Loretta Woods' Legacy: Team Spirit Lives On

0:00Loretta Woods was the ultimate team mom for Seating Cafe's baseball squad in Washington. Four years back, Coach Ted Wicherec tapped her to keep score, but she turned into the heart of the program, cooking meals, sharing tips, and cheering. Every game. She passed away this January at 52 after a tough two-year fight with Colin Cancer that spreads to her liver and nodes. Even during chemo and surgery, Woods showed up to every home game, fist bumping players from her spot by the dugout, rain her shine with her cozy, single-person pod tin ready. She beat it once in 2024, got cancer-free, then it returned. The family squeezed in a final Florida trip last December, where she earned her company's Hall of Fame nod as a top sales star. Her son Dalton, a senior outfielder and pitcher, wearing number 55, feels her everywhere now, especially in signs like the number five popping. Up on clocks or in gains. The team honors her with gold LW initials on their Navy caps alongside a 12 for another

1:02lost player. Early gains hit hard without her scorebook, but players adjusted quick. Dalton flipped his grief into fuel, leading nine underclassmen by starting weekly church meetups for the squad to bond and open up. He says his changed his game was pressure, more fun, just like Mom wanted. That mindset shift sparked his best plays lately. Through Dalton's college ball plans at University of Redlands and the Cougar season, would spirit keeps the team tight, proving one mom's love. Echoes way beyond the field. That wraps Vancouver news today, brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with The Story.