After capturing the regular season title, it took four additional games for the Wayne White Ponies to return with the tourney title as well.
Back at the Summer Sports Complex for the Tri County League quarterfinal round on June 25, #1 Wayne White 14U won 11-1 over #8 Battle Creek.
Wayne White then edged #4 Stanton, 4-3 at Hooper Field hosted by Logan View on June 28 and closed tourney play with a first place finish during an 8-0 shutout against #3 West Point Dodgers on June 30 back at Hooper Field.
Wayne White finishes their season 15-1 overall and won 13 straight.
Wayne 14U went 11-0 during the TRICO regular season with their lone loss at West Monona (8-7) on June 19 in non-league action.
It marked the second straight year a Wayne Pony team competed in the tourney finals (runner-up last year) and first tournament title since winning four straight between 2015-2018. The last time a Wayne Pony team was the #1 seed entering tourney play was 2017.
Quarterfinal through championship leaders were Kian Pick with six hits (three singles, one double, one triple, two-run homer) followed by Merrick Miller with five hits (four singles, one double).
Isaiah Zarate led Wayne White with six RBI as Pick crossed the plate six times.
Wendte appeared in two games (one start) working a team-high seven innings allowing just two hits while striking out a team-high 10 batters and walking one.
#13 Wayne Blue Ponies ended their season at 4-6 overall following a first round exit of the TRICO tourney. Wayne 14U lost at Stanton (12-4) on June 23 as Stanton took fourth in the league tourney following a 14-6 loss to #2 Pender.
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