MIDDLETOWN, Md. (WUSA 9) -- Middletown High School in Northwestern Maryland are state champs in football and hold many other titles.

What the Knights don't have is an up-to-date stadium.

"I think it would be nice if we had better away bleachers [and a] better concessions stand, especially since ... football games, we draw huge crowds," said football and lacrosse player Cody Martin.

If you want to take in a football game, members of the school community say you have to get here at 5 o'clock for a 7 o'clock game, that's because they need more bleachers.

The bleachers they do have aren't the sturdiest around and everyone mentions the need for new bathrooms, which aren't up to code.

After injuries and other issues, the Middletown Sports Boosters took out a loan to put in field turf in 2008, which is safer and more efficient.

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - Maryland State Police are asking Frederick County deputies to patrol parts of state routes 85 and 355 due to a trooper shortage there and a reorganization of the state agency.

Spokesman Greg Shipley said Wednesday the changes don't reflect a statewide trend. He says Baltimore County police already patrol some state highways.

Shipley says road patrol responsibilities differ from county to county under agreements that are routinely reviewed. He says Carroll County's agreement is also being revised because the county has chosen to stop subsidizing additional troopers there.

Shipley says the trooper force is at about 90 percent of full strength but more will be hired in the fiscal year starting July 1.

He says some troopers have been reassigned to other duties such as aviation and commercial vehicle enforcement.