RETURNED… BEFORE ROOSEVELT TOOK THE FIELD…. …THEY TOOK SOMEHTING ELSE….A KNEE. THE ENTIRE TEAM KNEELED WHEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM WAS PLAYED BEFORE TONIGHT;S GAME AGAINST ANKENY CENTENNIAL. THE COACHES STOD BEHIND THEM IN SUPPORT, AND MANY IN THE CROWD APPLAUDED. THE BEHIND THEM WITH THEIR HANDS ON THE PLAYERS SHOULDERS TO THE GAME../..YE TO THE GAME../..YES I GET TO CALL ACTUAL HIGHLIGHTS! ROSEVELT TRAILED CENTENNIAL 4-1 IN THE B6. JADYN SINGLETON, WHO WE JUST HEARD FROM, DELIVERS. HE PUTS SOME SOCIAL DISTANCE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND THE BALL…BASE HIT TO CENTER SCORED TWO AND CUTS THE CENTANNIAL LEAD TO 4- 3. BUT THE JAGUARS HUNG ON AND STILL WON GAME ONE 4-3. FIRST GAME WAS COLFAX MIONGO AND TRI COUNTY…. SEATS ZIPTIED… ZACH STEENHOOK DROVE IN THREE AND SCORED THREE RUNS…. COLFAX MINGO AND WON 10-0 AND FOR THESE PLAYERS…. MAN DOES IT FEEL GOOD TO BE BACK CHECK OUT
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Entire high school baseball team kneels during national anthem
Baseball and softball returned to Iowa Monday — with COVID-19 and social injustice on the players’ minds.
Updated: 6:47 PM EDT Jun 16, 2020
Varsity baseball and softball have returned. Before an Iowa high school’s baseball team took the field, however, they took something else: a knee.The entire Des Moines Roosevelt High School team kneeled when the national anthem was played before Monday’s season opener against Ankeny Centennial. They decided during a Saturday meeting they would do it. The coaches stood behind them and placed their hands on the players’ shoulders. “We talked about it and we came to the decision as players to take a knee,” Alex Pendergast, the team’s third baseman, said. “No disrespect to the flag, just simply to bring attention to the issues at hand.”
Varsity baseball and softball have returned. Before an Iowa high school’s baseball team took the field, however, they took something else: a knee.
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The entire Des Moines Roosevelt High School team kneeled when the national anthem was played before Monday’s season opener against Ankeny Centennial. They decided during a Saturday meeting they would do it. The coaches stood behind them and placed their hands on the players’ shoulders.
“We talked about it and we came to the decision as players to take a knee,” Alex Pendergast, the team’s third baseman, said. “No disrespect to the flag, just simply to bring attention to the issues at hand.”
