For ISDs & Athletic Departments
School batting cages — DFW.
HUB Certified. Bid-ready. ASTM-compliant builds with the documentation procurement actually wants.
Built for public procurement.
ISD athletic directors don't have time to vet a vendor who's never run a public-bid project. Bearcat Turf & Outdoors is HUB Certified through the Texas Comptroller, registered with the Secretary of State, and we've put bid documentation into procurement packets across DFW. We know the pace, the paperwork, and the summer-window pressure of getting a cage built before two-a-days start in August.
DFW is our core market, but our HUB Certification and bid documentation travel statewide — we quote ISD and school athletic-department cage builds across Texas, from Midland and Lubbock to Tyler and Texarkana.
Common configs.
- 70 x 14 x 12 commercial single — the standard public high-school batting cage. #45 commercial-grade twisted poly net, powder-coated frame.
- 70 x 30 x 12 double-wide — two-station hitting. Partition net optional. The most common middle-school-through-varsity install.
- 70 x 45 x 12 triple-wide — large athletic departments, programs running multiple stations during a single 50-minute period.
- #60 high-velocity nets for programs running pitching machines at 80+ mph or hosting fall-ball college showcases.
ASTM & safety compliance.
For school athletic facilities, the surface and netting both need to land on the right side of ASTM standards. We bid to:
- ASTM F2765 (synthetic turf systems) on hitting-cage turf surfaces, where applicable.
- ASTM F1936 / F355 G-Max guidance on integrated turf surfaces — target G-Max under 200 for general athletic fields.
- NFHS rulebook compliance for mound height, plate location, and batter's-box geometry on integrated build-outs.
Bid documentation we provide.
Compliance
Texas HUB certification (Comptroller), TX Secretary of State registration, Vendor ID, W-9.
Insurance
Commercial general liability COI, ISD as additional insured on request, payment / performance bonds available.
Engineering
Base-prep spec, foundation drawings for frame anchors, drainage slope plan if outdoor.
Materials
Cimarron product spec sheets, net gauge documentation, frame load ratings, turf MSDS where applicable.
Schedule
Gantt with mobilization, site prep, frame install, net rigging, punch list, and final walkthrough — mapped to summer window.
References
Prior public-sector and athletic-department installs with AD contacts on request.
Summer install windows.
Realistic timeline: contracts signed by April, materials staged in May, install in June, punch list and handoff before two-a-days in August. After-school and weekend work is doable for cages on existing concrete pads, but the clean install path is the summer window. Programs that wait until June to start the bid process usually end up rolling into fall.
Procurement contact
For RFQs, ITBs, pre-bid spec review, and procurement questions:
Call or text 817-803-1445 · or use the contact form — routes to Colin within one business day.
Got an ag barn, field house, or metal building on campus?
We rig cages inside existing ag-science barns and field houses without adding a stand-alone frame — same ASTM-compliant netting and turf, faster install. See the barn & metal building build-out →
Statewide reach
Batting cages & indoor facilities, built across Texas.
We're Aledo-based, in the Fort Worth / DFW area, and that's where most backyard cage installs happen. For school and ISD programs, training facilities, metal-building and barn conversions, and larger commercial builds, we travel across Texas — including:
North Texas / DFW (home base)
Fort Worth, Dallas, DFW Metroplex, Denton, Plano, Frisco, Prosper, McKinney, Allen
West Texas
Midland, Odessa, Abilene, Wichita Falls, Lubbock, Amarillo, El Paso
Central Texas
Waco, Austin, San Antonio
East Texas
Tyler, Athens, Nacogdoches, Longview, Texarkana
Don’t see your city? Ask anyway — tell us where the build is and we’ll scope it during the consult.