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While our local hockey and basketball players are pretty good athletes, they’ve got a ways to go before they become professionals.<\/P>
However, its probably safe to say that at least one or two of them will make it to that level.<\/P>
Some of the Tri-Cities biggest success stories were back in town Thursday night for CBC’s 4th annual “Follow Your Dreams” banquet.<\/P>
One of the school’s alums that made it big was former baseball star Ray Washburn.<\/P>
After leaving CBC, he went on to a 10 year career in the major leagues.<\/P>
He pitched for both St. Louis and Cincinnati…and he won a World Series ring and threw a no-hitter during his career.<\/P>
But, even with all that success, he’s always been connected to CBC, including some surprising ties with the Hawks athletic director Scott Rogers and their baseball coach Steve Farrington.<\/P>
Washburn says, “When I was coaching baseball at Bellevue, Scott was my 1st baseman, so, it kind of, we kind of come around, and I played, coached against Steve Farrington, he was at Lower Columbia at the time, so we always have a lot of head battles, so it was good to see Steve too.”<\/P>
Washburn wasn’t the only baseball star at Thursday night’s event.<\/P>
Pasco-native and Detroit Tigers pitcher Jeremy Bonderman was also in the crowd.
And all of those stars helped raise $25,000 for the CBC athletic department. <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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