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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A section Little League squad is connected the cusp of greatness, and they’re receiving immoderate championship-level support. Bullard’s Cal Ripken 11U All-Stars are the lone squad from California that earned a rubric changeable successful their division.
“I played successful a large tourney successful precocious schoolhouse called the Upper Deck Classic. But this is mode bigger, I think,” Assistant Coach Tony Gonsalves said.
The radical of 13 boys person played unneurotic for much than 3 years. Their hard enactment and dedication are paying off.
“This is thing we're really, truly excited about. So honestly, we conscionable trying to support these kids focused, you know, makes it a subject going into Alabama and making definite we conscionable got our heads focused,” Assistant Coach and Super Bowl Champion Anthony McCoy said.
The Cal Ripken World Series begins successful August, and the kids are implicit the moon.
“It's been truly amusive and it's it feels comfy being with each your friends,” Third Baseman AJ McCoy said.
“Well, I was like, well, oh, really,” Outfielder Bryce Goncalves said.
Practice for the peculiar tourney is ramping up, and the kids are getting other motivation.
“It's a existent honor. You know, I've been playing successful a batch of large games, you know, a batch of large tournaments, but thing similar this. You know, this is my archetypal clip experiencing this on with these kids,” McCoy said.
Anthony McCoy is simply a Bullard postgraduate who won a Super Bowl with the Seattle Seahawks successful 2014. He's present an adjunct manager for his hometown shot players.
“Just determination connected to the adjacent play. You know, conscionable successful baseball, each sports and adjacent successful life, you know, there's going to beryllium immoderate adversity we're each going to face. These kids person faced plentifulness of it done this process and conscionable determination connected to the adjacent plate,” McCoy said.
A much than 2,000-mile travel awaits these kids, but this squad needs assistance reaching their destination.
“Any dollar amount, you know, counts. You know, these kids truly person worked hard and they truly merit to beryllium here. And, and if you privation to contribute, delight bash truthful today,” McCoy said.
And these kids privation to proceed playing ball.
“The adrenaline unreserved and conscionable the feeling of hitting the shot far,” Gonsalves said.
“The 1 happening I emotion astir astir shot is playing with my friends,” McCoy said.
If you privation to assistance these all-stars spell to the World Series, click connected their GoFundMe here.
