Vandals have hit the fields in Lake Country as well Vernon today, tearing up grass and causing damage.

Witnesses reported seeing a vehicle doing doughnuts in the snow at both George Elliot school as well as at Beasley Park in Lake Country.

Pictures were posted on the Lake Country - one community Facebook page of both events.

鈥淪ad to see so much disrespect these days in Winfield,鈥� wrote Lee-Ann Perkin.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 like the direction things are heading these days in our little community,鈥� wrote Marnitz Kritzinger. 鈥淚 guess it鈥檚 because it isn鈥檛 so little anymore.鈥�

Some on the page said it was just kids out just joy-riding but others were concerned about the cost of repairing the fields.

鈥淭hat鈥檚 terrible,鈥� wrote Donna Wood. 鈥淕rass is probably ruined and taxpayers will have to fix it. This makes me so mad.鈥�

鈥淚t鈥檚 just kids trying to have fun,鈥� wrote Corey Caldwell. 鈥淲ould you rather them drift on a field or on the streets where they can hit and kill someone.. it鈥檚 grass, it will grow back. It鈥檚 kids with a car. We were all once kids and did stupid stuff.鈥�

There was also a report that the same thing happened to Marshal Fields in Vernon and the same thing has happened to a .

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