'Great for the sport': Locals react to baseball, softball returning to 2028 Summer Olympics

Ashley StevensAshley is your community reporter covering news and sports in northern San Luis Obispo County, including San Miguel, Paso Robles, Templeton, Atascadero and Santa Margarita. In a decision finalized Monday, baseball and softball are coming back to the Olympics — but not right away.In a vote conducted by the International Olympic Committee, six sports have been added to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles: baseball, softball, lacrosse, squash, cricket, and flag football.“There’s nothing bigger than playing for your country and your aunt and uncle and your neighbors and your whole country in general, and there's an extra pride in that," Templeton High School head softball coach Keith Swank said. "So it can be a goal. I want to play in college, I can go play in the Olympics and be those girls out there because they are the best of the best."In smaller communities, like Templeton, there are now fewer opportunities to make college roster sports due to seniors getting an extra...