Cascade Students Join Middle School Baseball Program
A unique non-profit is showcasing young African-American males this week who want to learn the national pastime.
Three Cascade schools will be the site this week of an effort to not only bring young African-Americans into baseball, but provide a foundation of values to last a lifetime. C.J. Stewart, a former Major Leaguer who got his baseball start through the Cascade Youth Organization, is founder and CEO of L.E.A.D. (Launch, Expose, Advise, Direct). L.E.A.D. is hosting its second annual signing day events for its middle school developmental league from Monday, March 12, through Wednesday, March 14. The events are designed to replicate the atmosphere created when high school students sign letters of intent to play for major colleges, only at the middle school level. B.E.S.T. Academy is the site of the first signing, on Monday at 10 am. Young Middle…
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