by Kaelyn Sayles

On a sunny Wednesday evening amidst the smell of sunscreen, South Highline National took on Pac-West in the District 7 Little League All-Star Tournament.

South Highline traveled to the Bar-S Playfields in Alki to keep their tournament hopes alive. Pac-West came to seal the deal with a championship.

At the end of the sixth, Pac-West became tournament champions, beating National 10-9.

It was a hard-fought game on both sides, with aggressive hitting, throwing and, of course, cheering. Pac-West scored four in the first inning while National scored none. That didn't last long as by the end of the fourth, National was up 7-5.

From then on, it was a close game, full of focused players and an anxious crowd.

At the bottom of the fifth, National was up 8-7. But during the top of the sixth, Pac-West brought the score right back up in their favor 10-8.

National answered with one in the bottom of the sixth but it wasn't quite enough as Pac-West's closer threw strike after strike.

And so the championship game ended at 10-9.

An excited Pac-West ran onto the mound, piling on top of one another and shouting in excitement as fans cheered for their team.

Medals were then handed out before Pac-West players went running off to throw water bottles and coolers full of ice on their coaches, manager and each other.