Poteau Rebels win twice in championship round to capture OK Kids Coach-Pitch State Title

July 21, 2011

The Poteau Rebels won the OK Kids Coach-Pitch State Tournament Saturday night in Elk City. Front row, from left — Will Hammons, Wesley Garrett, Landon Akins, Tucker Garrett and Mathew Holzhammer; middle row — Austin Place, Jaxson Dorsey, Jett Carver, Spencer Wells, Dax McMillin and Ryan Scott; back row — Jarrod Garrett, Rick Wells and Waylon Carver. They were 61-9, won their own league title and postseason tournament, various open tournaments and the Regional Tournament. Photo by Rachel Place

ELK CITY — The Poteau Rebels did it the hard way, but did it they did. After being bumped into the loser's bracket by the Spiro Muddawgs on July 13, the Rebels bounced back and ended up beating the ’Dawgs twice by scores of 7-6 and 9-1 to win the OK Kids Coach-Pitch State Tournament Saturday night.
The Rebels (61-9) opened with a 9-2 win over the Shawnee Drillers on July 12.
After losing to the Muddawgs the next day, Poteau bounced back with a 12-1 run-rule victory over the Cleveland Indians last Thursday, then beat the Shawnee Drillers 11-0 in another run-rule contest on Friday to make it to Saturday's championship round.