EVERETT — After around eight years in the making, Archbishop Murphy High School realized a major upgrade to their athletic facilities.

The school officially opened its new Performance & Wellness Center on Thursday, a 3,400 square foot weight room and training facility built off of Grace Hall and overlooking Terry Ennis Stadium. The project, budgeted around $1.5 million and subject to increase, according to Director of Performance and Wellness Jordan James, has been in the works since 2017.

“We are working on continuing to bolster that,” James said. “We haven’t met that goal yet, you know, in terms of hitting that 1.5 (million) number in terms of spending.”

Archbishop Murphy Development Director Bobby Kubacki estimates the new center will be paid off in the next five years. The center

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