Look at the avatar....
Hubbard is going to win. It's only a matter of by how much. Greenville can play tough even in their down years. Surprising teams like Hickory when Hickory was on their D10 title streak. But Greenville is not going to be good this year. Average, decent... sure. But they're not going to beat Hubbard. Especially with a week's worth of work more than them.
As for the stadium, you'll love it. There is no track.
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The stadium actually predates the school. Greenville High School started as, well, Greenville High School. Then, Penn High was built in downtown. At the time, the team (always the Greenville Trojans name), played at Packard Park, where Thiel College also played at the time (near where the softball field at the college is). The land for the field, and the school, was donated by the Stewart family, and hence was named Stewart Field. The wooden stadium was built first. Two years later, the high school beside it opened. It was named Greenville Jr/Sr High School. In the mid-90s, the year I first went to GHS from middle school, the stadium was replaced with an all aluminum structure. The field was still grass until 2015, when a new turf field (still the same field today) was installed.
The dedication ceremony also dedicated the stadium to the two long time head coaches: Ed Snyder and Bob Stone. Ed Snyder was coach from 1937-1954 and 1959-1967 (152-64-10 in 26 seasons, the winningest coach in Mercer Co history at the time). Bob Stone coached from 1978 to 2006 (222-75-6 over 29 years, also the winningest coach in Mercer Co history at the time; coach for Wilmington, Terry Verrelli is the now retired current winningest head coach). Stone was a longtime assistant coach for an additional 16 years prior. His replacement, and still current head coach, Brian Herrick, has been coach now for 16 years.
The stadium does seat about 4,500. Though honestly doesn't need that many anymore. The town has shrunk considerably since the 50s when things like Trinity Steel Car, Bessemer, Warner Ladder, etc were in town. There's a huge lot west of the school. There's also two very small grass lots just east of the field house. Anyone with a placard can park in the field house lot if there's room. It is gravel, fyi. The streets all around town are open for parking and if there isn't space, street parking is plentiful.
Tickets, if they haven't change them yet, are still $4 for adults, and $2 for students and seniors. They do have $5 reserved seats. I can't imagine they've raised the prices and have had them at that since the 90s. Visitor side will be full at least thirty minutes before kickoff. Especially if there's a decent sized band coming. There is TONS of room to stand around the fences as long as you're not behind the player boxes. The north endzone is a common hang out spot among fans and honestly makes the reserved seats look empty since a lot have season passes there and then just mill about.
The school did cut down the trees a few years ago. There used to be massive trees that lined the back of the home stands. Which acted as an early sunset for early evening games. It was very nice and noticeable. And then were cut down sometime around 2016 or so. Never felt the same since.
If you want something local to eat, try Carini's in downtown Greenville. The Carini Special hoagie is pretty good and what I always get.
And just remember, in PA, the PA mercy rule is in use. 35 points after halftime, not 30. And, at least until recently, was a bit less onerous than the Ohio rule. But I've been to enough games in PA recently to know that the clock operator basically gets to make up his own mind when he wants to stop it and the officials rarely step in if they're running it too much. PA was one of the first states with a mercy rule back in the mid-90s. Back then, it was 45 after halftime, 35 after 3. But only negated out-of-bounds, first down, and incomplete stoppages.
Greenville did play a lot of Ohio teams in the past. In the pre-playoff era, Greenville had a big rivalry with Brookfield, playing them annually on Thanksgiving Day. Back when the season started mid-September and ended on Thanksgiving. They also had a home-and-home with Marietta in the early 2000s (around 03 or 04 I believe).
