By LAURA ROBISON
The Progress
The annual Robison/Sandoval Memorial baseball game is set to be played on Saturday, Feb. 24.
It is important to note the change in venue this year. This family-friendly fundraising event will be held at 1:00 pm at Mack Lyon Middle School baseball field. This is due to the MVHS fields currently under construction to be replaced with artificial turf.
The game is held at the beginning of each baseball season to honor two MVHS alumni who played ball together during the 1998-2000 seasons, and who both later passed away.
BJ Robison, son of Ben and Kay Robison and Shawn Sandoval, son of Mark J.Sandoval and Lori Sandoval were friends who loved the sport.
Their families, along with the Moapa Valley High School varsity baseball team and coaches arrange the expo game to be played pitting the MVHS varsity squad against an all-star alumni team.
The game is also to raise money to continue the $1,000 baseball scholarship that is awarded each year.
All are invited to come watch the action and support the families and teams in this lively and entertaining event.
It is free to attend, but hot dogs, hamburgers, bakery goods and more will be available for purchase, as well as raffle tickets for prizes that have been donated.
