In the hard fought “Battle in West Seattle," at Lincoln Park on June 16, the Bronco Yankee baseball team captured the Southwest Seattle Pony Baseball 2009 Bronco championship in a hard fought battle with the Bronco White Sox team.

Fighting back from a 9-2 deficit, the “Boys in Pin Stripes” went on to win the championship game 12-11 in the bottom of the seventh inning. The win topped off a stellar 20-2 season, which includes a POD and playoff 5-0 record.

The Yankee team, made up of Ben Wexler, Kevin Stordahl, Jordan Sagmoen, Carter Mensing, Trent Moury, Julius Chu-Eneliko, Marco Calderon, Jack Price, Jake George, Thomas Lange, Max Loorem, and Bryan Karl, celebrated after receiving the tournament championship trophies from league president Paul Leonardo.

Thanks to reader Stu Wexler for sending in this story.