YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE EQUIPMENT STOLEN

  

The search is on for $25,000 worth of missing football equipment, stolen from a local youth league.

According to the Brenham Police Department, 180 sets of helmets and shoulder pads belonging to the Brenham Youth Football League are missing, along with the man charged with getting the equipment reconditioned.

According to League President Robbie Wooten, officials believed the equipment had been sent off to Riddell to be cleaned and re-painted—and that’s where they thought the equipment was all summer.

However, officials from the athletic equipment supply company told Wooten, when he called them last week, they never received the helmets and pads.  Wooten says he tried to contact the man who’d been in charge of the equipment but was told no one had seen him since last week.

Wooten says they expect to get replacement equipment later this week, but the league will take a substantial economic hit.

Wooten says anyone who would like to help the league with a donation may do so by becoming a league sponsor through the league’s website at: www.brenhamyfl.com.

A Go Fund Me account has been set up at: http://www.gofundme.com/7q6xy8tb3g.

Brenham Police are continuing their investigation.