Palisades HS Baseball Team Seeks New Home Field After Wildfire Devastation

Wildfire Aftermath and Team Resilience

• 🔥 The Palisades Charter High School baseball team faced devastation from wildfires, losing homes and their usual field.
• 🤝 Despite personal losses, the team maintained a strong bond, demonstrating resilience that inspires the community.
• ⚾ Many players, like senior pitcher Jed Tea Garden, found solace and a way to forget their troubles by focusing on baseball.

Challenges of Displacement

• 🏠 Players balanced remote learning and sports while moving between temporary accommodations like hotels and Airbnbs.
• 🏫 Their former baseball field was repurposed for temporary classrooms, forcing the team to play their entire 2025 season on the road.
• 🗓️ The team experienced significant scheduling uncertainty, with game locations and times changing multiple times within hours.

The Importance of a Home Field

• 🏟️ Losing their home field meant losing the advantage of community support, as every game last season was an away game.
• 💡 A home field provides a crucial sense of belonging and culture, which is vital for new and returning players.

Fundraising for a New Beginning

• 💰 The team is actively raising funds to secure and renovate a new field for the 2026 season.
• 💸 A dedicated home field would save the team significant money and time currently spent on field rentals, equipment, and travel.
• 🌱 The goal is to provide a stable and familiar environment for current and future students, allowing them to experience the culture built around a home baseball field.