GALLERY: Summer baseball highlights
MIKE MAYNARD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 month, 2 weeks AGO
A player for the Moses Lake All-Stars 9u team eyes the catcher ahead of his next pitch on Saturday.
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An infielder for the Moses Lake All-Stars 11u team fields a ground ball before turning to throw it to his teammate at first base.
Ryder Uebelacker (2) and Maverick Meseberg (27) bolt for home plate after Mack Cedergreen hit a double on Saturday.
A Moses Lake All-Star 11u player steps up to home plate to bat.
Moses Lake All-Stars 9u pitcher tags out his opponent at home plate.
After hitting a double for the Central Washington Sixers 12u team, Mack Cedergreen (24) celebrates with the dugout from second base.
A first baseman for the Moses Lake All-Stars 9u squad gets set on defense.
Grey Spurbeck (37) and Mack Cedergreen (24) meet at the mound before the Central Washington Sixers 12u team takes the field.
MOSES LAKE — The Dune City Dust-Up took over Moses Lake over the weekend. The bullpen series event not only brought several local Basin teams to town, but teams from all over Eastern Washington competed, as well. See below some highlights from the weekend of competition. Full results of the tournament will be covered in a later edition of the Columbia Basin Herald.
An infielder for the Moses Lake All-Stars 11u team fields a ground ball before turning to throw it to his teammate at first base.
Ryder Uebelacker (2) and Maverick Meseberg (27) bolt for home plate after Mack Cedergreen hit a double on Saturday.
A Moses Lake All-Star 11u player steps up to home plate to bat.
Moses Lake All-Stars 9u pitcher tags out his opponent at home plate.
After hitting a double for the Central Washington Sixers 12u team, Mack Cedergreen (24) celebrates with the dugout from second base.
A first baseman for the Moses Lake All-Stars 9u squad gets set on defense.
Grey Spurbeck (37) and Mack Cedergreen (24) meet at the mound before the Central Washington Sixers 12u team takes the field.ARTICLES BY MIKE MAYNARD
From Maverick to Warrior
Paige Richardson rises to first year challenges
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MLCA athletics enters new era under Todd Gregory
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Moses Lake Roundup returns to Grant County Fair
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