By MICKEY ALVARADO

After rains died down and strong winds subsided on Thursday, July 10, the Tecumseh Area Little League's (TALL) Major Girls softball team stirred up a storm of its own and won this years District 16 title at Clinton's Tate Park.

The group of girls won the 11-year-old division state championship last year at home in Raisin Township, and after beating Clinton 13-0 in the District 16 final they look to possibly pick up another.

TALL’s Major Girls easily rolled through the district games, giving up only one point the entire tournament. The Majors defeated Clinton 13-0 to start the tournament and pounded Adrian 19-1 to follow. The girls then secured the title with another dominating win against Clinton in the final. The Tecumseh girls avoided a double elimination championship contest by beating Clinton 13-0 in the final.

Tecumseh advanced to the state tournament in Mattawan and was scheduled to play on Wednesday.

TALL also had its 12-year-old Major Boys team win the District 16 title. The boys will advance to the state tournament in Bay City.

As the host of the District 16 Major Girl's Tournament, Clinton's Little League did an outstanding job of preparing the ball field after a heavy downpour soaked the ground only a half an hour before the game was to start.

Field conditions didn't factor into the contest after it started with Clinton able to keep its footing and shut down Tecumseh's first offensive attack. Tecumseh displayed its power as soon as the game started and attempted to score a run but was thrown out at home plate to end the top of the first inning.

Kayla Kormos pitched the shortened four-inning contest for Tecumseh. After Tecumseh’s offense was sat down in the first, Kormos stepped to the circle and struck out the first two batters. A throw from shortstop to first base closed the three-up three-down inning.

When Tecumseh went to bat in the second inning it was all but over for Clinton. Tecumseh scored five runs in the second inning and kept Clinton off the board when it went to bat. Tecumseh then scored the rest of its eight runs in the top of the third and needed only to keep Clinton down by at least 10 runs before the end of the fourth inning to record the mercy ruled victory in the district final.

The team is coached by Tom Forest and Mark Rowe.