The stolen equipment included bats, gloves and other personal items Keller needed for its Friday contest against El Paso Eastwood.
The theft of ball bags, gloves, bats and other personal items occurred several hours before Game 2 of Keller’s second-round playoff series against El Paso Eastwood,When team members and coaches left their hotel for lunch around 11 a.m. Friday, they opened up the bottom of their bus and saw that all of the equipment was stolen.“We’re looking at about 18 bags, ball bags, buckets, tees,” Pauls said. “And each bat bag had each girls’ two gloves, two bats, personal items, etcetera.
One parent had an Apple AirTag on one of the bags and was able to locate it at an apartment complex in neighboring Odessa, Pauls said. The parents traveled to the complex and found several of the 18 bags in a dumpster.“A bunch of parents dove into the dumpster and got at least some of the bags out, but none of the girls’ gloves or bats were retrieved,” Pauls said.
UPDATE: Keller softball parents found bags 30 minutes from their hotel. Sounds like they found a few things but most bats and gloves are still missing. The post is going viral on Facebook. Sounds like several Midland area schools are trying to help with equipment. G2 at 8 pmDespite the incident, team members will be ready to play in Keller’s playoff game against Eastwood rescheduled to 8 p.m. Friday.
“We were already a pretty tight-knit group, but this has really kind of brought them together,” Pauls said. “Our word for the postseason has been ‘believe’ and we needed a lot of that today.” Big shoutout to everyone from DFW to Midland for their incredible support! 🙌 Your donations have been a game-changer in helping us through this tough time. Borrowed equipment and all, we're geared up and ready to roll tonight! Let's do this!As Kailey Littlefield ends amazing career in 800, Cooper Lutkenhaus is just starting his, Staff, Reporter. Myah Taylor covers high school sports. She formerly worked as a Collin County reporter for The Dallas Morning News.
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