Top Tier Sports youth baseball continues in Moses Lake
CALEB PEREZ | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 3 months AGO
Central Washington Sixers 11u pitcher Maverick Meseberg pitches from the mound in their tournament this past weekend. Since joining Top Tier Sports in November, Sixers’ director Trey Evans said that the team has been able to invest more in each individual player.
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Central Washington Sixers 11u pitcher Maverick Meseberg pitches from the mound in their tournament this past weekend. Since joining Top Tier Sports in November, Sixers’ director Trey Evans said that the team has been able to invest more in each individual player.
The Central Washington Sixers 9u team became tournament champions this past weekend after going 4-0. Top Tier Sports has brought together teams from both sides of the state for tournament play.
The 11u team with the Central Washington Sixers in the dugout for the Father’s Day tournament over the weekend. The Sixers will have their 18u team participating in the Big Bend Summer Classic this weekend and multiple teams in the Dune City Dust up next weekend.
Cooper Vasquez pitches with the 14u River Dogs last summer. The River Dogs’ 12u team will be one of the 66 teams participating in the Dune City Dust Up June 28-29.
A pitcher for the 11u Moses Lake All-Stars last season. They will have multiple teams participating in the Dune City Dust Up June 28-29.
MOSES LAKE – The Moses Lake Top Tier Sports baseball teams have now entered the summer tournament season. Top Tier is partnering with the Moses Lake Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department.
The association began the weekend tournaments mid-March for youth and mid-May for high school.
“We just like providing a safe space and an entertaining space for players and coaches to go out there and compete,” said Ryan Arredondo, the high school tournament director with Top Tier. “Just get better at baseball and have a better summer.”
The season begins in the late winter months to early spring, with indoor baseball tournaments being held until the regular outdoor tournaments can begin in March. The typical tournament season runs from either March or May until the end of July, said Arredondo.
“It’s been a great turnout with everybody. We appreciate everybody coming out,” Arredondo said. “Weather has been treating us well since the beginning of March.”
Top Tier Sports covers youth baseball tournaments throughout Eastern Washington, primarily playing in Moses Lake and Ellensburg, said Arredondo. These tournaments will also feature teams visiting from Western Washington as well.
The teams from the East side of the state mostly come out of Ellensburg, Moses Lake, Othello, Selah, Wenatchee and Yakima, with the main teams from the Basin being the Columbia Basin RiverDogs, the Central Washington Sixers and the Moses Lake Youth Baseball Association All Stars. Teams on the road from the West side are typically from Ferndale, Seattle, Mercer Island and Northshore.
“I'd say the split is 60/40, East side Majority,” he said.
For many teams such as the Central Washington Sixers, this is their first year working with Top Tier Sports. Trey Evans, who runs the Sixers alongside Jameson Lange, said they joined the organization in November of 2024 and have seen immediate changes as they have gone through the first half of the season.
“It starts with our guys and just kind of how they wear their uniform and how they carry themselves and interact with each other,” said Evans. “It starts with investing in each individual player that’s coming in and then we dive into the actual baseball aspect of it.”
There are five tournaments left for the youth and high school divisions, with Dune City Dust Up June 28-29 and Moses Lake Meltdown on July 18-20 being the two to be hosted in Moses Lake for the youth baseball teams. The high school-aged teams have the Big Bend Summer Classic this weekend, the Big Bend Summer Finale on July 10-13 with 15u and 16u teams and July 24-27 for 16u and 18u teams.
Arredondo said the Dune City Dust Up is shaping up to be a very large tournament with 66 teams slated to participate. Games are set to start at 8 a.m. and will be spread across the Basin, with some being held at Warden and Othello high schools for 9-14u age groups.
“I wanted to bring baseball back to Moses Lake,” said Arredondo. “There were a ton of tournaments being run in Moses Lake about a decade ago, and then it slowed down, so I’m just glad that the city is giving us the opportunity to hold these big tournaments again and get everybody out to Moses Lake.”
Central Washington Sixers 11u pitcher Maverick Meseberg pitches from the mound in their tournament this past weekend. Since joining Top Tier Sports in November, Sixers’ director Trey Evans said that the team has been able to invest more in each individual player.
The Central Washington Sixers 9u team became tournament champions this past weekend after going 4-0. Top Tier Sports has brought together teams from both sides of the state for tournament play.
The 11u team with the Central Washington Sixers in the dugout for the Father’s Day tournament over the weekend. The Sixers will have their 18u team participating in the Big Bend Summer Classic this weekend and multiple teams in the Dune City Dust up next weekend.
Cooper Vasquez pitches with the 14u River Dogs last summer. The River Dogs’ 12u team will be one of the 66 teams participating in the Dune City Dust Up June 28-29.
A pitcher for the 11u Moses Lake All-Stars last season. They will have multiple teams participating in the Dune City Dust Up June 28-29.ARTICLES BY CALEB PEREZ
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