The Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association asked Iowa high schools to participate in a program called “Light Up Iowa” every Friday night from 8 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. The program is a way to show students and communities that schools miss them and look forward to having them back in home stadiums with lights on and fans back together, hopefully in the near future. Note: this is not intended to be a weekly social gathering, so visitors are asked to merely drive by stadiums and stay in their cars to maintain social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both Wilton and Durant took part in the first Friday night of the program April 10, turning lights on at their football stadiums, baseball and softball fields.
Photos by Derek Sawvell and Teresa Benischek
