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Commissioners Honor the Lake County Captains with the 2nd Key to the County

Commissioners Honor the Lake County Captains with the 2nd Key to the County

PAINESVILLE, Ohio, November 26, 2024– At today’s Commissioners’ meeting, the Board presented the Lake County Captains with the 2nd Key to Lake County to recognize their great accomplishment of becoming the 2024 Midwest League Champions.

The Board of Lake County Commissioners established the Key to Lake County program. For so long as Lake County persists, the Key to Lake County shall be our community’s highest honor and most prestigious award. It shall be presented by the Lake County Board of Commissioners and given very selectively to honor an individual or organization who has made extraordinary and significant accomplishments and contributions to Lake County.

The 2024 First Overall MLB Draft Pick Travis Bazzana is the first in Cleveland franchise history and he began his minor league career this season with the Lake County Captains. The Captains talented lineup featured three players who drove in runs in the title-winning game; Ralph Velazquez hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning, and Travis Bazzana and Angel Genao plated runners with singles in the eighth inning. Please click here to read the entire press release.

From the left: Morgan Mattimore, Joey Blair, Andris Kampe, Jen Yorko, Commissioner John T. Plecnik, Horatio, Commissioners Richard J. Regovich, John R. Hamercheck and Allison Howard.