Lunenburg Minors’ outstanding all-star run comes to end

Published 12:20 pm Wednesday, July 17, 2019

The Lunenburg County Youth Baseball League (LCYBL) Minors all-star team fell 8-3 to the Rustburg All-Stars on Tuesday evening during the 2019 Dixie Youth Baseball Minor League State Tournament in Bedford County, bringing the Lunenburg boys’ stellar summer run to a conclusion.

They jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning, but Rustburg came back over the course of the game and held an 8-2 advantage in the sixth and final inning.

The LCYBL Minors All-Stars finished the summer with an overall record of 6-3, having won the District 5 tournament and gone 2-2 in the state tourney.

For more on Tuesday’s game and the team overall, see next week’s edition of The Dispatch.