25 Years Ago This Week

Sullivan’s Brock McDaniel participated in the Ohio Valley Regional baseball tournament held in Mattoon. McDaniel played for the Mattoon Bambino All-Star Team and hit 500 for the tourney. Mattoon, however lost the championship game 9-0 to Fern Creek, Ky. The games were held at Lawson Park in Mattoon. Despite the loss, Mattoon assured itself a spot in the top 16 teams in the country. Brock is the son of Mike and Ginny McDaniel of Sullivan.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.