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Boerne has a lot of baseball talent. What’s in the water?
Read full article: Boerne has a lot of baseball talent. What’s in the water?Baseball is a game of passion and dedication. Boerne seems to have a lot of that but is there more to that secret sauce that's gotten them to the Little League World Series?
‘It was fun to see’: Boerne Little League players, coach discuss 9-0 win at Little League World Series
Read full article: ‘It was fun to see’: Boerne Little League players, coach discuss 9-0 win at Little League World SeriesAfter a dominant 9-0 win over the Mid-Atlantic team from Newtown, Pennsylvania, the Boerne Little League players and coach discussed their win on Thursday night.
Boerne shuts out Newtown, Pa. in its Little League World Series opener
Read full article: Boerne shuts out Newtown, Pa. in its Little League World Series openerThe Boerne Little League baseball team used the long ball and great pitching to beat Newtown, Pennsylvania 9-0 Thursday night at the Little League World Series.
Mogford, Hurst share details of Boerne’s riveting win to clinch spot in Little League World Series
Read full article: Mogford, Hurst share details of Boerne’s riveting win to clinch spot in Little League World SeriesWith great success comes great responsibility and a lot of attention — if you’re Boerne’s Little League baseball team.
San Antonio Little League baseball team to host charity tournament for 6-year-old teammate diagnosed with cancer
Read full article: San Antonio Little League baseball team to host charity tournament for 6-year-old teammate diagnosed with cancerA 6-year-old Little League baseball champion was forced off the field by a devastating leukemia diagnosis.
Cuba is in the Little League World Series for the first time. It'll debut vs Japan on Wednesday
Read full article: Cuba is in the Little League World Series for the first time. It'll debut vs Japan on WednesdayLittle League has been hosting its World Series in Williamsport since 1947, yet it will be welcoming a new guest when the tournament starts Wednesday — Cuba.
Injured Utah little leaguer recovering, has call with coach
Read full article: Injured Utah little leaguer recovering, has call with coachThe coach for a Little League World Series player from Utah who seriously injured his head when he fell out of his top bunk in dorms at the world series complex says he has FaceTimed with the boy.
Utah boy injured in dorm fall at Little League World Series
Read full article: Utah boy injured in dorm fall at Little League World SeriesA 12-year-old Little League World Series player from Utah is in critical condition with what his family said was a head injury suffered when he fell off a bunk bed at the dormitory complex in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Beaned Little League batter consoles upset pitcher who hit him in viral Texas video
Read full article: Beaned Little League batter consoles upset pitcher who hit him in viral Texas videoA Little League batter rose from a beaning to console the upset pitcher in a dramatic scene at a Little League regional tournament game in Waco, Texas.
Wurstfest cancellation big blow to nonprofit groups
Read full article: Wurstfest cancellation big blow to nonprofit groupsNEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – When New Braunfels Little League President Paul Naizer heard Wurstfest would be canceled for 2020 over concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, he understood. With more than 200,000 attendees that come through over 10 days, the groups can raise much - even all - of the money they need to operate for the year. “But not knowing what’s going on with this pandemic, it’s really hard to see how we’re going to make money. Brit King, president of the Downtown Rotary Club of New Braunfels, said Wurstfest isn’t the biggest of its four fundraisers. The Wurstfest Association has said that fundraising plans to support the nonprofit organizations that normally work Wurstfest would be announced in the coming weeks.
Trump, Mariano Rivera mark Opening Day at White House
Read full article: Trump, Mariano Rivera mark Opening Day at White HouseWASHINGTON President Donald Trump recruited Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera to help mark baseball's Opening Day with a group of Little League players at the White House on Thursday. Riveras old team was in Washington to open up Major League Baseballs abbreviated season Thursday night against the defending champion Nationals. Trump, for his part, said he'd been invited to toss out the opening pitch on Aug. 15 at Yankee Stadium. The president praised Major League Baseball for moving forward. I think Major League Baseball is setting an example by playing to empty stadiums.
Forget pro, college sports: Why the absence of youth sports might have biggest impact of all
Read full article: Forget pro, college sports: Why the absence of youth sports might have biggest impact of allLittle League International, which announced the move, also canceled regional tournaments but said the events would return in 2021. By contrast, the NFL, the world’s most affluent professional sports league, generated roughly $16 billion in 2018, according to USA Today. Major League Baseball generated $10.7 billion in 2019 and the NBA nearly $8 billion in 2018, according to Forbes, so youth sports generated more money than those leagues combined. The owner of Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy in suburban Detroit, an organization that’s home to 150 youth volleyball teams and has produced numerous Division I college volleyball players over the years, Sack had been, as usual, making preparations for the club’s signature event. “You go from ramping up to this.”Cancellations of such big youth sports events have a serious trickle-down effect, too.