MOSES LAKE — Local baseball fans can make the trip to Big Bend Community College to watch the River Dog Memorial 19U Tournament this weekend, featuring the AAA 18U Columbia Basin River Dogs and four other teams from across the state and into Canada. “It’s great being able to stick around a weekend, and it’s nice also to get an opportunity to play at Big Bend,” head coach Quintz Whitaker said. “We don’t often get to do that, so with Johnson-O’Brien (Stadium) being busy this weekend, we wanted to come...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Brodie McIntire and Mason Gaines had two hits apiece, while Paul Shortridge pitched a complete game shutout as Carpetland secured the 2024 Pete & Coach K Tournament championship on Sunday. The Rugs, who went 6-0 at the prestigious tourney, blew the game open with an 8-run 3rd inning. Nearly every batter in the starting lineup had a hit including Husker signee Carter Mick, who drove in the game’s first run. Gaines followed with a 2 RBI single and the route was on for Carpetland, who kept...

On a hot Saturday afternoon, the third day of the 17th annual Artie Escobado Memorial Tournament commenced at Runyon Sports Complex. The final day of round-robin play saw the Pueblo Azteca Blue 18U team take on the Azteca White 17U team in a battle of Pueblo teams. Also in the early games, Greeley Grays defeated the PuebLocos 12-1 to move into the top spot in their division. The afternoon games featured the Wow Factor taking on Fountain-Fort Carson, while Spradley 18U faced off against Pueblo Azteca 16U. Both games ended...

The 17th annual Artie Escobado Memorial Tournament kicked off Thursday night at Runyon Sports Complex. This year's rendition of the tournament sees eight teams battling it out. The tournament this year has Pueblo Azteca Blue 18U, 17U, and 16U all competing along with some additional Pueblo teams such as PuebLocos, Spradley 18U and Wow Factor, which are all made up of mostly Pueblo-area players. The other two teams competing are the Greeley Grays and Fountain-Fort Carson. The first games of the day were one-sided with Spradley 18U defeating Greeley 10-1...

ESCANABA — Plover brought home the big prize from the Gregg Johnson/Al Erickson Memorial American Legion baseball tournament, defeating Norway 6-0 in the title game here Sunday. Although the Central Wisconsin visitors got only five hits, they capitalized on eight walks and two errors while improving to 6-7 this season. “Our pitchers pounded the strike zone and played good defense,” Plover manager Wayne Sankey said. “We made the plays when we needed to. We were struggling early in the year. Hopefully, this gets us back on the right track.” Plover...

The 17th annual Artie Escobado Memorial Tournament will take place this coming week at Runyon Sports Complex. The tournament for teams age 16-18 comes on the heels of the Andenucio Tournament held just last week at the complex. The first-ever Escobado Memorial Tournament was held in June 2006. The tournament began as a tribute to Artie Escobado, who died tragically at the age of 29 in a car accident. This year's rendition is one for the ages as the Azteca Blue team will look to repeat as champions of the...

MOSES LAKE — More than 20 teams gathered at Larson Playfield in Moses Lake over the weekend for the 2024 Pete Doumit Memorial Tournament, where 48 total games were played in 9U, 10U, 11U and 12U divisions from Friday through Sunday. “We’ve been planning this tournament for a while,” Moses Lake Youth Baseball Association President Justin Morigeau said. “We have a lot of other tournaments that are competing on the same weekend, and to get 22 teams from central and western Washington to come out on Father’s Day weekend, it...

The Butte Miners played four games over the weekend at the Harold Gjerde Memorial Tournament in Lewistown. After an opening round defeat to the Havre Northstars on Thursday, 10-7, the Miners rattled off three consecutive wins to improve to 12-2 overall on the season. Butte only needed six innings to defeat the Lewistown Redbirds on Friday, winning 11-1 with the run-rule going into effect. The Miners went on to earn a pair of one-run victories – both by the score of 9-8 – over the Cody Cubs and Lethbridge Miners,...

The Memorial Tournament is moving back to its normal slot in 2025. After the 2024 Memorial was played June 6-9 – nearly two weeks after Memorial Day – the tournament announced Monday that it will be played May 26-June 1 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. “The relationship the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday has enjoyed with the PGA Tour is more like a partnership," Memorial Tournament founder and golf legend Jack Nicklaus said in a statement. "The Tour has acted in the best interest of the Memorial...