Yazoo 7-year-olds bring home DYB state title for the first time since 1967

The Yazoo City 7-year-olds celebrate capturing the state Dixie Youth Baseball title Tuesday with an 11-1 victory over Kosciusko. Picture are Connor Counts, A.J. Saxton, Tyler Johnson, Connor Stevens, Ashton Saxton, Greyson Winstead, Wil Saxton, Jon Riley Poe, Mills Paul, Landon Lowery, J.B. Middleton, and coaches, Bobby Stevens, Brian Saxton, Eric Poe, Byron Middleton and Joey Saxton. Special to The HeraldBy JASON PATTERSON
Editor & Publisher

For the first time since 1967, the Dixie Youth State Championship trophy is back in Yazoo City.
Yazoo cruised to an 11-1 victory over Kosciusko Tuesday night to cap off a season that will forever be remembered by local baseball fans.
“I don’t know if they’re old enough yet to realize what they’ve accomplished,” coach Eric Poe said. “This is something that they’ll look back on years later and realize what they’ve done.”
Eric Poe knows from experience. It was 20 years ago that he helped Yazoo City capture a state title in the Babe Ruth League. This week he got to watch his twin sons, Parks and Jon Riley, experience the same thrill at an even younger age.
“It meant a lot to me,” Eric Poe said.
His sons agreed.