Wednesday, August 6, 2008

All Stars rout Alaska

by Wyoming Sports.org

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- The Laramie Little League All-Stars put an exclamation mark on its third-place finish in pool play by crushing Dimond-West Little League of Anchorage, Alaska 14-1 Tuesday to clinch a berth in the Northwest Regional semifinals on Thursday.

Laramie finished 3-1 behind Washington and Oregon, which will clash on Wednesday for the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. Laramie will face the loser of that game Thursday at 5:30 p.m.

After holding off Montana 13-11 on Monday in a big game, the Laramie All-stars came out with added fire, scoring all 14 of its runs in the second inning. Wyoming sent 19 hitters to the plate in that inning.

Dylan Bainer hit a two-run home run for Wyoming. Also pacing the Laramie team were Drew Burman, Tommy Naghtigal and Brian Lopez with two hits each.

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