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Bonney Lake/Sumner Little League All-Stars Finish Second in State

The Bonney Lake/Sumner 11-and-under baseball all-stars finished second in the state tournament this past weekend.

Over 100 10 and 11 year-old Little League baseball all-star teams entered district tournaments this summer with the hope of ending up as state champions. A team from Bonney Lake/Sumner ended up second out of all of them.

The Bonney Lake/Sumner 11-and-under all-stars fell 7-3 to Mercer Island in the Washington State Championship game this past Sunday at Salnave Park in Cheney to finish as the second best team in the state.

The All-Stars qualified for the state tournament by winning the District 10 title with a 4-0 over Kent on June 28. Bonney Lake/Sumner went undefeated in the district tournament. 

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The team continued its winning ways in the state tournament, rattling off four straight wins behind an impressive offensive force. In one game, against West Seattle, Bonney Lake/Sumner fell behind 7-0 before scoring 20 runs en route to a 20-10 victory. Two players, Matthew Gretler and Aidan Phain, hit over .600 for the tournament, while two others, Brock Wrolstad and Alex Fraser also hit for high averages.

“We’re a pretty good hitting team,” manager Craig Wrolstad said. “We hit up and down the lineup.”

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Bonney Lake/Sumner stumbled in the winner's bracket finals, falling 12-8 to a team from Mercer Island. Bonney Lake/Sumner issued 10 walks and hit four batters in the game.

After getting past Walla Walla in the loser's bracket final, 13-7, Bonney Lake/Sumner got a rematch with Mercer Island. Bonney Lake/Sumner overcame a 7-1 deficit to tie the game at 11, before a Drake Liske bases-loaded single in the seventh won it.

Because the tournament was a double-elimination format, Mercer Island got another crack at Bonney Lake/Sumner and won the rubber match 7-3 to take home the title.

The second place finish was the highest in recent memory for a Bonney Lake/Sumner team in a state tournament, a fact that was not lost on Wrolstad.

“I told them there are about 100 little league all-star teams in the state and we ended up number two out of all those teams, so they’ve got to be proud about their performance,” Wrolstad said.

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