VENICE — After a brief hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Venice baseball head coach Craig Faulkner and a large number of Venice High players and their parents will be going on a mission to the Caribbean next month.
“This will be our first trip since 2019,” Faulkner said. “This will be our sixth trip, overall. We’ve been to the Dominican Republic a couple of times, as well as Cuba, Panama and Costa Rica.”
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