The Junction City Brigade hosted a get-together Sunday evening at Rathert Field to celebrate the baseball team’s Mid Plains League championship. It was an opportunity to say thank you to Coach Derek Francis, players and team officials for another good season.

For the second consecutive year and the fourth time in six years the Brigade captured the Cowdin Cup trophy that goes to the league champion. Junction City clinched the title Saturday evening in Belton, Missouri with a 5-2 win over the Midwest A’s in the second game of their best two out of three series, The Brigade also won the first game 5-1 Friday evening in Junction City.

Coach Derek Francis told the audience Sunday evening that this Brigade team never lost two games in a row all season. They finished with a final record of 28-6.