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This week in Boston Neighborhood Sports, we bring you high school baseball highlights from West Roxbury, as the Raiders take on the South Boston Knights. We also bring you a story about the "Breakfast for Champions."

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With the warm weather rolling in so too has the high school spring sports schedules and when you're in the month of April, you always picture the beginning of baseball season and as for what's happening on the high school diamonds in the city, many teams will be looking to improve upon the modest records that they posted last year, including the west roxbury.

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Raiders westie scored a big win on the road on brighton, at brighton on tuesday and came home on thursday to take on the South Boston nights, let's head to West Roxbury for this one, they see westie, looking to start the season at 2 and 0 and they came out scoring in the first bottom of the first two men on Bryan Navarro doubles there to left, and he tacks on two runs coming to score here for West Roxbury. They go up to the zip there.

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Early on they'll attack on 12, more runs in the first inning 14, the zip after 14 westie bottom of the second Sean ha slaps it to center field. That's an RBI single for Sean, as Westie goes up 15 to nothing there in the second inning third inning now Wesley, just all over at Jen a year, a post this one to left two more runs coming to score for the Raiders. They go on to win huge 25, zip over South Boston.

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Let's take a look at the rest of the scores for you. From last week, latin academy takes down O'bryant 10 to five Madison edges out Somerville 10 to six there on Thursday, also on Thursday Dorchester out scores, Charlestown 16, 27 and Snowden outpaces Jeremiah Burke 19 to 17 big scoring game right there for Snowden, then on Friday arlington catholic takes down brighton 16, the four while fenway squeezes by selfie in a close one, ten to nine.

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Let's now get some of the softball scores for you from last week, Jeremiah Burke, putting it to Fenway, 22 24 and then Boston Latin, taken down latin academy for 2, zip there in softball.

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So some big baseball and softball scores from last week, but it's still very early, so we'll see which teams can bound from the tough first week of the season. Now, despite today being opening day, there was a lot of excitement at Fenway Park on Saturday, when young athletes from all across the city were able to attend the 17th annual breakfast for champions hosted by the Boston centers for youth and families. Welcome.

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Everybody to the 17th annual breakfast of champions.

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Over 300 young boss and athletes gathered at the State Street pavilion in Fenway Park, with the 2013 breakfast for champions, an event honoring the winners of last year's gains, competitions and tournaments posted by the Boston centers for youth and families. This.

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Is an annual event that we host here in the city of Boston? This is the 17th time. We've hosted this event and you know Boston centers for youth and families hosts citywide, tournaments leagues, programs, events clinics all throughout the year, and what we do is we invite all of the winners of those respective competitions and tournaments to join us for this breakfast along.

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With being honored for their achievements, these young champions were able to listen to a panel of special guest athletes. Tell their stories of on-field success.

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They're used to so much in what they see on television, they sort of I, think think, sort of you know fantasize about those highlight dunks and highlight reel performances that you see on TV, but I, don't think they're. They quite realize that the amount of work that goes into it.

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Being back in Boston, I I know that the kids look up to all the great athletes that have come out of the professional teams here in Boston and, and you know, I just admire that that strong athletic history here, I love.

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The kids, you know I've been hearing about it for years and just with the work that bc YF does I really believe in it. I know the mayor believes in it and given them opportunities that a lot of them otherwise wouldn't have is pretty spectacular. So if we can give back, that's awesome. The.

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City's youth were also able to ask the panel questions about their journey to becoming a champion as on.

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And off the field, the questions from the kids are always so much fun. Someone asked me if I wore shoes, someone asked me if I threw anything other than a hammer, so it's actually kind of cool to see them and and how they're thinking and how they're processing what's happening. The.

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Thing that this program teaches not just athletics, it's also education and it's the message that they get from the great panel that that we had today and- and you know, let them hear from people who have been successful and something for them to aspire to. We.

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Didn't really have access to these opportunities. That's why I think this is so important, gives kids balance in the field and also in the classroom and I think the skills are so transferable. We see it now when we're adults, but starting them out. Yung is really helpful of.

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Course, for these youngsters, the most exciting part of the day was getting autographs and speaking one-on-one with these former champions, creating memories for years to come, be.

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Very up close and personal interaction is huge because they realize wow this person who's an Olympic gold. Medalist was just like me. She was 67 years old and just like this program and just worked really hard and just to hear that story, which you don't often hear on television I think it's a very meaningful. It's a very meaningful impact for the young people that come here. The.

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Excitement in the kids eyes is they, you know, got to win a raffle prize or or get to ask a question, and it's just a great atmosphere for the kids and for the parents. You know for to bring them here at Fenway, Park.

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Or just a spectacular event, as always lots of smiling faces there at Fenway Park, that's going to do it for sports this week make sure you come right back here next week for more on Boston neighborhood sports.