Homewood Heights Little League Gets Shot To Meet Vikings Players

HOMEWOOD, IL — Players with Homewood's newest Little League got a taste of the bigger leagues Monday after the young hitters got a chance to meet the star Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings team.

Varsity baseball coach John McCarthy invited the Homewood Heights Hitmen travel baseball teams to their home game. The Hitmen's founder, Brian Andreatta, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. And during the announcement of starting lineups, the Vikings players ran to the field with the young Hitmen players joining them.

"This was an opportunity for the kids to connect with talented student athletes right here in our community," said spokesman Jhames Holley in a statement. "They were able to study the game as spectators with Hitmen coaches making sure they noticed the decision making and sportsmanship at the high school level. Certainly, the 10-12 year olds visualized themselves playing as HF Vikings in their future."

The Homewood Heights Hitmen is a Little League chartered organization that offers baseball and softball to kids in Homewood, Flossmoor, Chicago Heights, Olympia Fields and Glenwood. It is designed to offer options for kids of all levels to play T-ball and Little League baseball and to join part-time travel and full-time travel programs.

For more information, check out the organization's website.