Moses Lake parade welcomes teams to the diamond
Ryan Doumit throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the Dick Kelly Memorial Youth Day Parade Saturday. Doumit is a former major league baseball player who now coaches baseball at Big Bend Community College.
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The Ephrata Peaches prepare for the Dick Kelly Memorial Youth Day Parade Saturday. From left: Jordan Yurian, Paisleigh Rippet, Lorraine Mayer and Priscilla Sypert.
Players brave the cold to share their team spirit at the Dick Kelly Memorial Youth Day opening ceremony Saturday at Larson Playfield in Moses Lake. Twenty-five boys baseball and 25 girls softball teams held banners and signs at the event.
Esther Roeber, front, sings the National Anthem at the Dick Kelly Memorial Youth Day opening ceremony Saturday. Accompanying her are (from left) Lydia Jensen, Emma Fulkerson and McKenna Meise.
The MLYBA’s Angels wait in the pickup bed for the Dick Kelly Memorial Youth Day Parade to begin Saturday. The Angels won pizza from Domino’s for their spirit and pickup decorations.
MOSES LAKE — It didn’t really look much like baseball weather, with temperatures around 40 degrees and a chilly breeze making cheeks sting and eyes water. But there was no way to cool the enthusiasm of the young athletes at the 63rd annual Dick Kelly Memorial Youth Day Parade Saturday morning in Moses Lake.
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