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Winfield eliminates Belington from state tournament

The Inter-Mountain photo by Joey Kittle Belington-Barbour County’s Carter Morrision, center, is greeted by teammates after hitting a two-run homer in the first inning of Tuesday’s 11-4 loss to Winfield in 10-12-year-old state tourney action at Melvin Heckel Fields at River Bend Park.

ELKINS — Winfield scored eight runs over the final two innings to pull away from Belington-Barbour County, 11-4, Tuesday night in 10-12-year-old Little League state tourney action at Melvin Heckel Fields at River Bend Park.

Belington was eliminated from the tournament.

Carter Morrison had a two-run homer in the bottom of the first inning to give Belington a 2-1 lead.

Winfield tacked on two runs in the second to take the lead for good before a weather delay.

Morrison and Callen Cherok had two hits each for Belington in the setback.

Morrison and Cherok added RBI doubles in the sixth inning.

Ryder Kirkpatrick, Scott Wright, Easton Workman and Ryan Bolyard added hits in the setback.

Belington-Barbour County finished the season as the District 8 champions.

Winfield will now face Fringe or Huntington at 8:30 p.m. today in another elimination contest.

Games in the state tournament were postponed on Monday night due to the weather.

In Tuesday’s other contest, Central Greenbrier rallied for a 5-4 win to eliminate Summersville.

Tuesday’s late games slated were Huntington vs. Fringe and Hurricane vs. Logan.

Little League 10-12-year-old state

tournament

(Schedule subject to change)

Mountaineer Division

(All games on East Field)

Saturday, July 12

Game 1 — Logan 6, Summersville 2

Game 2 — Central Greenbrier 8, Martinsburg 7

Game 3 — Bridgeport 8, Hurricane 4

Sunday, July 13

Game 4 — Barboursville 8, Logan 4

Game 5 — Bridgeport 8, Central Greenbrier 5

Game 6 — Hurricane 7, Martinsburg 6, Martinsburg eliminated

Tuesday, July 15

Game 7 — Hurricane vs. Logan, (n)

Game 8 — Central Greenbrier 5, Summersville 4, Summersville eliminated

Today

Game 9 — Barboursville vs. Bridgeport, 5:30 p.m.

Game 10 — Central Greenbrier vs. Game 7 winner, 8 p.m.

Thursday, July 17

Game 11 — Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 6 p.m.

Herd Division

All games on West Field except

Game 11)

Saturday, July 12

Game 1 — Chapmanville 5, Belington-Barbour County 0

Game 2 — Winfield 11, Shady Spring 6

Game 3 — Jefferson 12, Fringe 0

Sunday, July 13

Game 4 — Chapmanville 9, Huntington 1

Game 5 — Jefferson 12, Winfield 2

Game 6 — Fringe 4, Shady Spring 0, Shady Spring eliminated

Tuesday, July 15

Game 7 –Fringe vs. Huntington, (n)

Game 8 — Winfield 11, Belington-Barbour County 4, Belington-Barbour County eliminated

Today

Game 9 — Chapmanville vs. Jefferson, 6 p.m.

Game 10 — Winfield vs. Game 7 winner, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 17

Game 11 — Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 8:30 p.m.

Championship Round

Friday, July 19

Game 1 — Mountaineer Game 9 winner vs. Herd Game 11 winner, 6 p.m.

Game 2 — Herd Game 9 winner vs. Mountaineer Game 11 winner, 8:30 p.m.

Championship

Saturday, July 20

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 11 a.m.

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