For whatever reason, the National Anthem before sporting events are as American as apple pie, and with days before Memorial Day, one ballgame crowd wasn’t going to let the game begin without it
Clovis High and Buchanan High School were set to square off in a Fresno, California high school softball championship game when the announcer told the crowd that the Star Spangled Banner would not be played.
The hundreds of fans on hand decided to take matters into their own hands, signing the song on their own, acapella.
Clovis and Buchanan softball about to play for D-I title, but before that, it was announced there will be no national anthem. There were boos and the crowd did this … pic.twitter.com/M1w6yDzuTN
— Anthony Galaviz (@agalaviz_TheBee) May 26, 2018