By Buddy "Friday Night" Cobb, Williamson County Bureau
MARION, Ill. — Team Marion left no doubt about who the best team in the Colt World Series was, closing out the tournament with a 12-3 blowout win over a club from Bronx, New York, in Tuesday night's championship game at Mtn. Dew Park, according to the Southern Illinoisan.
That's not a nail-biter, that's a statement — the kind of scoreline that has the home crowd relaxed by the fifth inning and the visiting dugout already thinking about the flight home. For a county that turns out for its youth ball the way this one does, a home championship at Mtn. Dew Park is a summer to remember.
The Southern Illinoisan's coverage detailed the tournament run that brought Team Marion to the title game and the lopsided finish that sealed it.
Congratulations to the players and coaches who brought a Colt World Series championship home to Marion.
— Compiled from reporting by the Southern Illinoisan.
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