|
Iron Mtn. Rolls To Win 'Yooper 9-10' Championship
 ESCANABA----It was an all-Dickinson County battle in the championship game of the Yooper 9-10 boys baseball tournament Tuesday night in Escanaba. The Iron Mountain North Minor Boys scored four runs in the third inning and cruised to a 7-1 win over Norway. It was the fourth straight year that a Dickinson County team won this tournament cahampionship. Norway had won the last three champsionships.  
IM Marcus Johnson RBI hit.
Iron Mountain Pitcher C.J. Bolo.
But in the bottom of the fourth, Iron Mountain put the game away with two more runs as Bolo singled and scored, and Johnson got a walk and scored a run. The top four batters in the Iron Mountain batting order went a combined 7-for-9 with two walks. Those four boys scored all seven of Iron Mountain's runs. Bolo was strong on the mound, allowing just three base hits and striking out nine batters in 5 2/3 innings of work. He reached his 75 pitch limit with two out in the sixth inning. Wonders came on to get a strikeout for that final out. 
Norway's Peyton Thompson throws out runner.
Jesse Julian pitched the final inning, giving up no runs on one hit. He struck out two batters. There was a moment of silence before the game for Karl Dickson, the former District Ten administrator who started this "Yooper" tournament back in the late 1980's. Dickson passed away last fall...this was the first tournament to be held without him. Click the thumbnails in the above box to see 21 photos and eight video clips from the game. 
Norway's Jesse Julian gets a base hit during the Yooper 9-10 boys baseball tournament in Escanaba.
|
