Gordon Campbell, president of the Wiscasset All Sports Boosters Club, wants to see red.

Red banners, that is.

The Wiscasset All Sports Boosters have been trying to cover the fields with local businesses’ banners in an effort to help support the high school's sports teams. So far, behind an integral effort of Tricia Goud, the baseball and softball fields are well covered with red banners; but there's always room for more, Campbell said.

“Our goal is to have banners going completely around the soccer field,” he said. “We'd love to be able to represent the whole town, and all of its businesses.”

The money that is raised from the banners is spent on new equipment for Wiscasset's sports teams, including new uniforms.

The boosters club has helped purchase sports equipment this year, but the money raised through advertisements, auctions and concession sales has also allowed the club to partner with Wiscasset High School's Andrew Lincoln to conceptualize and purchase a Wolverine mascot for the school.

Each season, the boosters club hands over $1,000 to offset the cost of equipment and uniforms, Campbell said.

Last fall, the boosters made room by selling vintage and retro Wiscasset sports gear during the soccer season, and even had an auction. The plan, Campbell said, is to fully reequip the sports teams with new uniforms.

“We've been working on a new uniform project, but uniforms can cost thousands of dollars (for all the sports teams),” he said. “That hits the wallet pretty hard, but it's a good goal (for the school and the boosters) right now.”

For the first year, the cost of a 4 by 10-foot banner costs $250, and the smaller 3 by 5-foot banners cost $125. After the first year, the cost drops to $125 per large banner and $75 for the smaller banners.

Campbell said the red banners represent a win-win for the community.

“It helps show off Wiscasset businesses, and it’s helping the kids,” he said. “There have been a lot of positive things going on. We just want to keep that momentum going.”

For more information, call the high school at 207-882-7722 or visit the boosters' Facebook site: www.facebook.com/pages/Wiscasset-All-Sports-Boosters.