By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com
Residents are encouraged to help extend a Whitewater welcome to a U17 [under age 17] German baseball team by attending one or more of the three games that will be played on Prucha Field at James B. Miller Stadium. On Thursday, August 14 the team will play GRB Academy of Windsor, on Tuesday, August 19 the opponents will be Halos of the Milwaukee area, and GRB Academy will have a return engagement on Thursday, August 21. All games start at 6 p.m. and admission is free.
UW-W Head Baseball Coach John Vodenlich indicated that Georg Apfelbaum and the Cardinals U17 baseball team from Cologne, Germany are being hosted on campus for a 10-day stay in the U.S. Apfelbaum is the first chair of the board of directors of the team, having previously served as its coach.
During their stay the guests took in a Brewers vs. Pirates game; they are also taking tours of Milwaukee and Madison. In the middle of their visit they will travel to St. Louis, where they will attend a Cardinals vs. Yankees game and also play a U17 game.
