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An Abbotsford softball team had a harrowing experience while attending a tournament in Oklahoma City recently, as they had a brush with the devastating tornadoes that rocked the state. The Abbotsford Outlaws 18-and-under girls squad was in Oklahoma City for four days bridging May and June, to play in a tourney and to attend the NCAA Women’s College World Series. On May 31, prior to the start of their event, the team took a trip to Moore, Okla., the town
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Abbotsford Outlaws softball players were among about 100 people who recently waited out an approaching tornado in the laundry room of their hotel in Oklahoma City.
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