Little League district and state tournaments under way in Powell

District and State Little League and Juniors tournaments started Saturday in Powell and will be continuing this week, with three Big Horn County all-star teams competing.

The Big Horn County Minor League All-Stars fell to Riverton 15-7 Saturday in Powell in the first game of the 9-10-year-old tournament.

“We played a pretty good game,” manager Kelly Spann said. “It just came down to pitching. We needed one strike and we would’ve won. We started strong defensively; we out hit them 7-5. We just had too many walks in that last inning.”

[caption id="attachment_10038" align="aligncenter" width="426"] Members of the 2015 Big Horn Minor League Niners All-Star team are: (front row, l-r) Jared Mangus, Ozz McArthur, William Spann, Joel Padilla, Jacob Bischoff, Garrett Lillard, Trey Wambeke, (Middle row) Jadyn Snyder, Carsyn Weber, Carlos Rodriguez, Cale Wright, Nathan Minemyer, Jake Schlattmann, Russell Crosby, (back row l-r) Coach Ryan Mangus, Coach Shem McArthur, Manager Kelly Spann and Coach Ken Wright.
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Big Horn County  played Green River Wednesday morning hoping to stay alive in the tournament. Green River had fallen to Rock Springs 12-2 in the first round.

Big Horn County won a thriller, beating Green River 16-8, and will now play Kemmerer or Bridger Valley today (Thursday) at 8:30 a.m.

Major League

The Big Horn County Major League All-Stars also played Green River Wednesday with the winner playing today (Thursday) against the winner of the Lander-Rock Springs game at 8 a.m. and the loser playing the Lander-Rock Springs loser at 2 p.m.

Junior League

The North Big Horn Mudcats completed “Green River Day” Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the 13-14-year-old bracket with the winner of the Green River-NBH contest playing today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. against the winner of the Powell-Cody game and the loser playing the Powell-Cody loser at 2 p.m.

By Sam Smith