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Baseball is Revived at Cheyenne River

“Do you like baseball? I like baseball..”

Back in the day, 1990s there were two Little League teams the Bears & Red Sox.. Greg Bourland, Rob Gangji, and Alvin Rivers amoung others were the coaches.. Soon after this group merged into a Teener Baseball League team was called “Cheyenne River Royals”. Back then the teams were operated on donations and chip-ins from the parents. For some reason, after the “CR Royals” there was a gap where there was no more baseball, no Little League or Teen League.

Baseball practice

However, recently the game has been revived at Cheyenne River! The CRST Youth Affairs Coordinator Alyssa Beniost was key bringing back baseball to the reservation. The funding for the Youth Affairs Coordinator was provided by the CRST Alcohol Beverage Control Commission to provide actives for our Youth here on the prairie. The Coordinator has been busy with the putting together a schedule of activities for summer and into fall. So far we have Baseball, Softball, Tball.

Good to see the boys playing ball

Baseball for boys ages 8-10 year olds and 11-13 year old. Some the Teams are the Yankees, Phillies, Avengers, ect.

Softball for Girls ages 8-10 year olds and 11-13 year old.

T-Ball for the Younger ages Boys & Girls.

There will be a 6-8 game season for the baseball / softball/ t-ball.

The Youth Affairs Coordinator had purchased all the equipment: bats, balls, bases, mini score board, some gloves, even a pitching machine (to learn how to hit the ball) and t-shirts (as jerseys). The City of Eagle Butte was kind enough to pitch in on all this with allowing the children the use of their “upper field”. The City also made improvements to the baseball field with new dug outs and fresh gravel for the infield.