Six teams participated in the VEISHEA co-ed slowpitch softball tournament Saturday, with some players breaking out a pair of long socks from their days on the diamond in high school.

In the championship game, Scared Hitless trounced Rambo, 11-1, scoring 10 of its runs in the first two innings.

“We played some pretty good defense,” said Jake Moline, team captain of Scared Hitless. “We were a little rusty early on in the day but we got smoother as the day went along.”

Moline, junior in agricultural business, batted in two runs with a triple at the bottom of the first inning to notch the score at 6-0 before Rambo was back up to bat.

Clint Luellen, senior in agricultural systems technology, had a solid performance on the mound while driving in three runs with a single and a triple for Scared Hitless in the championship game.

“Our pitcher, Clint Luellen, did a fantastic job. Correct me if I’m wrong, I think it might have been a no-hitter,” Moline said. “There were quite a few errors out there.”

Leading up to the championship game, both Scared Hitless and Rambo went undefeated in each of their preliminary games to earn them a bye in the first round.

In the second round, Rambo pounded Duck Duck Moose, 10-2, as Tom Maert and Alex Fullenkamp drove in multiple runs.

“I just kind of try to drive the ball to the outfield,” said Fullenkamp, junior in mechanical engineering, who hit two home runs for Rambo. “You know, keep it low so they can’t catch the pop-fly or whatever, and then after that basically just run.”

In the first round, Chicks ‘n’ Sticks scored a walk-off run in the bottom of the fifth inning to defeat McLean’s Rodeo, 5-4.

“We just got a couple lucky hits and stuff and just played some pretty good team defense as a whole,” said Matt McCoy, who scored the game-winning run after hitting a double with no outs to get into scoring position.

Chicks ‘n’ Sticks moved on to an 8-2 loss to the eventual champions Scared Hitless, which outscored its two opponents, 19-3, in tournament play.

“We all come from small towns, we breed strong men,” Moline said. “You know what they say: sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.”