Bozeman sweeps 10U and 12U tournaments over the weekend

Despite inclement weather over the weekend, the best youth baseball teams in the state were able to play in and complete the 10U and 12U baseball tournaments. At the end of the weekend, the Bozeman teams won both the 10U and the 12U championships.

Both tournaments started on Thursday. The 10U tournament got started with Havre winning, 15-14, against Glasgow. Bozeman got its championship run started with a 14-2 win over Miles City. The day ended with Belgrade winning, 6-3, against Big Muddy.

The 10U tournament continued on Friday. In an elimination game, Big Muddy defeated Miles City, 9-4, to stay alive in the tournament. In the championship bracket, Gallatin Valley pulled out an 11-10 win over Havre. Bozeman continued its strong start to the tournament with a 10-0 win over Belgrade.

A couple more elimination games took place on Friday. Big Muddy won its second elimination game in a row with a 9-8 win over Havre. Belgrade rebounded from its loss with a 14-1 win over Glasgow.

The 10U tournament resumed on Saturday. The day got started with Bozeman winning, 11-3, over Gallatin Valley to advance to the tournament's championship game. In the elimination bracket, Belgrade won back-to-back games against Big Muddy and Gallatin Valley to stay alive for Sunday's title game.

Belgrade continued its strong play on Sunday with a win over Bozeman to force a winner-take-all game for the championship later that day. In the title game, the teams went back and forth but Bozeman held on for the 14-12 win to secure the championship.

The 12U tournament also began on Thursday. To start the tournament, Livingston won, 8-5, against Havre, and Bozeman won, 15-0, against Big Muddy. Later in the day, Miles City defeated Gallatin Valley, 7-1, and Belgrade won, 11-5, against Glasgow.

Friday's slate got started with a pair of elimination games. Big Muddy stayed alive with a 12-2 win over Havre while Gallatin Valley won, 11-1, against Glasgow. Then, in the winner's bracket, Bozeman won, 10-0, against Livingston, and Belgrade won, 10-3, against Miles City. In another pair of elimination games on Friday, Big Muddy won, 8-2, against Miles City and Gallatin Valley won, 7-6, against Livingston.

Saturday started with another elimination game that saw Gallatin Valley win, 10-0, against Big Muddy. Later that day, Bozeman won, 6-1, over Belgrade to advance to Sunday's championship game. But Belgrade rebounded in the elimination game to defeat Gallatin Valley by a score of 13-3. The 12U tournament culminated on Sunday afternoon with Bozeman winning, 10-0, against Belgrade to win the championship.