Knox Babe Ruth League

The 2023 Knox Babe Ruth League will begin play in March and registration for athletes starts Feb. 11 at the announcers’ booth at the Babe Ruth Field at Memorial Park on Mount Vernon Avenue.

Mount Vernon athlete trains in South Korea for Youth Olympic Games. Maggie Richardson, one of four USA luge athletes from Ohio departed from John Glenn Columbus International Airport last Friday morning for South Korea, where they will spend 16 days training in advance of next year’s Youth Olympic Games.

Sports Briefs

Knox Babe Ruth League action at Mount Vernon's Memorial Park included four wins by 10 runs or more and two close contests. There was a 15-run win and a one-run game. Moose and Elks each won a pair of games during the week.

Knox Babe Ruth League action at Mount Vernon's Memorial Park included four blow-outs, a nail-biter and two lightd-out pitching perfomances. There were runaways by by 18 runs, 16 runs, 12 runs and seven, and one game was a 1-run tightrope that was won in the sixth and featured a 15-strikeout pitching disspla. There also was a one-hitter thrown.

The Knox Babe Ruth League gives 13- to 16-year-olds the chance to play competitive baseball. Last week’s on-field action included Rotary taking an early lead July 5, and cruising to a blow-out over Kiwanis.

The Knox Babe Ruth League is in its inaugural season, with gamees played at Memorial Park on Mount Vernon Avenue.

Knox Babe Ruth League roundup

Knox Babe Ruth roundup. In Knox Babe Ruth league action last week, Elks stampeded over Kiwanis and Moose and Griffin Insurance crashed over Moose.

In recent Knox Babe Ruth League action, June 2, at the Mount Vernon Babe Ruth field located at Memorial Park on Mount Vernon Avenue, Rotary edged Griffin Insurance, 9-6 and Elks stomped Moose 13-1