Crook County Senior Baseball All-Star team dominated the state tournament and eanred its second straight Senior state title Sunday, July 13. They now head to the Regional tournament in Oakland, California, which starts July 16. Courtesy photo.

Crook County crushed the field in the Oregon Senior Baseball All-Star Tournament over the weekend, outscoring opponents by a combined 82-7 over three games.

The tournament was held July 12-13 at Klamath Falls’ Steens Sport Park. With the win, the local boys earn the right to play in the Regional tournament in Oakland, California, July 16-22.

This is the second consecutive year the Crook County Senior All-Stars won the state championship.

There were only two other teams in the tournament, Klamath Falls and Del Norte (from Northern California, primarily Crescent City area), and they were no match for Crook County. CC opened against Klamath Saturday, July 12 and rolled 20-4. That set up Saturday afternoon game with Del Norte and it was an even bigger blowout, 32-3.

Del Norte and Klamath Falls then played an elimination game and Del Norte emerged with a 20-16 win. That earned them a shot at Crook County again, and it was another blowout, 30-0.

Along with the big bats the squad carried throughout the tournament, Crook County’s Mason McKenzie pitched a four-inning perfect game in shutting down Del Norte in the championship. McKenzie had 11 strikeouts on 49 pitches, getting all but one out from the mound, noted head coach Craig Yustat.

“It was amazing,” said the coach.

The West Region tournament includes 11 teams, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, the host squad, Montana, Nevada, North California, Southern California, Washington, Wyoming and Oregon, represented by the Crook County squad.

Riggin Russell had a huge state tournament with the bat, going 8 for 9 and belting 12 RBI. He went 2 for 3 in the championship game with four RBI. Logan Griffin was 7 for 9 in the tourney with eight RBI and Uriah Yustat 5 for 7.

In the title game, Quinten Bailey was 3 for 3 with two RBI.

Uriah Yustat was 3 for 4 with two RBI in the opener against Klamath Falls. Russell was 2 for 3 with three RBI. Against Del Norte in game two, Russell was again an offensive wrecking crew, going 4 for 4 with five RBI. Bailey was 2 for 4 with four RBI. Griffin and Finn Havens had four and three RBI, respectively.

Several of the Crook County all-stars played on the Crook County High School varsity squad as freshmen.