MIDDLEBURG, Fla. – Family, friends and fellow teammates paid tribute to a 5-year-old boy who drowned in a Middleburg pool.
The Argyle Athletic Association confirmed that the child was Marcus Rivers III, who played on the Argyle Aces T-ball team.
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On Friday, his loved ones and teammates gathered for a vigil in his memory.
They wore royal blue and Sonic the Hedgehog apparel to remember a life gone too soon. His mother also hit a T-ball signed by all of his teammates.
The team retired Rivers’ #13, and the field will be renamed Marcus “Rookie” Rivers the Third Field.
