Morrison completes Softball Season
Another summer of softball is in the books at Morrison Ruritan Park.
Nearly 400 children took the field this season across 39 teams, with two clubs completing perfect seasons as the league closed another successful year of youth baseball.
Shelton Farms capped a dominant T-Ball campaign by finishing 10-0 in the regular season before adding the tournament championship. McBrides matched the accomplishment in the Junior League, also going unbeaten during the regular season and finishing the year with a tournament title.
There were plenty of memorable postseason runs beyond the two perfect champions. Tree City Realty bounced back from a winless regular season to finish third in the T-Ball tournament, while Hillis Realty turned a 2-8 regular season into a runner-up finish in the Junior Coach Pitch tournament. In the Youth League, Security Federal posted the best regular-season record at 9-1 before Jaco's Automotive put together a championship run in the postseason.
Tournament champions included Shelton Farms in T-Ball, Jaco's Automotive in the Youth League, Riddick Brown Ford in Junior Coach Pitch, Affordable Health Insurance in Coach-Pitch League, McBrides in the Junior League and Long Driver's in the Senior League.
Tournament runners-up were Citizens Tri County in T-Ball, Great American Landworks in the Junior League, Hillis Realty in Junior Coach Pitch, Helton in Coach-Pitch League, Security Federal in the Youth League and Moore Automotive in the Senior League.
Third-place finishers were Tree City Realty in T-Ball, Woodlee Lawn Care in the Junior League, Shelton Farms in Junior Coach Pitch, Cowabunga in Coach-Pitch League, Hullet's Tire in the Youth League and First National Bank in the Senior League.
Season sponsors included Bridgestone, Willowbranch, Phelps Pharms, Peyton Fencing, Shelton Farms, Homeland Community Bank, True South HVAC & Mechanical and MudBums.
League organizer Wes Williams said the season's success was made possible by the many people who volunteered their time throughout the summer.
"Volunteers, coaches, parents, umpires and scorebox workers are the real heroes. Without them, this couldn't be possible," Williams said.
Williams said frequent rain created scheduling challenges throughout the season, pushing the league's schedule into late July.
"We were plagued with rain this year and it set the league finishing to late July, which is the latest it's been in many years," Williams said.
