Lovell teams win inter-league championships

In both the Minors and Majors divisions of the Big Horn County Little League inter-league tournament, teams from Lovell came out on top.

Eight teams competed in the Minor League tournament held in Powell last week that resulted in the Lovell Dodgers defeating the Greybull Bandits in the championship game on Thursday night, 9-4.

To get to the final game, the Dodgers beat the Rockhounds in the opening round nailbiter with a final score of 7-6. In the semi-final game, they were victorious over the Lovell Diamondbacks, 8-4.

“I am very proud of how the kids battled all season long,” Dodgers head coach Stephen Anderson said. “We were able to put together a few good games during the tournament, pitch well, hit the ball and make some plays to get the wins.”

Only six teams formed the Majors tournament bracket. The Lovell Yankees and Greybull both received byes in the first round as the highest seeds entering the tournament.

The Lovell Red Sox defeated the Powell Yankees 8-7 to face the Lovell Yankees in the semi-final game. To advance to the championship, the Yankees defeated the Red Sox with a final score of 7-1.

With Greybull advancing in the top half of the bracket, the championship was set between the two squads on Friday evening.

It was a pitching duel for most of the game, but the Yankees were able to string together three runs throughout the six innings and hold Greybull scoreless to win, 3-0.

Yankees’ Hayden Harshman pitched a complete game shutout and had 13 strikeouts on the mound, while going 2-for-2 at the plate for the Yankees’ only two hits in the game.