MAHONING COUNTY, Ohio -

South Range Schools have sold their old high school football stadium.

For more than six decades South Range Memorial Field was the home to Raiders football, but for the past three years, the field and bleachers have sat empty.

Wednesday night, though with two bids on the table and the South Range School Board looking to sell there was an opportunity the roughly seven-acre property could have new life.
 
For nearly an hour, the board met in executive session to weigh each offer.
 
When the school board emerged, the board voted 3-2 to sell the property to the Boris family of Canfield for $150-thousand.
 
"We're over the moon, we're so excited about it," said Billie Joe Boris. 
 
Boris is the president of the Canfield Middle School Lacrosse Club. She says her two sons both play at the Canfield Middle School, and she has realized the challenge to find practice space.
 
"We don't have anywhere to have games. Because you're either running into football or we're running into soccer, or we're running into track, or we're running into baseball," said Boris.
 
But, Boris says she doesn't plan to limit the facility to Canfield or Lacrosse. Instead, open it to all communities and sports.
 
Boris said they plan to utilize the former stadium as a sports facility for different communities and events.
 
"We're actually going to utilize it for all kinds of sports," said Boris. "Do things like community day where we have everyone out, and we do a little bit of soccer practice and clinics, and we do some lacrosse clinics, we do some football clinics and food trucks and community fun."
 
She plans to reach out to the church located inside the former South Range High School, located in front of the stadium. She says one possibility would be a "pay-to-park" idea where donations would then go to the church.
 
But, before the South Range School Board voted to sell the property to the Boris family, they opened the meeting to hear from the public.
 
One comment came from a Beaver Township representative that had placed a smaller bid and said the township had plans for a green space with a walking path and splash pads.
 
"Some of you made the comment, we'd just like to give it to you, next thing you know we're not the highest bidder," said the Beaver Township representative.
 
"When it comes down to it, and you know it, there's a lot more to it than just money. That is not the end circumstance at all," said School Board President Corey Yoakam.
 
Following the meeting, Yoakam told 21 News, "At the end of the day we are a school district that represents both Beaver Township and Greene Township, and we got to do what's best for all of our constituents as a school board. We love our working relationship we have with the trustees, and I believe at the end of the day, we will continue having a great working relationship." 
 
Legalities still need to be finalized. The district does not have any specific plans for the cash.