Stradley Park baseball field disrepair

Cocoa Little League board secretary presented photos of rotten dugouts, missing netting, a deteriorating concession building, and flooded storage rooms, asking the council for funding to make the fields safe.

Lifelong Cocoa resident and Little League parent said the park has been ignored for 30-plus years and kids are leaving to play in Merritt Island, Port St. John, and Rockledge because Cocoa's fields are run down.

Cocoa High senior and Little League parent said enrollment dropped from about 300 kids to 60 this spring because coaches and families are leaving for nicer fields elsewhere.