[Press Release] : Local youths win pitch, hit and run contest

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Contact: Tammy Miller - (573) 874-7465

Local youths win pitch, hit and run contest

COLUMBIA, MO (May 9, 2006) -- A number of participants competed in the
Pepsi Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run competition hosted by
Columbia Parks and Recreation on Saturday, May 6, at Oakland Park. 

These area youth won first place honors in their respective age groups:


age 7-8 -- Brandon Bowden of Columbia, overall winner, pitch champion
and hit champion; Bo Blomenkamp of Columbia, run champion; 

age 9-10 -- Mason Murray of Columbia, overall winner, pitch champion,
hit champion and run champion

age 11-12 -- Nate Gutwein of Columbia, overall winner, pitch champion,
hit champion and run champion. 

The winners will now compete in the sectionals competition. The site
and date is to be determined. Sectional all-around champions become
eligible to qualify for the team championship to be held at Busch
Stadium in St. Louis. 

Pitch, Hit and Run is the official skills competition of Major League
Baseball®. This grassroots program is designed to provide youngsters
with an opportunity to compete free of charge in a competition that
recognizes individual excellence in core baseball skills. In the pitch
component of the competition, participants must throw strikes at a
designated target. In the hit component, participants are tested for
distance and accuracy by hitting a ball off a tee. In the run portion,
participants are timed starting from second base, touching third base
and then home.

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