Babe Ruth PNW tourney 'worth the trip'
Though results on the field at the Babe Ruth Pacific Northwest baseball tournament weren't what the Lower Columbia 9U All-Stars had in mind, the team still showed a lot of talent.
After a thrilling victory over West Linn 9U on July 12 to win state, the Lower Columbia boys packed up their bags and headed to Meridian, Idaho for the regional championships, held July 23 to 25. The boys faced off against some of the fiercest competition from the West Coast. Taking on teams from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana, the Lower Columbia All-Stars finished 1-3. They started things off with a 17-1 loss to the Kennewick Americans 9U, before turning things around.
They finished with a hard earned 12-10 victory over Nampa, Idaho. This qualified the boys for the quarterfinals where they took n the Bozeman Bucks 9U.
The quarterfinal match between these teams was a classic back and forth game that ended up going to extra innings. After Lower Columbia jumped out to a 9-2 start, the Bucks started to crawl back. A six-run third inning for the Bucks brought them within one, and things weren't decided until the eighth inning. Lower Columbia had a chance to walk things off in the bottom of seven as they loaded the bases, but Bozeman found a way to strand the runners. Lower Columbia went on to lose 14-13 in eight innings, concluding their season.
#things #boys
Though results on the field at the Babe Ruth Pacific Northwest baseball tournament weren't what the Lower Columbia 9U All-Stars had in mind, the team still showed a lot of talent.
After a thrilling victory over West Linn 9U on July 12 to win state, the Lower Columbia boys packed up their bags and headed to Meridian, Idaho for the regional championships, held July 23 to 25. The boys faced off against some of the fiercest competition from the West Coast. Taking on teams from Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Montana, the Lower Columbia All-Stars finished 1-3. They started things off with a 17-1 loss to the Kennewick Americans 9U, before turning things around.
They finished with a hard earned 12-10 victory over Nampa, Idaho. This qualified the boys for the quarterfinals where they took n the Bozeman Bucks 9U.
The quarterfinal match between these teams was a classic back and forth game that ended up going to extra innings. After Lower Columbia jumped out to a 9-2 start, the Bucks started to crawl back. A six-run third inning for the Bucks brought them within one, and things weren't decided until the eighth inning. Lower Columbia had a chance to walk things off in the bottom of seven as they loaded the bases, but Bozeman found a way to strand the runners. Lower Columbia went on to lose 14-13 in eight innings, concluding their season.
#things #boys
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