By Martin B. Hamilton/The Johnstown Breeze

Achieving a break-even season is sometimes all a young team of baseball players can do after a slow start.

Roosevelt Post 70’s American Legion D team did just that this summer, coming on strong late in the season to finish 17-17 overall.

But there’s much more to the story than that for the 14 Rough Riders who played in last weekend’s Legion D State Championships in Woodland Park. They were the No. 5 seed in the eight-team, double-elimination tournament, and they entered with a sub-.500 record. To read more, a subscription is needed: Click here to subscribe