South Tahoe Babe Ruth all-stars beat South Reno to become Nevada State Champs
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/09/2019 - 10:41pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - It was a close on Tuesday night as the South Tahoe Babe Ruth 13-year-old all-star team became the Nevada State champs after beating South Reno 12-11 in extra innings. They beat their opponents in the state tournament this past weekend 11-2 and 21-5.
The twelve teens from the South Shore are now headed to Utah for the Pacific Southwest Regional Tournament July 22-27.
The 2019 team: Forrest Jones, Nico Wagner, Luke Laub, Ian Ross, Haden Stephen, Christopher Haven, Vincent Abbondandolo, JR Elizalde, Joey Gomez, Jonathan Bender,
The team is now fundraising through GoFundMe to raise money for travel expenses. If they win in Utah they are off to the World Series in Massachusetts. To help the boys with costs, visit https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-send-babe-ruth-13s-all-stars-to-world-series.
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