After 30 hours of nonstop baseball, the Hermiston Babe Ruth Moonlight Tournament culminated in a classic battle between two of Hermiston’s own clubs for the championship.

The undefeated Hermiston Dairy Queen club faced off against loser’s bracket champion Hermiston Umatilla Electic Co-op on Sunday at Weber Field, with DQ coming away victorious, 11-6.

It took a great defensive play from the boys of DQ to secure the win. After UEC’s Mitchell Lincoln drove in a run with a groundout to bring his club within two runs, UEC’s Rylen Crawford attempted to take third base and was cut down, ending the rally.

After the great defense, DQ came to the plate in the fifth and tacked on three more runs. Singles by Tyler Muldoon and Jerith Maine, along with four walks in the inning, fueled the DQ rally in the fifth to put the game away.

In the early going, it looked like UEC would run away with another tournament victory, having thumped on Milton-Freewater the prior game, 17-2. UEC took advantage of a throwing error to tack on two unearned runs on the play, and three total in the first inning to go up. 3-1.

Dairy Queen answered in the second inning with a Zach Studer RBI-single, which ended up plating two runs after UEC tried to throw out Studer advancing to second. DQ took a 6-3 advantage after two innings.

UEC’s Nathan Rice hit a towering fly ball into center in the fourth, and DQ communication problems let the ball fall to the Weber Field grass harmlessly. Coupled with another error, UEC drew within one in the fourth inning, 6-5.

John Couture earned the win on the hill for DQ, pitching four innings. He struck out four and gave up eight hits in the winning effort. He also went 2 for 4 at the plate.

Studer led the way for the DQ offense, going a perfect 3 for 3 with two RBIs. Austin Kopacz went 2 for 2 and Maine collected three hits in four at-bats.

After the conclusion of the title game, the Hermiston Babe Ruth board of directors announced its volunteers of the year and coach of the year. Sherena Clements and Juan and Blanca Lopez were named volunteers of the year and Al Demos was named coach of the year.

The Hermiston all-star tournament teams were also named, and will begin district competition at the district tournament July 6 at Bob White Field in Pendleton.

If the teams do well enough in Pendleton, the 15-year-olds will head to the state tournament in Ontario. The 14 year-olds will be in The Dalles.

9/10 BASEBALL

Manager: Aaron Feigum

Coach: Roger Robinson

Coach: Justin Noland

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Garron Anderson (9)

Zackary Chapman (10)

Andrew Dayton (10)

Calvin Giesen (10)

Andrew James (9)

Caleb Jorgensen (10)

Joel Mendez (10)

Keaton Mikami (10)

Wyatt Noland (9)

Jacob Poznanski (10)

Thomas Pratt (10)

Luke Walchli (10)

Eric White (10)

10/11 BASEBALL

Manager: Jeff Schwirse

Coach: Brian Moss

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Kaden Caldwell (11)

Tyler Cameron (11)

Hayden Edmiston (11)

Daniel Gossler (10)

Travis Lindeman (11)

Griffen Mattson (11)

Kody Moss (11)

Caden Schwirse (10)

Lukas Tolan (10)

Hunter Walls (11)

Layton Winebarger (11)

11/12 BASEBALL

Manager: Randy White

Coach: Tom Jensen

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Bob Coleman (12)

Joshua Dever (12)

DJ Gossett (12)

Slade Gritz (11)

Jordan Horning (12)

Kyler Mikami (12)

Michael Norris (12)

RJ Robles (12)

Chase Root (12)

Tyler Sexton (12)

Austin White (12)

10/11 SOFTBALL

Manager: Dave Padilla

Coach: Greg Jones

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Julissa Almaguer (10)

Candace Cooper (11)

Adrienne Davis (11)

Kylie Hinkley (11)

Ellery Jones (11)

Breyanna Naylor (11)

Kynzee Padilla (10)

Becca Rosales (10)

Gabby Rosales (11)

Lillie Wheeler (11)

11/12 SOFTBALL

Manager: Chad Wilcott

Coach: Kristi Kopacz

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Taylor Betz (11)

Jazmin Gutierrez (12)

Jaime Hinkley (11)

Madilyn Hofbauer (11)

Mackenzie Juul (12)

Mikayla Kopacz (11)

Shay Lovejoy (12)

Amanda Pollick (12)

Saige Smith (12)

Elizabeth Weems (12)

BABE RUTH

14 YEAR OLD

Manager: Joe Thompson

Coach: Gary Gammell

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Stetson Iverson

Rylen Crawford

Skyler Gettman

JD Walchli

Jesus Rosales

Angelo Corpus

Deriek Folsom

Garrett Smith

Landon Gammell

Dylan Caldwell

Mike Gossler

15 YEAR OLD

Manager: Mike Clements

Coach: Juan Lopez

Coach: Al Demos

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Camran Pollick

Heath Baldock

Ray Diaz

John Couture

Nate Rice

Austin Kopacz

Jesse Smith

Michael Moya

Skyler Clements

Krys Lopez

Zach Demos

Jimmy Garcia