Gordons pitcher Andrew Fessler watches a high infield fly hit the ground as Esteban runs safely to first base.

San Jac’s Reggie Wilson watches a hit fall into right field.

Grant Massey of Gordon fans on a pitch.

Aaron Mizell of Gordon makes a catch in left field.

Analisa Swank concentrates on the game and her rainbow ice.

Three fans in the first base stands sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”  during the seventh inning stretch.

The San Jac gater gives an autograph to four-year-old Oliver Ferguson.

The moon put on a show outshining the lights in right field.

San Jac starting pitcher Daniel Stumpf.

Galli Cribbs of San Jac tries to complete a double play.

The moon shines above an American flag over the right field stands.

Gordon’s Christian Davila strikes out

Brandon Tierney of Iowa Western shows an autograph seeker where he is located in a team picture.

Tanner Krietemeier of Iowa Wetern hits a grand slam in the first and pitched a shutout.

Front and center as you walk into the Lincoln Park Sports Complex is Casey at the bat, a 7-foot bronze statue of the legendary slugger of baseball poetry, standing on a concrete base. Casey was purchased by the JUCO Committee in 1989 and stood near the old first-base seats.

San Jac lines up for the national anthem before the start of game 10.

Taking it in: From left, Iowa Western players Michael Hoppes, AJ Gaura, Levi Meyer and John Mulgrue look at the JUCO memorabilia before Friday’s banquet at Two Rivers Convention Center.

Photo by Gretel Daugherty—A group of young baseball hopefuls watch Dominic Milo and his fellow Grayson County (Texas) College teammates teach them about having point of focus when the pitcher throws during Thursday’s JUCO kids clinic at Supizio Field.