Prior to the opening of the athletic compound, each athletic team practiced in a different place. The tennis team played home games at tennis courts of other schools in the 5A district of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, and the tennis team practiced at the Memorial Park Tennis Center at Memorial Park. The track team historically practiced at several different stadiums of TAPPS 5A schools; in 2008 the team was practicing at the St. John's School. The soccer teams played only "away" games (games held at other schools or stadiums) before the opening of the new compound, and they practiced in a soccer field on the Awty premises. Annette Baird of the "Houston Chronicle" describes the former soccer field as "an undersized bumpy pitch".