Local leagues react to COVID-19 recommendations

With the start to baseball and softball season within weeks, local Dixie Youth Baseball and Dixie Youth Softball leagues at Lewis County Memorial Park were suspended in a national release from Dixie Youth on March 13, 2020.

In the release, the governing body stated, "Based on the recent updates from the CDC, Dixie Youth Baseball strongly advises our leagues to postpone all league activities including practices and scheduled games until further notice. We urge DYB leagues to follow these guidelines of the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as our country works its way through...