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Yahoo
04-05-2025
- Sport
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Young athletes participate in local MLB Pitch Hit and Run competition
COLUMBIANA, Ohio (WKBN) — About 60 kids participated in the MLB Pitch Hit and Run competition at Athletix Columbiana on Sunday. The program is a free event that provides kids aged 7 to 14 with an opportunity to showcase their baseball or softball skills. They were tested on their battling, throwing and speed. It was also a great chance for young athletes to work on fine-tuning their skills as the Little League season is just underway. 'Gives them exposure to something maybe they wouldn't have exposure to normally and just give them a nice experience. Maybe they're here meeting some new friends, hanging out with some kids on their team, just things like that. Just give them a new opportunity and an experience they wouldn't normally have,' said Rachel Wardle, the Athletix co-owner. The best from Sunday have the chance to go to the Team Championship event at an MLB stadium. Top scores qualify for an all-expense-paid trip for two to compete at Finals, which is hosted at the World Series. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Climate
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Fresh snowfall creates playgound for Valley kids
CORTLAND, Ohio (WKBN) — Fresh snowfall added to nature's winter playground, giving children who had the day off a chance to have some good old-fashioned wintertime fun. Kids off school for President's Day had fun sledding. The Eastlake MetroPark sled hill was bustling with activity as dozens of children were having a blast spending time in the great outdoors. 'I love sledding down this hill,' said Destiny Stone, of Mecca. 'It's really fun and then I like going down the steep side and going really fast.' 'I like that it's very slippery and you can have fun on it when it's snowy,' said Demetrius Burrell, of Warren. Destiny and Demetrius were at the sled hill with Demetrius's mom Cassandra Caldwell. 'I love the fact that my son Demetrius and his cousin, my niece Destiny, are able to get out of the house, off electronics and be out here enjoying the weather and getting exercise and doing stuff I grew up doing,' Caldwell said. For some kids, this was their first trip to the sled hill in Cortland while others have been there before. 'I think it's pretty cool,' said Korrie Niddel, of Vienna. 'I can't wait to sled down. This is my second time on this hill,' said Liza Hartz, of Vienna. Screams and laughs were definitely plentiful as kids with a need for speed whizzed down the slope on their sleds. 'My favorite part of sledding down the hill is going fast,' said Gabe Weymer, of Niles. 'You go fast. If you go on the steepest side, you go almost to the woods.' Over in Columbiana County, kids were staying warm while keeping active at Athletix. 'It's a great way to get energy out. I know my boys have a lot of energy,' said Lindsay Remsey of Poland. Typically during holidays or the impromptu school closing, Athletix offers an open gym for $5, offering a few hours of physical activity. 'Two or three years ago, this didn't exist. And now at the drop of a hat this place is completely filled when there's no school,' said Mitchell Hart, director of sports performance. 'So it shows you how much of a desire and a need there is for some kind of facility like this. Which is encouraging for me that the kids are willing to put the screen down and still be kids.' Monday afternoon you could find a couple hundred kids dribbling, passing, shooting and spiking — even refining their kickball skills on one of the facility's turf fields. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
