Peterson is third at Pitch, Hit and Run Regional contest

Peterson with his President's Award for Academic Excellence, given to him at yesterday's elementary awards program. He is one of only seven members of his class of 58 students to earn the Gold-level Presidential Academic award. Four also earned the Silver-level award.

Aspen Peterson, an incoming seventh grader (Class of 2019) at B-B-E, finished third at today's Regional Pitch, Hit and Run contest in Foley. He just missed out on an automatic state tournament berth, but he's still in the running for an at-large wildcard bid. Peterson represented B-B-E in the 11 to 12-year old bracket. Further announcements on a possible advancement to the State competition is forthcoming. The State competition is on June 15 at Target Field in Minneapolis.

The Pitch, Hit and Run contest was sponsored locally by the B-B-E Area Jaycees, and the local contest was held earlier in May. Read all about the Pitch, Hit and Run contest, sponsored by Major League Baseball and the Boys and Girls Club, at the following link: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/kids/mlb_pitch_hit_run.jsp

By the way, I recently had supper at Classic Company Dinner Theater, and they put "Bambi" on the big screen for our kids to enjoy. What a neat atmosphere! The food was outstanding.