Warren Central’s Spooktacular Softball Game is a Halloween hit
Published 10:06 pm Thursday, October 17, 2024
Emily Muirhead, dressed as an angel, bats during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Evil clown Justin Evans and soldier Madison Pant (right) prepare to take the field during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
MK Ferguson, dressed as Chenille the Troll, runs to first base while cookie Caitlin Lewis waits on the throw during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Landon Hasty, dressed as Warren Central baseball coach Derrick Dewald, throws a pitch during the school's Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Justin Greer, dressed as video game character Mario, prepares to throw a pitch during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Jacob Channell and Landon Hasty pose for a photo together during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Whitley Parks, dressed as cartoon character Patrick, throws the ball from right field to the infield during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Beau Bradley, dressed as movie character Napoleon Dynamite, mans first base during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Banana Avery Cook and corn dog Ryan Steed stand together during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Children line up along the third base line for a costume contest during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Dawson Davidson participates in a children's costume contest during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Nathaniel Moore, dressed as a "private dancer," heads to the field during Warren Central's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Warren Central baseball coach Randy Broome, dressed as a biker, served as an umpire for the school's annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)
Two trolls ran around the bases, a cookie avoided being thrown out by the banana, and Napoleon Dynamite recorded a few putouts at first base, all as part of one of Warren Central’s beloved Halloween traditions.
The school’s baseball and softball teams joined together for the annual Spooktacular Softball Game Thursday night at Lucy Young Field. Players competed in a slow-pitch game while wearing Halloween costumes and gave out candy to the children in attendance between innings.
A costume contest was also held for both the kids and players.
Warren Central’s coaches dressed as a biker gang and rode onto the field on four-wheelers and riding lawnmowers. Later, the upheld law and order on the field as the game’s umpires.
In another tradition, all of the proceeds from the game’s admission fees and concession sales will go to a member of the community who is in need. This year’s recipient is Academy of Innovation principal Melissa Rouse, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor earlier this year and recently underwent surgery to treat it.
About Ernest Bowker
Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.
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