spots, and is hidden behind the former Parsons High School building so driving through town you can't even tell anything is happening but the road being lined with cars.

[@wyattalbert7617]

I live in Colorado and I play high school football for mvhs and I’m glad that Branson high school isn’t in our division because if they were I would’ve cried 😂😂

[@ragingbull154]

Back in 80s when I played we had one school where we had to know the location of the water lines that fed the sprinklers. Where the pipes had been laid left ruts in the field so if you were a RB, WR or defensive back be ready to time your jump over the ruts. They always seemed worse on both 20 yard lines for some reason. These days they have a much improved facility. My high school was different. We were a state power so our coach took field prep to the next level. He had some time of hybrid grass brought in. He'd aerated the field while students would stick the strands of grass in the holes. We got 100 on our midterms in health class for helping to plant grass. That field would be like walking on carpet come the fall. Best field in the region by far.

[@jacobpuhalla1404]

I lost it when I saw the monstrosity that is the football field inside a dirt track next to another field next to like 4 baseball and softball fields inside a big horse track😂

[@michaelandcolinspop]

Yeah, it’s a goofy-looking place from above. It’s actually the county fairgrounds right along I-70W.

[@Hunter-gw3dr]

In West Virginia and eastern Kentucky we have tons of stadiums on the top of mountains.

[@sirpoptart]

Raycons should sponsor the number one school to build a new stadium

[@devindykes4637]

The weirdest/worst football field I saw personally was at Morrill High School in Morrill, Nebraska (near the Wyoming border). Its field is squished between the track and the shotput and discus ranges. It’s configured Northwest-Southeast and to top it all off has a crown so massive you’d think the field was built on the very summit of a hill. Thankfully my school never played on that field because Morrill plays 8-man, while my alma mater plays 11-man.

[@NewtBannner]

I can attest to this

[@Busch22Fan]

At least on Seligman's field, you'd have a valid excuse to trip and look like a derp.

[@CometMasonTrucker]

I’m pretty sure that Seligman doesn’t have a football team anymore or ever. On their athletics page, they mention nothing about football. They only have 51 students!

[@jaredfrey9134]

When you listen to a raycon ad with raycons

[@ryansmurthwaite6974]

I live 20 minutes south of Weirton. Believe me when I say the town looks just as depressing as the football field.

[@ShawnMcClurg]

Steubenville resident here. Can confirm.

[@southy98]

Bristol’s field can host a state playoff game at 12:00 in the afternoon, and the local medieval fair at three.

[@Mistertbones]

I sure hope that Branson gets an actual decent playing field.

[@AyooKDot]

They actually reached their goal and started working on the field this past week!

[@Mistertbones]

@@AyooKDot That's great news.

[@njt226]

@@AyooKDot are they getting some form of bleachers too?

[@AyooKDot]

@@njt226 yes they are. Bleachers, announcers booth, and a new pathway and walkway!

[@barrettleuer8277]

7:38 welcome back to the Dingos

[@OpiumPrime28]

My school's football field is too perfect, like the school puts way too much money into the field

[@twinturbostang]

3:15: I've driven by that field many times. It really is weird to see a Castle in the middle of the South.

[@praze_ghostz]

Ah yes another stadium fetish video

[@dibslin985]

HOWDY, FivePoints!

[@DanielNuteson]

The football season for my high school just started. At least the stadium isn't AWFUL like these stadiums.

[@DanielNuteson]

@Steve A No Football season for my school started a few weeks ago in the spring.

[@lucasmaddocks4804]

@@DanielNuteson lucky my school ain't got football

[@gunnagames3607]

shut mouth mine is TN high

[@agustin.54]

Many of these are actually pretty cool. Specially the one on the pier on the Hudson River and the castle one lol

[@MagicalBread]

My school has a football field, but we Don’t even have a football team.

[@noahridenour8941]

What the heck 😳 😐 😑 😒 🤣

[@noahridenour8941]

@@MagicalBread Crazy

[@MagicalBread]

@@noahridenour8941 Uprights, bad grass, and all. It's only used as a soccer pitch and a mildly muddy lunch spot. The track surrounding said field is pretty nice though.

[@noahridenour8941]

@@MagicalBread ok thats cool

[@Labyrinth6000]

Talk about a waste of money

[@AnimalBlundetto601]

The castle one was awesome

[@WhosRosser]

Got a football stadium in a hole. Matthews Field, Thomaston GA.

[@WhosRosser]

Also, there has been more sellout crowds from the away team then you could count. And yes, they sit on concrete bleachers.

[@WhosRosser]

Double also, there is 609 ft. Walk to the home bleachers. Gotta keep the students fit!

[@chevan5187]

love your videos man keep it up

[@MSU-DetroitFan]

I mistaked the Field in the Thumbnail as a Racetrack not a Football field Ouch

[@colbyschweikert9932]

The dock,Lincoln tunnel, and castle be dope and cool as all hell updated definitely unique

[@landinsnare5736]

Hi

[@bradyarebalo9342]

I live in small town Mariposa and play for the grizzlies it’s not just used for rodeos we also host a annual destruction derby. After every county fair we have to scan the Feild and clean up all the broken car parts etc. not to mention the feild is super hilly and has HUGE holes everywhere.

[@marcitos_9329]

2:35 I got that reference

[@bena9713]

Me too!!

[@kcnichols8968]

My high-school finished construction and opened just in time for my freshman year. The field house for football/soccer/track didn't finish construction until the next summer. Our "stadium" didn't have bleachers or a working scoreboard until my junior year. For games the visitors had to use the wrestling room as a locker room and walk across the parking lot through the baseball and softball fields to get to the fields for the first year and our concessions were ran out of a shipping container. But hey now it's a nice field.

[@andrewwinslow9315]

Wear that AROD jersey

[@hollywoodhende]

Actually liked the castle stadium, reminded me of The Longest Yard for some reason lol Knoxville HS in Iowa has a castle-like feel to it and is underground. The entrance at the top of the bleachers is at street level, it's kinda cool. There's also a field here in Iowa that is almost like a small hill, the center of the field is higher than the sidelines so when you look at the other team you can't see anything below their calves, don't remember what school that was though.

[@codnewbgamer]

When you end up doing your next CFB stadiums, you need to look at Carnegie Mellon. Parking deck on one side, two dorms on the other, and you can your nerd jokes in

[@3Dsjk]

There was a miniseries in the late 90’s about amateur football in America (a prison flag football league, a 50-something school teacher playing semipro, and a bunch of unique high school stories), that featured a couple of interesting fields. One was a six-man field in Texas made up of prairie grass, which was so light they had to line the field with black paint. The other was a field in Alaska made of compacted volcanic ash, which looked like a big slab of hard, cold clay. I have been trying to find the name of the series for years, but it was pre-internet. I want to say it was on TNT/TBS, a bunch of 2-hour episodes over the course of a week. Edit: Found it! Football America by NFL Films, aired by TNT. I may have been wrong about the original being a multi-part series, but the original film from 1996 is on KZbin. The team was in Juneau, and they have a turf field now.

[@kingdingaling2469]

Man...Respect Due for the work you put in to find these things. I love it and most of these are good bad meaning good and bad bad meaning bad.

[@WillJM81280]

As soon as you said “Some won’t shut up about it” I knew exactly what was coming next.

[@travissampson6545]

“Remember The Titian’s” Remember at the end of the movie when the girl said they finished the second best team in the NATION? Well Tennessee High and their Stone Castle was NUMBER 1!!!! National Champions

[@noaahhhoke4012]

2:12 wow wow 😂

[@zakschrader9716]

Bristol is a big staple. My old boss was a FB for them and the games get crazy, they love it.

[@ryanvicino]

Pier 40 is legendary wat

[@prestong1773]

This needs a part 2; gotta add West Limestone in Alabama- right behind one of the endzones is a privately owned cow pasture. Kids used to try to hit cows with field goals

[@kenailtri]

Hey! I marched in the John Marshall High School band (Glendale, WV) at the old Weir High stadium back in the early 1970s. That steel mill made an incredible racket.