L’Anse Creuse High School needed its baseball and softball fields brought up to a competition-ready standard, and the fence and net work is what ties a field like that together. We handled the whole package: the perimeter fencing that defines and secures the outfields, the netting that keeps balls on the property, and a batting cage enclosure for practice.
The outfield perimeter is black chain-link with a white top rail, running the full distance of both fields with the distance markers set along the line. Behind and above the fence, tall netting on steel posts does the job fencing can’t: it stops foul balls and home runs from clearing the field and reaching the grandstand, the parking areas, and the homes and street that border the property.
The batting cage was built as its own enclosure, framework and netting together, so players have a dedicated practice space that matches the rest of the complex. One crew, one coordinated scope, delivered around the field construction happening at the same time.
Baseball and softball complexes are some of the most demanding fence and net work there is. It is not one product installed in a straight line, it is several systems that have to work together on a live, in-use athletic site: perimeter fencing at regulation distances, containment netting tall enough to catch balls in the air, and a practice cage, all built to hold up through full seasons of play and Michigan weather. That is exactly the kind of package this project called for.
An athletic field looks simple when it’s finished, but the fence and net work sits on top of a lot of coordination. The netting on this project runs high enough to catch balls off the bat, which means the support posts carry real wind load and have to be set and footed to hold that netting tight for years, not just look right on install day. Get the post spacing or footing wrong and the net sags, the line goes crooked, and the whole field reads amateur. We size and set those posts for the span and the load, so the net stays taut and the line stays straight.
The perimeter fence and the netting also have to agree with each other and with the field. The chain-link defines the outfield at the right distances, the top rail keeps the line straight and clean, and the net towers sit where they protect the grandstand and the property line without cutting into play. On a school site bordered by homes, a road, and a neighboring field, there is no room to be casual about where a foul ball ends up. Every element was placed with that in mind.
Then there is the schedule. A field like this gets built by more than one trade at once: turf, scoreboard, dugouts, and fencing all sharing the same site on overlapping timelines. We worked our fence, net, and cage installation around the other crews so nobody was waiting on us and we weren’t tearing back into finished work. That coordination is the difference between a project that lands on time and one that drags the whole facility opening with it.
Parents, players, opposing teams, and the community form an opinion of an athletic program the moment they see the field. Clean fence lines, straight top rail, and netting that clearly does its job all say the same thing: this program is taken seriously and this facility was built right. A sagging net or a crooked fence says the opposite, no matter how good the turf underneath is.
The safety side is just as real. Foul-ball and home-run containment protects spectators in the stands, cars in the lot, and the neighbors whose property lines the field. For a school district, that protection is not optional, it is part of running a facility responsibly. Netting done right is what lets a field sit next to a neighborhood without becoming a liability.
That is the standard we build athletic facilities to, and it is the standard behind every field, court, and complex we take on. If your school or district has a project coming, we can bring the same crew and the same approach to your site.
Field fencing, ball-containment netting, printed branding, and batting cage construction, coordinated around field builders and delivered as one scope. If your school or district has a facility in the works, the crew that built this can build yours.
