The Metropolitan Junior Baseball League celebrated its 60th anniversary with the 18th annual MJBL East-West All-Star Game during the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.

The tournament honored King’s legacy by bringing youth together for an all-star baseball competition in the Bahamas, using it as a platform to reflect on his key speeches, including his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech and final “Mountaintop” address in 1968. 

MJBL Executive Director William Forrester Jr. said the event provided an excellent opportunity to reflect on King’s accomplishments by engaging youth in athletic competition. 

The West All-Stars, featuring players from the Freedom Farm Baseball Club, dominated the East All-Stars in the 12U division, winning all three games with scores of 20-2, 14-1 and 21-1. Carmele Wallace, out of Noble Preparatory School in Nassau, was named 12U MVP with a .857 batting average, eight RBIs, six hits, three home runs and the highest on-base plus slugging percentages. 

In the 15U bracket, the West won three competitive games with scores of 6-3, 10-8 and 4-2. MVP Liam Eneas from St. Andrew’s High School in Nassau recorded an impressive 0.00 ERA across 10 strikeouts, allowing only one hit. 

The East All-Stars won the 18U bracket after losing the first game 6-5, bouncing back to win the second game 7-2 and claiming the championship based on run differential after the third game. Parker Daniels of Cornerstone Charter Academy in Greensboro, North Carolina, was named MVP with a .500 batting average, four RBIs and an on-base plus slugging percentage of 1.100.