Brick City Blast Baseball Team with our Duchenne Boys Jack, Logan, Braedan and Diego.

We literally had a Blast with the Brick City Blast Baseball Team on Saturday, July 14th in Huber Heights, Ohio.  Chuck Doran has an amzaing group of boys that took the time out from the Tournament to play baseball with our boys.  This is a partnership between them and Cure Duchenne to help raise awareness and help them in their fight to find a cure to Duchenne.  See Cure Duchenne's article below on the event:

More than 60 baseball teams from around the Ohio tri-state region played in the 3rd annual “Strike Out Duchenne Wooden Bat Tournament” on July 12 through July 15 at the Brick City Sports Club fields in Dayton, Ohio, to raise awareness and funds to find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
This tournament hosted a special Duchenne game on July 14 at 4:00 p.m. at the Action Sports Center so boys with Duchenne had the opportunity to play at their own level in a safe and supportive environment. The Brick City Blast players guided Duchenne boys no matter their ability or mobility.
“We believe every kid should have the chance to play baseball,” said Chuck Doran, president of Brick City Sports Club. “We understand that boys with Duchenne often enjoy baseball but can’t play the game because of weakening muscles so we wanted to provide an opportunity where they can participate based on their ability.”
Duchenne boys and the Brick City blast players played baseball inside on a regular baseball field.  Jack Wolf, Diego Guzman, Logan Behrend and Braedan Henegar participated in the event.  The boys had a great time and enjoyed a cookout and ice cream.  The boys received a Strikeout Duchenne t-shirt and a bat.
“Chuck Doran and the Brick City Blast Crew are an amazing group,” said Tammy Henegar, a Duchenne mom whose son Braedan played in the game. “We literally had a BLAST with them. I love that they offered this to our Duchenne boys and really took to heart what it meant for them to be able to play a sport that is at the hearts of most.  I know that my son did not want to stop playing that day.”
The “Strike Out Duchenne Wooden Bat Tournament” included 64 teams with baseball players ranging from age 8 to 16.  Proceeds of the tournament benefitted CureDuchenne.
Thanks, Chuck, for organizing the event and supporting CureDuchenne.  We look forward to seeing this tournament grow in the future.

Chuck and his team are already gearing up for next year to try to make it bigger for the kids.  He would like more families participating and more teams as well.  Expect next year to be HUGE!!!  Brian Wolfe and myself are working with Chuck to assist him in making some decisions.  If you have any suggestions, or know of any contacts... please contact me.