Ohio bested a field of 30 teams — 11 in the Masters Division and 19 in the Open Division — which included all of the top 10-ranked East Coast teams according to the PoliceSoftball.com poll.

From winning the coin flip, Ohio did not look back, maximizing its six home run limit at key points in both games.

“Our team is good at timing our hits,” said Ohio third baseman and defensive player of the tournament Troy Keegan. “In the later part of the game, (Minnesota) had used up all their home runs by the fourth inning and had to change up their swing. They had to lighten up and got under a lot of balls.”

Keegan, a nine-year player, was confident that his team could overcome their second-round loss to Minnesota on Saturday.

“I believed we had it won in about the fourth or fifth inning of the first game,” Keegan said. “I know this team and I knew we were on a roll. We played our hearts out.”

Ohio left-fielder Higinio Rivera took home tournament most valuable player honors while four members of both Ohio and Minnesota were chosen for the All-tournament team.

Minnesota player/coach Dan “Chewy” Schewerman, a 21-year veteran who helped the team to four national championships since 1999, credited the drive of the Ohio squad.

“They showed great heart. They came back to play a six-game day and had a great day,” Schewerman said. “It’s softball, everybody has their day and today was their day. We fell short, no discredit to them.”

“We felt confident (after Game 1). We felt strong. It’s always good to get that first one under your belt.”

When asked his thoughts on the tournament, Frank Navarre said, "This year was one of the strongest fields we have ever had. We will continue our new format of completing the Masters Division prior to the start of the Open Division. This format allows a lot of teams and players to participate in both divisions. Also I am wondering why no of the west coast teams participate in this tournament. Two years ago we made a difficult decision to open the tournament to teams that had Corrections Officers. This was done to accommodated a lot of the west coast teams, however we have not had one west coast tem participate. I would like to see more west coast teams and teams in general come to Dayton. I may be biased, however, this is still the premier Law Enforcement Tournament in the country. Great softball, Good Friends and No TIME LIMITS".

When asked to comment, Matt Woolf said he would like to give extra big thanks to Frankie, Terry, Mark Scott, Kevin Kavanaugh, Jeff and Tracy Clitch and the Roher boys for the work they put in to get the fields ready after the rain. I was there and it was WORK!!!! Not like police work, actual WORK. It SUCKED!!! We didn't have the amount of help we usually do and it still got it done.

OHIO LAWMEN MVP/ALL TOURNEY (If we receive info from other teams we will add it)

Tourney MVP was Higinio Rivera
Defensive MVP was Troy Keegan

All-tournament for Ohio Lawmen
Dusty Bowling
Butch Castor
Josh Ulrey
Craig Singleton