A pair of showdowns marked the end of the season for the DeKalb County Youth Baseball League with Liberty State Bank claiming the minor league title while Webb’s Pharmacy took the major league crown, both championships coming down to a single run.

The minor league final looked to be a blow out early as Liberty State Bank came out strong, taking a 10-1 lead behind hits from Landon Colwell, Luke Midgett and Alex Lemons. However, Mullins and Watson Builders would not go quietly as they battled back behind home runs off the bats of Jamison Troncoso and Jon Hendrix, a triple from Logan Duke and a couple of doubles from Nick Murphy. The rally fell just short as Liberty held on for a 10-9 win and the title.

The game was the third in a series between the top-ranked teams. Just the night before, Liberty and Mullins had split a pair, forcing the third and deciding game to determine the champion. In the first of the two games leading up to the title match, Liberty was held hitless in a 14-3 rout by Mullins and Watson. Liberty State came back in the second half of the double header, winning 11-9.

In the major league title game, both teams came in at 9-4 for the season. Insta-Cash came in like a house afire, plating seven runs in the first inning, followed by five more in the second. Driving the early rally were hits by Jacob Hendrix, Shadie Rankhorn, Paul Oliver, and Luke Magness. However, by the fourth, Webb’s had chipped away at the lead, knotting the score at 13 behind hits from Hunter Cantrell, Chandler Johnson, Jackson Arnold, Dalton Williams, Cameron Caballero, Logan Ellis and Jordan Parker.

Webb’s was able to plate a run in the fifth and hold its opponents scoreless to claim a time-limit win after five by the count of 14-13.