Richard L. Jantz Stadium (formerly "Sonner Stadium") is a sport stadium in Winfield, Kansas

Winfield, Kansas

Winfield is a city situated along the Walnut River in the west-central part of Cowley County, located in South Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,301...

. The facility is primarily used by the Southwestern College Moundbuilders

Southwestern College Moundbuilders

Southwestern College athletic teams are known as the Moundbuilders . They participate in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.Men's Sports* Basketball...

 football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 and track & field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 teams. The grass field is named "Art Kahler Field" from prominent Southwestern alum Art Kahler

Art Kahler

Arthur D. Kahler was an American college football and basketball player and coach. He was listed in "Ripley's Believe It Or Not" as only person to coach at two different major colleges at the same time - head basketball coach at Brown University and football coach at Dickinson College in...

 and the surrounding track is named "Monypenny Track" in honor of alum William Monypenny

William Monypenny (football coach)

William Monypenny was an educator, American football coach and sports figure in the United States.-Coaching history:Monypenny was the seventh football coach for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders in Winfield, Kansas and held that position 11 seasons, from 1926 to 1936. His overall coaching...

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Sunflower Bowl

The facility hosted the Sunflower Bowl

Sunflower Bowl

The Sunflower Bowl was a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics post-season college football bowl game played in Winfield, Kansas from 1982 to 1986.-Game results:...

 during the bowl's entire operation, from 1982 to 1986. The stadium is also used for local high school sporting events and other community events.

Rebuilding

In January 2009, the school announced plans for a major renovation, including changing the name from "Sonner Stadium" to "Richard L. Jantz Stadium". The renovations are expected to attract better student-athletes and bigger events to Winfield. The final Southwestern football game was played before the renovations on November 7, 2009 with a victory over Tabor

Tabor Bluejays

Tabor College athletic teams are known as the Bluejays. They participate in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.Men's Sports* Baseball* Basketball* Cross Country* Football* Soccer...

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External links

• Visual Tour of Sonner Stadium

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