Tournament winners

The Memorial Hooks 9U baseball team recently had an unforgettable weekend when they claimed victory at Baseball USA. The team won the 2025 Perfect Game Tournament, bringing home some new hardware and big smiles for their victory. Pictured (front row, from left) are players and Rummel Creek Elementary School students, including Gaines Bradshaw, Hunter Nguyen, Jack Frost, Lucas Castilla, Holden Nguyen, Wallace “Wally” Thompson, Jaxon Jurkash, Zach Rice, Owen Stolpman, Will Alleman, and Parker O'Connor; not pictured are Jackson Jaggers, Phillip Gillespie, and Hudson Hicks. The team’s coaches are (pictured, back row, from left) John Thompson, Aaron Rice, and Joey Jurkash. 

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