The Knox Babe Ruth League is in its inaugural season, with games played at Memorial Park on Mount Vernon Avenue.
Babe Ruth League gives 13- to 16-year-olds the chance to play. This year, those kids were almost deprived of the chance to play, but the game will go on, thanks to a dedicated team of baseball lovers
When the Mount Vernon Baseball Association (Babe Ruth League) cut ties and decided against running the Babe Ruth League in Mount Vernon and posted on social media about needing someone to take over, local businessmen Colten Landis and Bo Boucher organized Mount Vernon Babe Ruth Association / dba / Knox Babe Ruth League, a nonprofit organization to run, promote and develop the league to keep kids on the diamond. Landis, business development executive for Builders First Source, and Boucher, small-business owner of B Unlimited Services – Electric Plumbing and Excavating, played in the league as teens and saw the need to keep kids playing.
The season began play on May 21 for five teams, sponsored by Griffin Insurance and Elks, Kiwanis, Moose and Rotary clubs.
Current team rosters:
Elks
#1 Brock Bailey
#2 Jacob Morrison
#3 Skylar Lawrence
#4 Isaac McGraw
#5 Toby Burak
#6 Ethan Garrett
#7 Zach Clow
#8 Camren Schonauer
#9 Blake Stiner
#10 Draven Elliot
#15 Chase Sheppard
Griffin Insurance
#1 Bryce Kreger
#2 Caleb Youngman
#3 Noah Crowthers
#4 Owen Peck
#5 Carson Meyer
#6 Caden Ridenhour
#7 Tobias Burt
#8 Trenton Beaven
#9 Mason Holt
#10 Aiden Kegley
#16 Talon Stevison
Kiwanis
#1 Cole Smith
#2 Colton Smith
#3 Landon Burns
#4 Wyatt Denuit
#5 Wayde Denuit
#6 Gavin McFadden
#7 JD Winegardner
#8 Auden Lehman
#9 James Rinehart
#10 Cameron Hill
#11 Drake Seavolt
Moose
#1 Braxton Vernon
#2 Vincent Kizer
#3 CJ Fisher
#4 Daniel Crawford
#5 Austin Peters
#6 Maddox Morrison
#7 Azland Morris
#8 Mason Mitchell
#9 Grayson Brokaw
#10 Riley Pilotti
#11 Nicholas Mitchell
Rotary
#1 Preston Hempfield
#2 Gauge Sull
#3 Maddox Rice
#4 Luka Hicks
#5 Paul Parsloe
#6 Bryson Armstrong
#7 Aric Lust
#8 Wyatt Clendenen
#9 Landon Bakley
#10 Will Armstrong
#11 Coen Armstrong
#15 Bryson Lahmon
