The Lawrence Phenix Under-14 girls softball team is mourning the death this past weekend of teammate Krystal Bateson, who died unexpectedly Sunday while the team was in Winfield.

“It was probably the worst day of my life, starting at 5:17 in the morning when the family came down and told me there was a problem,” the team’s coach, Jay Rusk, said Tuesday.

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The Krystal Lynne Bateson Memorial Fund has been set up at Baldwin State Bank. Donations can be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary, 120 W. 13th St., Lawrence 66044 or Baldwin State Bank, P.O. Box 46, Baldwin 66006.