Mount Pleasant’s Big Moment: Baseball team heads to Dixie Youth World Series with pride and purpose C Jemal Horton Jul 21, 2019 Jul 21, 2019 Updated Jul 21, 2019 0 Mount Pleasant’s 11-and-12-year-old all-star team will be heading to Lumberton this week to play in the Dixie Youth "O" Zone Division II World Series. AMY DOUGLAS PHOTOGRAPHY Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save C Jemal Horton MOUNT PLEASANT – Until this spring, Mount Pleasant didn’t have a Dixie Youth Baseball program.kAm}@H[ 27E6C 2 76H D9@CE >@?E9D @7 :?E6?D6 AC6A2C2E:@?[ `a 3@JD 7C@> E9:D :5J==:4 3FE 92C5\?@D65 E@H? H:== 36 A=2J:?8 @? s:I:6 *@FE9’D 8C2?56DE DE286]k^AmkAm%96 |@F?E !=62D2?E %:86CD ``\2?5\`a\J62C @=5 2==\DE2C E62> :D 962565 E@ {F>36CE@? E9:D H66< E@ 4@>A6E6 :? E96 a_`h s:I:6 *@FE9 “~” +@?6 s:G:D:@? xx (@C=5 $6C:6D] %62>D 7C@> p=232>2[ u=@C:52[ |:DD:DD:AA:[ $@FE9 r2C@=:?2[ %6I2D[ |:DD:DD:AA: 2?5 ':C8:?:2 H:== 36 :? 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