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A local football team is looking for answers after overnight damage to their St. Vital practice field.

Winnipeg Rifles head coach Geordie Wilson tweeted images Wednesday that shows the field apparently damaged by a vehicle.

Wilson said the damage was caused after 10 p.m. Tuesday.

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Wilson told 680 CJOB he was sick to his stomach when he saw the destruction.

“We had that rain on Monday night, so I was going to go cut the grass this morning at 7:15, and I came around the corner and thought, ‘are you kidding me?’,” he said. Tweet This

“We’re hoping to get it patched up so it’s at least practicable.”

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The field serves as a training spot for the Canadian Junior Football League’s Rifles, as well as the main facility for the amateur St. Vital Mustangs.

Wilson said both teams had just spent $20,000 upgrading and fixing the field for the upcoming season.

“It impedes you. You can’t even run a practice properly on this thing.

“Someone out there knows. Hopefully they do the right thing and contact me. It just so happens that one of my coaches is a city of Winnipeg police officer, so maybe we can get this guy.

“They don’t have to arrest the guy or nothin’, but the retribution should be, you’re paying for the cost of repairing the field and you’re doing the work under the supervision of a landscape company.” Tweet This

I am so sad and disappointed about the damage some idiots did to our ⁦@RiflesFootball⁩ practice field ⁦@StVitalMustangs⁩ facility last night after 10 pm. If you have any information on this please let me know. Please retweet! We just spent $20,000 on this field! pic.twitter.com/LxCTKUiQ3w — Geordie Wilson (@WilsonGeordie) August 21, 2019

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