Photo Gallery: Warren Central Softball Spooktacular

Published 12:42 pm Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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Kylan Landers, dressed as a big baby, runs the bases during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Warren Central baseball coach Jace Leachman hangs out in the dugout during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Maddie Pant warms up before Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular game on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Whitley Parks gives a thumbs up before the start of Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Sarah Cameron Fancher, dressed as a butterfly, breaks out of the batter's box after hitting the ball during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Warren Central softball coach Dana McGivney and baseball coach Randy Broome pose for a photo during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Warren Central softball coaches Mandy Fuller (rock), Kaylee Hoeft (paper) and Dana McGivney (scissors) pose for a photo during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Beau Bradley, wearing a dinosaur costume, mingles with the crowd during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Jameson Streif, right, gets a bucket full of Halloween candy from Warren Central softball player Jill Smith during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Brothers Lincoln Streif (general), Shepard Streif (Cubs player) and Jameson Streif (Harry Potter) pose for a photo during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

A group of Warren Central softball players pose for a photo in the dugout during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Blake Channell, wearing an inflatable bull rider costume, runs off the field between innings during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Maddi Lick, right, and Landon Hasty wait for the start of a children's costume contest during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Isabelle Cullen, dressed as Tigger, and her mother Emily Cullen participate in a children's costume contest during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Matthew Robert, dressed as a fireman, participates in a children's costume contest during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

An unidentified marshmallow man participates in a children's costume contest during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Hudson Hasty, dressed as horror movie icon Chucky, and Strickland Robert Stanton, as a scuba diver, won the children's costume contest during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Warren Central softball player Keke McKay, dressed as an evil clown, participates in a costume contest during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Warren Central baseball players participate in a costume contest during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. The event was a co-ed slow-pitch softball game with members of the school's softball and baseball teams. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Cade Fairley participates in a costume contest during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Warren Central softball player Kamryn Morson hangs out during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Caitlyn Lewis, dressed as video game character Mario, poses for a photo during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Macey Orman, dressed as a "crazy cat lady," stands on second base during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Jacob Oldenburg, wearing a camouflaged ghillie suit, bats during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Jenn Smith, dressed as "Star Wars" character Obi Wan Kenobi, runs toward home plate during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Beau Bradley, wearing an inflatable dinosaur costume, stands alongside Warren Central assistant baseball coach Derrick DeWald during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Jack Esparza, wearing a chicken costume, slides across home plate during Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Warren Central baseball and softball players pose for a group photo at the conclusion of Warren Central's Softball Spooktacular on Monday. The event was a co-ed slow-pitch softball game with members of the school's softball and baseball teams. (Ernest Bowker/The Vicksburg Post)

Inmates ran the bases, and not the asylum. A butterfly batted the ball to a big baby, as a bull rider looked on. Obi-Wan Kenobi might or might not have used the Force to will a hit.

And when it was all over, Colonel Sanders hung out with a chicken.

Warren Central’s Softball Spooktacular was indeed quite a spectacle Monday, as members of the school’s softball and baseball teams participated in a benefit co-ed slow-pitch game at Lucy Young Field.

In addition to the game, children in attendance participated in a costume contest and trick-or-treating. The players handed out the candy.

The Softball Spooktacular was held for the first time since 2019, following a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceeds from the game go to a charity or person in the community in need. This year’s game benefited Warren Central assistant baseball coach Jake Parker, who is battling cancer.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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