The jerseys are clean, the cleats are tied, the water bottles are filled and the players are ready to play, but one of the biggest pieces of Warrior football is gone.

Murdock Stadium was torn down to make way for a new field. The Warriors will now have a new home at Redondo Union High School’s (RUHS) new Sea Hawks Stadium.

With the construction over at RUHS and the newly built facilities and locker rooms, the choice was obvious. However, not to say that there was no competition, EC looked at other schools in the area like Mira Costa High School, West High School and North High School. Regardless of where the home field is, the general consensus is that a field, is a field and that it does not matter where they play according to players.

“I look at Redondo now completely differently because it has a nice stadium, it’s a good field, it’s going to be a nice place for us to play,” coach John Featherstone said. “They have great lockers, they have great facilities. I am looking forward to making it our home for the next couple years.”

With Murdock Stadium out of commission, Sea Hawk Stadium will be the official home Stadium for the next two years. Though some players may not be used to playing at Redondo, there are a few who used to play for Redondo and some who used to play against Redondo.

“Well I used to play there in high school and I think that we are going to be good as a team playing there,” sophomore wide receiver Davion Goodall. “All of my teammates like it, from playing during the scrimmage and everyone is pretty excited for it to be our home.”

Sophomore offensive lineman Cory Sanicky, who used to play for Mira Costa, expressed his thoughts on playing at Redondo Union.

“It’s kind of weird because I went to Mira Costa and they are our rival school,” Sanicky said. “So, it is kind of odd, but I mean it does not really matter, it’s just a field to play on.

New sophomore transfer from University of Kentucky, Tanner Blaine, ranked as 15th best punter in the nation also gave his thoughts on his new home

“It’s all good, I know it will be a good atmosphere,”Blaine said.

When asked whether or not it would be a disadvantage to play there, the players had mixed answers.

Blaine felt that it would not matter and that it is the same as any other field. Goodall felt the only disadvantage is that it gets a “little windy” over there, but other than that he felt good to play at his old school. Sanicky felt that it was sort of a disadvantage but that it “shouldn’t affect us too much.”

When Featherstone was asked about any disadvantages for the team, he expressed that the only disadvantage was on game days when they have to travel from EC to Redondo Union.

The first home game for EC is on Saturday Sept. 13 at 4 p.m. at Redondo Union High School.