Walton County Astros Win Battle of the Bats!

Saturday, September 16, 2017 was a long day for Modified Baseball Team Walton County Astros, but the prize goes to the persistent.  Walton County Special Olympians love baseball so much they had two teams compete in the modified division which is one more complete team over last year.  Last year's winners from the Walton County Wolverines, Avanta Cooper, Naomi Green, Quadarious Lackey, Raekwon Lackey, and Christian Pettus; were joined by five new members to create the Walton County Astros.

The WC Astros first game at 9:30 am at Central Park in Cumming, GA was against the Gwinnett Special Forces.  The Special Forces won the first game against the Astros.  The second game was against GMST Mavericks.  When our Astros defeated the Mavericks, they went on to face Gwinnett Special Forces once again.  Upon defeating the Special Forces, the Astros won against the Henry County Big Dogs.  After battling all day in near ninety degree weather, the Astros faced a double header against Douglas County Blue Dragons.  Well into the evening after eleven o'clock, the Astros were crowned the winners of the Battle of the Bats in the Modified Baseball Division in a hard fought, sometimes coming from behind, tournament.

Front row left to right:  Tamara David, Calyssa Parker, Andrea Williams, MVP Naomi Green, Tyler Green.
Back row:  Coach David Pettus, Coach Rob Astin, Christian Pettus, Raekwon Lackey, Quadarious Lackey,
MVP Avanta Cooper, James Casper, and Coach Gene Green                                                     Photo by Lisa Fogie

Player James Casper said, "I enjoy playing sports for Coach and I am ready for state."
Walton County Astros, Wolverines, and Masters team Warriors will compete in the Georgia State Special Olympics October 13-15.  Written by Shannon Schussler

Wolverines Compete at Battle of the Bats 2017

 A beautiful day, nice temperatures, and Great Players!

Got it!

Coach Rex is too much!

The trophy on the side of the head cracks me up.

Battle of the Bats Wolverines of Walton County