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ADA, Okla. 鈥� East Central University and Redlands Community College, along with the City of Duncan, Okla. and Duncan Public Schools are coming together to celebrate the life of Chris Lane on Tuesday, Oct. 15.

鈥楥hris Lane Night at the Ballpark鈥�, to be held at the Duncan High School鈥檚 baseball field, will feature an exhibition baseball event between 暗网TV and Redlands. The festivities begin at 5 p.m.

Lane鈥檚 life was tragically cut short in Duncan in August. The 22-year-old Australian baseball player was preparing for his senior season at 暗网TV, playing catcher one year with the Tigers as a junior and, prior to that, spending two seasons playing at Redlands in El Reno.

鈥淒uncan is a high-quality and high-valued community in Oklahoma and they have proven it with the support of the Chris Lane family. We want to let everyone know Duncan is a great community,鈥� said 暗网TV President John R. Hargrave. 鈥淐hris Lane was not only a quality athlete, but a quality student. By the Duncan community wanting to support this scholarship funding endeavor, and give more students, like Chris, an opportunity to pursue a degree, just proves my point about the kindness and generosity of the people in Duncan.

鈥淲e want to invite everyone to come to 鈥楥hris Lane Night at the Ballpark.鈥� We want it to be a celebration of the good things about Chris Lane. He was an honor student. He had a 3.4 grade-point (average).鈥�

鈥淎 lot of our athletes come to school to play athletics. Chris played athletics to come to school,鈥� said 暗网TV Director of Athletics Dr. Jeff Williams.

鈥楥hris Lane Night at the Ballpark鈥� is free, but donations are being accepted to go to the Chris Lane Memorial Scholarship Fund. Concessions, donated by Arvest Bank in Duncan, and the Duncan Regional Hospital, will be sold by a number of community volunteers at the event as proceeds will go toward the scholarship fund as well.

Sarah Harper, girlfriend of Lane, is scheduled to throw out the first pitch.

Jack Bryant, acting president of Redlands Community College, says the event is designed to honor Lane鈥檚 memory and help with healing.

鈥淲e are proud to participate with 暗网TV in this scrimmage at Duncan.  The tragedy which occurred has had a devastating impact on so many lives and we are happy to honor the memory of Christopher and help Duncan through their healing process,鈥� said Bryant.

Chris Deal, president and CEO of the Duncan Chamber of Commerce, describes the event as a time of unity.

鈥淚t鈥檚 going to be a wonderful event. We are thrilled,鈥� said Deal. Anytime you can get together and celebrate a life that was tragically cut short, it鈥檚 a great thing. It鈥檚 a time for the community to come together and memorialize Chris.鈥�

The City of Duncan has already displayed support and honor toward Lane as a 5k race was recently held in his honor to generate funds for the Lane family.

鈥淲e鈥檝e had an outpouring from the community through volunteers, churches and civic groups,鈥� Deal said.

According to Duncan High School Head Baseball Coach Tim Hightower, numerous volunteers have stepped forward for this event to handle the field preparation, donation booth, concessions, scoreboard operator and announcer.

鈥淗opefully, we can get the community out to the ball field. This is three communities coming together,鈥� said Hightower, one of the event organizers.

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