The Washington Warrior baseball team pulled off an incredible feat Saturday when they defeated Marlow 10-5 in the State finals to claim their fourth-straight Class 3A Championship.

The Warriors’ road to the gold ball was treacherous, with the state’s top three teams in Class 3A standing in the way.

“It was an unbelievable tournament,” said head coach Brad Lucas. “We got hot at the right time and played hard and played for each other. It was such a gratifying year.”

Lone Grove

Washington beat Lone Grove 5-0 in the first game of the State tournament.

Owen Andrews got the nod to start on the bump and went the distance in the seven-inning contest.

He struck out two batters and only allowed three hits with no walks to the Longhorn offense.

“Owen dominated a really good team,” Lucas said.

The Warriors scored two runs in the third inning to kick off the scoring.

Jackson Rico’s single scored Kinser Scott. Later in the inning LD Vinzant scored Liam Keltner on a sacrifice bunt.

The Warriors added three more runs in the top of the fourth inning.

Rico ended the game 3-4 with three RBIs.

Silo

Rico stayed clutch in the Warriors’ 3-2 nail-biter win over Silo when his walk-off sacrifice fly in the seventh inning scored Keltner to send Washington to the championship game.

Rico hit over .500 in the State tournament.

Keltner had tripled in the at-bat before to set up the Warriors with a scoring opportunity.

He went 3-4 in the game.

Silo scored the first run when they pushed one over in the second inning.

Washington answered in the third, before scoring another in the fifth.

Silo tied the game in the seventh before Washington sealed the game in the bottom half of the inning.

The starting pitcher was Spencer Barton and he struck out four batters over 6-2/3 innings.

“Spencer kept Silo way off balance,” Lucas said. “And we played really good defense behind him.”

Keltner slammed the door in relief against the final batter, inducing a ground out.

Marlow

Washington squared off with the No. 1 ranked Outlaws at Bricktown Ballpark in the championship game on Saturday and won, 10-5, to walk away with their fourth-straight title.

The Warriors opened the scoring with a four-run second inning.

Marlow scored one run in the next inning before an hour weather delay shut things down.

“I knew they’d come out and treat it like the game was just beginning,” Lucas said.

Marlow would score three runs in the fourth to tie the game.

Washington answered in the sixth inning with four runs and tacked on two more in the seventh.

“We had a good two-out rally,” Lucas said.

Marlow’s lone run in the bottom of the seventh was not enough for a rally.

Andrews doubled and was 2-4 with a walk and three RBIs.

Jackson Mays went 2-4 with a walk and two RBIs.

Keltner walked twice and scored two runs.

Rico got the start on the mound, going 3-2/3 innings before Keltner finished the final 3-1/3 innings.

“Our hashtag was #TPW for Tough People Win,” Lucas said. “Our Bible verse to go along with that was James 1:12. If you look at that last game you can see the connection to all of it.

“This was maybe the toughest and most resilient team I’ve ever coached. They never let a moment get too big for them.”

Notes

The Warriors will lose two seniors off the team, Koen Scarborough and Mayson Thomas.

“Our seniors were such good leaders this year,” Lucas said. “They took on the role and did an amazing job.”

Washington finished the season with a 27-10 record.