Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Kimball Junior Legion center fielder, Kyle Spicer playing in the Morrill game last week.
For the first time since 2008 Kimball has a Legion baseball team, though currently we have a junior legion team, athletes aged 17 and under, manager Luke Dea and head coach Wade Brashear hope to grow it.
"It started a handful of years ago, trying to rebuild the little league and trying to get it competitive – where we were traveling," Dea said.
Local kids were missing out on a great opportunity, Dea said, especially in the summer. So Dea and Brashear stepped up to help the athletes move beyond little league.
"It is not tax-base supported, it is not school supported, so there is a lot of v...