Long Creek High School Dragons to share New Braunfels' Unicorn Stadium

When the first wave of student attends the Long Creek High School, it would be a new dawn for New Braunfels ISD. Besides, it will establish a new era of New Braunfels football, an era where the things like unicorns and dragons will not be mere fairytales but will appear on the same arena.

This season there is a change of venue for the Long Creek High School Dragons: they will be playing along with the New Bruanfels High School Unicorns in Unicorn Stadium since their stadium is still under construction, as stated in a press release.

We need to get in with supporting not only the Unicorns but also the LCHS Dragons at Unicorn Stadium as it steps into this journey, creating new Friday night lights legislations, as NBISD Athletic Director Richard Mendoza of the release. ”It is my vision to bring an unforgettable experiences to the Dragon student-athletes and the rest of community as they embark the inaugural season of our team. ”

In the previous May, the NBISD voters sanctioned the $313 million bond project containing $40 million stadium on the campus of Long Creek High school. dragon stadium should be ready at least by the 2026-2027 academic year according to the release posted online.

The coaching staff at Long Creek desired the team to play in Unicorn Stadium in order to “provide the players with an opportunity to experience what it’s like to compete in a ‘legitimate competition stadium’," the release stated. The district utilized all the available resources and innovation available in coming up with a plan for the Dragon varsity football events and in accommodating the share of the stadia.

“We want what is best for our kids,” said Long Creek High School boys athletic coordinator and head football coach Adam Harvey in the release “And we believe providing our athletes and fans with the Friday Night Lights experience of playing at Unicorn Stadium while Dragon Stadium is being built is what is best. ”

Last, Harvey also appreciates NBHS boys athletic coordinator and head football trainer, Brad Molder for his full cooperation in this towards helping the Dragons at Unicorn Stadium. "

Unicorn Stadium will be placed with Dragon Stadium flags, banners, wind screen, etc and will be removed before and after the games in order to give the program a full trivia of varsity, as stated in the release. Combining all these information, the release also reveals that the Dragons will also be playing several of their home matches on Thursdays.

Long Creek will actually take the field of Unicorn Stadium for the first time on the 15th of August against McCallum Austin during a scrape before they host Crockett Austin on the 12th of September. The Dragons’ initial contest will be varsity football at home on the Katy Freeman field on August 29, as stated in the release.

The two New Braunfels ISD schools are of confrontation in the 2024 summer season.