Cale Bolton delivers a pitch during a Tarboro River Bandits game at Municipal Stadium. Photo by William S. Manley
RIVER bandits By John H. Walker
Casey Karas runs up the first baseline during a Tarboro River Bandits game at Municipal Stadium. Photo by William S. Manley
Late last year, when the
The league did and Turnage
weather was still cold, Wayne
was up and running, operating
Turnage
began
the team through his Game
talking with Tarboro town officials
Time Prospects youth baseball
of
LaGrange
about the possibility of using venerable Memorial Stadium to serve as the home of a yet-to-beawarded franchise in the Carolina Virginia Collegiate League (CVCL). After some discussion backand-forth, Tarboro officials liked
After soliciting input from the community, Turnage picked the name “River Bandits” for the team and began putting his team together, starting with Brandon
what they heard and agreed to
Matthews as head coach, and
the deal.
announcing two or three players
Now, it was just up to the CVCL to award Turnage a franchise.
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program.
at a time on the team’s Facebook page.
