Members of the Buckley Bombers baseball team are pictured from left, front row, Devon Harshman, Xander Speicher, Jesus Trejo, Dillon Harshman, Dusty Anderson and Corbin Murphy; and back row, coach Marcus Kammer, Jacob Wittum, Patrick Hansen, Manny Tena, Logan Kerr, Fabian Salcido, JT Pollart, Seth Watson, Blake Mosenteen, Davon Wolf, David Speicher, Braydon Lapp, Bode Holman and coach Sam Distefano. Pictured from left in the insert are Junior Arambula and Caleb Deaver.
Back to ’Bama
Amid everything going on in the world right now, northeast Colorado and southwest Nebraska baseball players put that all aside when they stepped on the field at the world series tournament in Mobile, Alabama, this summer.
Last year, the Buckley Bombers, based in Chappell, Nebraska, won its regional tournament to earn the opportunity to play in the Babe Ruth World Series in Mobile.
The Babe Ruth League canceled this year’s world series due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Mobile hosts decided to invite teams for a tournament anyway.
The Bombers headed back to Alabama to compete against other teams from across the country July 31-Aug. 5.
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