Saturday, April 21, 2018

HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL band anchors NWLL Opening Day



























































The Taylor Northwest Little League is celebrating 60 years this season, and this year's opening day celebration honored the late Edward Boike Jr. As has been the practice in the past, the Hoover Hawks Band marched in the parade and took the field before anyone.

The new scoreboard in left-center field is named in honor of Mr. Boike, who served in several capacities with the City and Wayne County and was always a huge supporter of youth sports. In fact, as his wife, Joyce, pointed out during the ceremony, her husband used to watch the games from the very spot where the scoreboard now stands.

A huge crowd was on hand for opening day, which started with a parade down Wick Road to Papp Park. Master of Ceremonies Doug Geiss pointed out the various improvements in the park, from drainage to the scoreboard, improved lighting and even the new dugouts that every field now possesses.

A large number of City, county and state officials were on hand. State. Rep. Erika Geiss presented the league with new state and federal flags.

The Boike Family handled the ceremonial first pitch. City Council Pro Tem Tim Woolley, a longtime member of TNWLL, spoke to the crowd briefly in place of Mayor Rick Sollars.
Now it's time to play ball!


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