There wasn't much the Arlington Storm 10-Black didn't accomplish in winning the state Babe Ruth baseball tournament championship.

Playing all of their games at the tourney site in Winchester, the team was quite thorough in all aspects of the game in the 14-team event. They finished with a 5-1 overall record, including a 4-1 comeback victory over a traditionally high-scoring Glen Allen team in the title game. Glen Allen finished 4-1 and scored 45 runs combined in its first four games.

Arlington opened play with a 14-0 no-hitter victory over Gloucester. The Storm Black also allowed few runs in their other victories, as they consistently hit well, had many extra-base hits, played strong defense with few errors and had stingy pitching with limited walks and many strikeouts.

The wins also included an extra-inning 5-2 victory over Manassas with the help of Liam Aughavin's eighth-inning two-run inside-the-park home run. Tournament most valuable player Grayson Sinder also had an RBI hit in the eighth.

Arlington's other wins were over Peachtree by 14-2 and 4-1 scores. The one loss was to Peachtree, 5-3, when the Storm Black had their one difficult defensive game.

"This team showed a lot of grit and put together all three aspects of the game consistently," Storm manager Billy Hollister said. "They were a resilient bunch, strong willed and hyper competitive. In that loss we had some untimely errors, but we responded after that loss turned to an extra gear and bounced right back. It was a total team effort."

Arlington won two straight games after that loss to win the state crown.

In the state final, Glen Allen took an early 1-0 lead with an unearned run in the second inning. Arlington responded with three runs in the bottom of the inning to move ahead for good at 3-1. Brody Palmer had a two-run double in that frame and Alex Pollack singled.

In the fourth, Preston Busby singled and scored on an error and William Hollister had a hit. Sinder hurled a 76-pitch complete-game three-hitter with three strikeouts to go 2-0 in the tourney. He fanned the game's final hitter with two runners on base. Sinder allowed only one hit over the final four innings.

"Grayson has really developed on the mound. He was awesome and a horse for us," Hollister said. With the bat, he hit .400 in the six games.

Palmer, A.J. Peters, knuckleballer Maniai Saruultugs and Franco Rizzolo also were winning pitchers in the tournament for the Storm Black. Rizzolo threw a five-inning no-hitter with six strikeouts against Gloucester. Preston Busby had a couple of saves.

Peters had two hits and four RBI against Gloucester. Aughavin had three hits in that game.

"This team never quits," Billye Hollister said. "Teams have to get all 18 outs against the Storm Black. We compete hard and play pitch to pitch and play to play."

Jack Guthrie, William Hill and Hunter Pratt were other contributing players for the Storm Black. Kevin Aughavin, Jason Busby and Aaron Peters are the coaches.

By winning the state, Arlington advances to the Southeast Region tournament starting July 15 in Varina, VA. near Richmond.

Track the ABR summer teams here.