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It’s been a long time since the winningest field hockey program (10 state titles) in the history of Massachusetts had a first class field to play on, but come this fall, that is about to chance.

Known for years as “the Porker Pen,” the upper field behind Walpole High School was finally slated for revitalization, which is currently taking place this summer.

One of the biggest problems the field had was being built on the hill, being fenced in so closely that the goalie nets could not be rotated as is usually done on grass fields. Rotation, on soccer and field hockey fields, allows the area on the field that gets the most activity – the goal mouth – a chance to breathe and re-grow the grass.

Unfortunately, this was not possible by the configuration of the Pen; there was not enough room to shift the playing area and allow the goalmouth a chance to revitalize itself.

Funding was made available, however, to take up the sod, re-grade and fill the area, and plant …