Bartlett schools names hitting facility in honor of late Coach Phil Clark
Here's a look inside the newly named Phil Clark Indoor Facility at W.J. Freeman Park in Bartlett. (Courtesy Bartlett City Schools)
Bartlett City Schools is memorializing the impact the late Phil Clark had on the district as its baseball coach and athletic director.
The BCS school board unanimously approved Thursday, Feb. 27, a resolution to name the indoor hitting facility at W.J. Freeman Park to the Phil Clark Indoor Facility.
Clark died in January after a battle with colon cancer.
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Michael Waddell
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