Shelby County Today

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May 18, 2016 - Album1, Album2, Album3 -  Six teams gathered on Joaquin High School's baseball field to play kickball on Saturday, May 14, 2016 to participate in the #KickinitwithB Kickball Fundraiser for Brooklyn Oliver.

Darrell Martinez organized the fundraiser to aid in paying for a medical procedure for Oliver, back surgery to realign her spine, in Dallas.

"We felt like its what God would want us to do. Their family does so much for our church and this was an opportunity to truly give back to them and let them know how much we care for and love their family," said Martinez. "Any small amount can help in a big situation like this and we are trusting the Lord that Brooklyn will be completely healed and walk through the doors at our church again."

The tournament began at 8am Saturday morning and lasted until around 3pm in the afternoon. Medals were given for first, second and third place and Oliver presented the medals to the teams as they earned their placement in the tournament.

Arriving in third place were the Oddballs who were defeated by the Inkspots. The Oddballs and Texas Big Hair then competed for the third place position with the Oddballs taking a little off the top to defeat Texas Big Hair.

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Final match of the tournament was between the Inkspots and Smashers. The Inkspots were defeated by the Smashers earlier in the tournament; however, they were able to climb the bracket to face them once again. The Smashers splattered the Inkspots in the final outcome placing the Inkspots in second place and the Smashers in first place to win the tournament.

Oliver presented the medals once again to the finalist teams. In turn Oliver was presented with a trophy in her honor.
 
Martinez was thankful to all who participated in the event and helped it to come to fruition.

"I just want to thank my wife Courtney and friend Josh Hickman for helping me turn this into a special event. Without them I couldn't have done it," said Martinez. "And we give God all the glory for the turn out we had. And we'd also like to thank all of the people and businesses that sponsored the event. Joey Kendricks Painting, Joaquin/Timpson Quickstop, East Texas Press, Big Texas Hair and everyone that came out to play and volunteer."

The event was succesful in raising just over $800 to benefit Brooklyn and her family.