Rain Washes Away Finals of St. Louis 18U Baseball Championship
Area players such as Matt Seevers and Nolan Komnick from Marquette are among those from St. Charles County, West County and South County to play in this elite baseball tournament.
ST. CHARLES—With one eye on the Doppler Radar, and the other on the playing surface at Lindenwood University’s Lou Brock Sports Complex, Diamond Sports Promotions’ St. Louis 18U Championship Tournament director Jim Brownlee waited as long as he could Sunday afternoon before he finally made a decision. After nearly an hour of waiting, Brownlee, the former Illinois State University head baseball coach, knew what he had to do. “That’s it,” he said. “Field’s too wet. We’re going to have to call it.” And with that, one of the biggest and best summer baseball tournaments to annually come through St. Louis was over, and a champion would have to be declared without even playing the championship game. “I wish we didn’t have to do this,” Brownlee …
