- November 6, 2024
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The grass was cut, the fields were lined and 327 young baseball players anxiously waited for the first pitch to be thrown. Opening Day was finally here.
The Police Athletic League opened its baseball season Saturday, March 3, with the first pitch being thrown by Sheriff Don Fleming.
“The values you learn on a ball field are the values you take with you the rest of your life,” Fleming told the young athletes.
In its 20th year in Flagler County, PAL recognized Deputy Don Apperson, executive director, as being one of the founding fathers of the league.
For him, the program is not only about getting kids into sports, but also about coaches and parents being positive role models for the athletes. That was a general theme with everyone who took the microphone Saturday morning.
“Whether they have four strikeouts or four homeruns, it doesn’t matter,” baseball President Jack Clark told parents. “Let them strive to be better ball players and better people.”
Registration for PAL football and cheerleading begins April 16.
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