East baseball players ‘all in’ for a win with orange hair

Columbus East baseball player Cole Gilley, left, waits as Lynley Roberts frosts the tips of his hair at her home in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Some members of the Columbus East baseball team dyed the tips of their hair orange or blonde for their upcoming state final baseball game. Mike Wolanin | The Republic

Columbus East High School baseball players will sport Olympian Orange hair when they take on Hamilton Southeastern in the Class 4A final Monday at Victory Field in Indianapolis.

Nineteen members of the team had their hair dyed during a team-building dye session Wednesday at licensed beautician Lynley Roberts’ home.

Roberts donated her time to dye the team’s hair. Some players only dyed the tips of their hair orange and others went for the full orange look.

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