The Michael Stepp RBI of Greater Harrisburg softball team. Photo courtesy of Greater Harrisburg RBI.
This weekend, a home run event in Harrisburg will celebrate some local sports champions.
The city will host a parade on Aug. 27 to honor World Series champions, the Michael Stepp RBI of Greater Harrisburg softball team.
“We want everybody to come downtown and support these girls. These World Series champions from the Harrisburg area!” Mayor Wanda Williams said. “Every time they took the field, they wore H-B-G on their uniforms and represented our city with pride, and we couldn’t be more proud of them.”
The Harrisburg team won the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) Softball World Series last weekend after defeating a team from Houston, Texas.
“We had a lot more energy than [Houston] knowing they had won three years in a row,” said Harrisburg shortstop Rachel Seneca. “We just wanted to end that. We didn’t want them to get a four-peat.”
Harrisburg’s RBI softball program is sponsored by Men of the South-East League Field (MOSELF), an initiative run by former city public works director Aaron Johnson, which supports the growth of baseball and softball in the capital region. The team received a new name last year in honor of Michael Stepp, a longtime local softball coach who died in 2020. The team’s tournament roster featured 15 girls from Dauphin, Cumberland and York counties.
For Saturday’s parade, players, coaches, staff and their families will make their way downtown, starting on the Market Street Bridge at 11 a.m. The parade will turn onto 2nd Street and go past City Hall, turn left on North Street, and left on Front Street. It will then turn back onto the Market Street Bridge and finish on City Island.
The parade will also feature Harrisburg Fire Bureau firetrucks and over a dozen antique cars.
The city will then host a celebratory picnic for the honorees and the public on City Island.
To learn more about the Michael Stepp RBI of Greater Harrisburg softball team, watch the city’s interview with the team on their YouTube channel.
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