Laramie Little League teams win state titles

As it turned out, the Laramie Little League 11-12 year-old All-Stars needed just one run to win another state championship.

The Laramie All-Stars got that run in the top of the sixth inning on a solo home run from Tommy Nachtigal in the 1-0 win over Green River in the title game Saturday in Torrington. Later on Saturday, the Laramie 9-10 year-old All-Stars made it a local sweep with a 4-2 win over Torrington.

After bombing away in the tournament offensively, the Laramie 11-12 All-Stars found themselves in a pitching duel in the championship game. Laramie's Daylan McWhorter and Green River's Willy Zajic both put up zeros through five innings before Nachtigal's blast broke up the scoreless game.

Robbie Harding came on in relief with one out in the bottom of the sixth to complete the three-hit shutout for Laramie.

Laramie had just three hits in the game, with Joseph Legerski and McWhorter adding singles. In the tournament, though, Laramie outscored its opponents 53-7 in five games.

Laramie will now get ready for the Northwest Regionals in San Bernardino, Calif., from Aug. 1-10.

It wasn't quite as dramatic in the 9-10 title game, but exciting nevertheless. Laramie scored a single run in the first inning, but Torrington tied the game at 1-1 in the third. The Laramie All-stars came back with two runs in the bottom of the third and never looked back. Laramie added a run in the fourth before Torrington would close the gap with a run in the fifth.

Laramie finished with eight hits in the game, led by JT Jackson with a double and three RBI, Cole Olson with two hits and an RBI, Cameron Campbell with two hits and Noah Hammontree, Pete Spriggs and Treyven Armijo with one single each.

Jerry Looney picked up the win on the mound, stopping Torrington on six hits. He walked one and struck out eight.

The Laramie 9-10 All-Stars were also 5-0 in the tournament.