2024 Tournament

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Team members include: Andrew Morrison (Tournamnent MVP), Adain Morrison, Joe Pellegrino, Mark Crossley, Derek Reagle, and Mikey Garrett

It was a great turn out on October 19 in Tidilute with 12 teams and over 100 players participating. There were also many fans in attendance, swinging down to the field to enjoy the food vendors and fun atmosphere. 

With the first walk off hit in a Clarkball championship game since the 2007 tournament, Bigs walked off as champions in Tidioute. The championship game, between Bigs and The Bomb Squad, started around 5:00 PM and remained close for the entire 6 innings. 

As the sun faded in the sky and shadows crept across the field, Bigs came to bat in the bottom of the 6th. With one out and runners on the corners, Derek Reagle hit a towering fly ball to the wall in left center, scoring Mikey Garrett from 3rd to win the game 7 - 6. 

The team members from Bigs were Mark Crossley, Mikey Garrett, Aidan Morrison, Andrew Morrison, Joe Pellegrino, and Derek Reagle. Andrew Morrison was voted tournament MVP for his elite defense and clutch hitting, while Pellegrino won his 4th career championship (2007, 2009, 2017, 2024).

in some other notable games, Crispy Zyns and MAGA Bombs played a thriller of a first round playoff game. With the score tied after 6 innings, the game was forced into a Blast Off, where each team sent 6 players to the plate, each having one swing to hit a home run. At the end of the blast off, the young Crispy Zyns prevailed, winning 1 - 0 on a lone home run.

The semi final game between Balls Deep and The Bomb Squad was a classic slugfest. The BomB Squad held on to upset the 1 seed after a barrage of home runs in the top of the 6th inning. With the bases loaded, Bomb Squad‘a Adam Paden hit the farthest home run of the day on Thomski Field with a grand slam over the Big Mac in right field. The ball cleared the second fence and landed on Main Street, missing a passing dump truck by a couple feet. 

There is a slide show of pictures below, we will keep adding them as they come in. Thabk you to everyone who came out to the tournament!