UPDATED: Local Little League all-star remains in ICU with head injury, team vows to play and pray for him - St George News

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Easton Oliverson, a member of the Snow Canyon Little League all-star team, during a team introduction at practice, St. George, Utah, July 28, 2022 | Photo by E. George Goold, St. George News

ST. GEORGE — A player with the Snow Canyon Little League all-star baseball team that became the first Utah team ever to reach the Little League World Series over the weekend has been seriously hurt.

Undated 2022 photo of Easton Oliverson, a member of the Snow Canyon Little League all-star team which reached the Little League World Series | Photo courtesy Little League Baseball, St. George News

Easton Oliverson, who plays outfield and pitches for the team, was reportedly hurt overnight while in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where the Little League World Series begins on Wednesday. He was transported to Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital in Danville, Pennsylvania, which is about 40 miles from Williamsport. 

According to a message sent to Snow Canyon Little League parents, Oliverson remains in the intensive care unit of the hospital as of Monday morning after a successful surgery. 

“We need to give our well wishes to him,” the team’s coach Kyle Hafen told St. George News. “We’re still trying to figure out the proper way to handle this.”

The 12-year-old’s father, Jace Oliverson, is an assistant coach with the team that on Saturday won the Mountain Region to become the first team from Utah to ever reach the Little League World Series, which is in its 75th year. 

The moment has drawn cheers throughout the state ranging from Donavan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz to Gov. Spencer Cox. 

Cox posted a statement on Twitter concerning Oliverson.

“Our prayers are with this player, family and team today,” he said.

The team is scheduled to play its first game of the World Series Friday at 1 p.m. in Williamsport.

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Chris Reed serves as an editor and reporter for St. George News. He has steadily moved east after growing up among the Valley girls of Southern California’s San Fernando Valley. He graduated from Cal State Northridge before spending a decade in Las Vegas. As a sports reporter and editor, he once compared shoe sizes with Shaq. As a news reporter and editor, he has covered parades, triumphs and tragedies. He also once got close to the stars doing publicity for a space module builder. He came to St. George for love and has grown to love the community. He is the proud father of two boys, his youngest a champion against both autism and Type 1 diabetes.

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August 16, 2022 at 09:03AM
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UPDATED: Local Little League all-star remains in ICU with head injury, team vows to play and pray for him - St George News

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