By By Adam Robinson – sports editor
Coming into Monday night's game against Monroe County in Evergreen, the 13-year-old Brewton All Stars knew the task in front of them.
They had to beat a Monroe County team that had previously beaten them 15-13 twice to win the district.
Well, consider that task complete as the Brewton team worked their way out of the losers bracket to defeat Monroe County 7-4 in game one and 10-7 in game two to claim the 13-year-old Babe Ruth district championship Monday night.
Not only did Brewton have to work their way out of the losers bracket, they had to endure two rainouts and play two consecutive doubleheader games to claim the championship.
Brewton defeated Evergreen 22-1 to open the tournament Thursday night before having Friday's games moved to Saturday due to rain.
On Saturday, Brewton fell to Monroe County 15-13 to fall into the losers bracket and then defeated Atmore 7-3 to set up a rematch against Monroe County on Sunday.
After trying to wait out the rain on Sunday, games were canceled due to more rain. Brewton then returned back to Evergreen and beat Monroe County 7-4 in game one to set up a second game for the championship.
In game two, the Brewton team built a big lead only to see Monroe County cut the lead to one run. The Brewton team fought back and took the win and the championship late into the night.
With the two wins over Monroe County, Brewton now advances to the state level of competition in Andalusia on July 19 at 1 p.m.
Game one: Brewton 7,
Monroe County 4
In game one against Monroe County on Monday, Brewton grabbed an early 4-0 lead after one inning of play and then made it a 6-0 lead after two and a 7-0 lead after three innings as they held on to beat Monroe County 7-4 in game one to force a game two for the championship.
After a quick first out that was carried over from the first rained out game, Brewton got two consecutive singles from Jeremy Myers and Hunter Mullins.
Wes Maddox followed and reached base on an error before Tyler Dehoff and William Whittle both singled to give Brewton an early 4-0 lead.
In the top of the second inning, Ryan Hunt led the inning off with a triple and Myers was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and third with no outs.
Mullins then singled to score Hunt and Myers to give Brewton a 6-0 lead.
In the top of the third inning, Brewton scored its final run of the game with Cody Smith scoring to give Brewton a 7-0 lead after three innings of play.
Monroe County added a run in the bottom of the fourth inning and two in the bottom of the fifth to cut the lead to 7-3 and then added a later run in the sixth inning to cut the lead to 7-4, but Brewton was able to hang on for the three run win.
Wes Maddox got the start on the mound and the win for Brewton.
Maddox went 3 2/3 innings and allowed one run and no hits while striking out one and walking eight.
Tyler Dehoff relieved Maddox and earned the save going 3 1/3 innings and allowing three runs on three hits and striking out three.
Offensively for Brewton, Dehoff was 3-for-4 with three singles and Hunter Mullins was 2-for-4 with an RBI. William Whittle also went 2-for-4 with two singles.
Ryan Hunt was 1-for-4 with a triple followed by Myers, Cody Smith, and Dalton Evans who were all 1-for-4.
Game two: Brewton 10, Monroe County 7
After winning game one and forcing a game two for the championship, Brewton went from cruising with an 8-3 lead after five innings of play to only an 8-7 after the top of the sixth inning.
Brewton added two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take a 10-7 lead into the top of the seventh needing only three outs for the win.
After two quick outs in the inning, Monroe County put runners on first and third and had the tying run at the plate before getting a grounder and a nice catch at first base by Wes Maddox to seal the 10-7 win.
Sam Smith took the win on the mound for the Brewton All Stars as Jeremy Myers and Tyler Dehoff pitched in relief and helped close out the game for the championship.
In the game, after Monroe County took an early 1-0 lead, Ryan Hunt got the Brewton bats going with a leadoff double before scoring on a Hunter Mullins fly out to tie the game at 1-1.
Brewton added five runs in the second inning when William Whittle lead the inning off by getting hit by a pitch and Sam Smith doubled to score Whittle.
Cam Blackman then reached on an error and Hunt, Jeremy Myers and Mullins all followed with a walk and Brewton claimed a 6-1 lead.
After getting a run a piece in the third and fourth to claim an 8-3 lead, the Monroe County bats came to life and cut the lead to one.
But in the bottom of the sixth inning, two quick walks by Monroe County put Brewton runners on base and Wes Maddox and Cody Smith singled to give Brewton a three run cushion en route to the win.
Monroe County 15,
Brewton 13 Saturday
In the winners bracket game on Saturday, Brewton and Monroe County met for the first time with Monroe County claiming a 15-13 win to put Brewton into the losers bracket.
Monroe County took an early 1-0 lead after one inning of play before Brewton scored five runs in the bottom of the second inning to claim a 5-1 lead.
Monroe County later scored five runs in the top of the third inning to take a 6-5 lead before Brewton tied the game at 6-6 after three innings.
In the top of the fourth inning, Monroe County took a 9-6 lead before Brewton scored five runs to take an 11-9 lead.
Monroe County later scored four runs in the top of the sixth to take a 13-11 lead and scored two in the top of the seventh to claim a 15-11 lead.
Brewton scored two in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 15-13, but the rally ended with Monroe County claiming the 15-13 win in the back-and-forth game.
Ryan Hunt, Hunter Mullins, and Tyler Dehoff all pitched in the loss for Brewton.
Offensively, Dalton Evans went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to lead the Brewton All Stars. Hunter Mullins was 2-for-3 and William Whittle was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.
Hunt went 2-for-5 with two RBIs in the loss.
Brewton 7, Atmore 3
After falling 15-13 to Monroe County and dropping into the loser's bracket of the tournament, the Brewton team defeated Atmore 7-3.
Jeremy Myers went the complete game seven innings on the mound for Brewton to claim the win. Myers allowed four hits and had seven strikeouts in the win.
Myers also led at the plate with a 3-for-4 day. Hunt, Dehoff, Whittle, Evans, and Cam Blackman all had hits in the win as Hunter Mullins went 1-for-4 with three RBIs in the win.