Cal Ripken All-Stars crank out footballish scores

Manatee 8-&-Under Cal Ripken All Stars are (front row) Dylan Reiser, Lucas Viera, Rylen Stockton, batboy Sam Heintz, Ashton Lamb, Tristan Schellinger, Jack Muller; (second row) coach Shane Reiser, Judson Hildreth, Mason McReynolds, Justin Cook, Ryan O'Sullivan, Jaden Stockton, Alex Heintz, Christopher Conboy; (back row) manager Lee Heintz, coach Mike Stockton.

 The Manatee Cal Ripken 8-&-Under All-Stars tuned up for the June 20-23 district tournament in Ocala in overpowering fashion at the recent Suncoast Travel Ball Tournament.
Manager Lee Heintz’s ballclub swept Fort Meade, Sarasota and Riverview by a combined score of 65-0.
The closest score was 7-0; the biggest rout, 27-0.

.• Bob McComas alert! The Slippery Rock University sports information director and former Herald sports guy will be back in B’town for a couple of days beginning Sunday.
He’s now in Orlando at the national SID convention and wants to look up his ol’ pals when he gets here.

.• Blake Riley-Hawkins, a recent Lakewood Ranch High School graduate, will be a wrestling walk-on at Ohio State, the same path brother, Kyle, took a couple of years ago at the Big Ten program.
Blake wrestled at 132 pounds for the Mustangs. Kyle, a junior academically, wrestles at 184 for the Buckeyes.

Read more Friday in Vin's People on Bradenton.com.