LSU, Ohio State Join to Rebuild Baseball Fields; Keep Rivalry Friendly in N.O. Streets – Ohio State Buckeyes
1/7/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
Fans, players from both schools join to rebuild flood-ruined park baseball fields
By JORDAN BLUM
Advocate Capitol News Bureau
Published: Jan 7, 2008 – Page: 1A
Although Sunday finished with partying late into the night, the day started with hundreds of Ohio State and LSU fans, faculty, students and football players teaming up to build new baseball fields at the NFL Youth Education Town Boys & Girls Club formerly Rosenwald Playground next to the now-condemned B.W. Cooper Housing Development just outside of downtown.
The playground took on nearly 8 feet of water from Hurricane Katrina flooding and it has slowly come back since, even though most neighborhood buildings still have spray-paint markings from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“We basically lost everything,” said Jessica Tejada, Boys & Girls program director. “This is so important for the community and for the kids, so they have somewhere to come with a smile on their faces. That’s all that matters.”
Sunday was first time LSU freshman defensive lineman Will Blackwell of West Monroe said he got to see some of the city’s really devastated areas.
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