Name field after Hansbarger

To those school board members who are "cautious" about naming the football field after Coach David Hansbarger, I hope you do the right thing. Coach Hansbarger and Swanton football are synonymous with each other. Throughout northwest Ohio and the NWOAL you probably cannot talk or ask anyone about Swanton football without Coach Hansbarger's name being mentioned.

Coach Hansbarger's win/loss record, league titles and playoff appearance are all very impressive, but more importantly he is a man that his players loved and respected. He inspired his teams year in and out to play hard, together and for one another. Coach Hansbarger taught all of us who were fortunate enough to play for him so much about the game of football, but also many more life lessons.

Jim Barker

Swanton