Alma-Bacon wins state tournament in Dodge

By Russ Ragan
The first ever little league state tournament kicked off Thursday at the Eastman-Dodge Recreation Department as the 7-8 year old girls tournament invaded Eastman.
Macy Pruett kicked things off with the National Anthem just before the 5:00 p.m. games.
Dodge opened up play with a tough draw against a tough Wilcox County team. Dodge trailed 4-1 in the bottom of the third before starting a comeback. Linzy Bowen, Aniyah Black and Madison Hardy scored runs to tie the game at 4-4. The game was still tied at 4-4 when a weather delay slowed things down for better than an hour. Dodge would take their first lead as Rhesa Dopson and Aniya Black scored to give Dodge a 6-4 lead. Dodge would tally with four runs in the sixth for an 8-6 lead. Dodge would score a run in the bottom of the inning, but fall just short for the 8-7 final.