PHOTO PROVIDED Shown is West End's 14-year-old Babe Ruth all-star team which is competing in the Pennsylvania state tournament, which began Sunday. In the front row are, from left, Mason Hess, LJ Hill, Cade Lusk, Jaxson March, Nolan Brelsford. In the back row are, from left, coach Shane Miller, manager Marc Hess, Noah Kirby, Trey Damschroder, Zion Hughes, Jaymes Carpenter, Nate Crowe, Chayse Snyder, Zach Neill, Lincoln Miller, coach Fred March and coach Chris Lusk. Deshaun White is not pictured.

West End’s 14-year-old Babe Ruth all-star team won their first game of the Pennsylvania state tournament’s pool play against Oxford, 10-0, on Saturday afternoon at Logue Field. West End plays Lackawanna on Sunday at 7 p.m. for the second game of pool play competition.

The single-elimination portion begins on Monday with four games being played and the championship is scheduled for Tuesday at noon.

Nate Crowe threw 4 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball, striking out eight batters before Zion Hughes came in and closed out the final two-thirds as the duo combined on a no-hitter.

Jaxson march and Mason Hess both collected big RBIs for West End in the game.

After a scoreless first inning, West End broke the game open with a big five-run second inning before then adding two runs in the third for a fast 7-0 lead. West End then scored three in the bottom of the fourth to go ahead by 10.

West End had just four hits in the game, and capitalized off Oxford’s five errors.

Trey Damschroder, Hess and Hughes all had singles and March had the game’s lone extra-base hit with a double.

West End 10, Oxford 0

(5 INNINGS)

Oxford 000 00 – 0 0 5

West End 052 3x – 10 4 0

N. Crowe, Z. Hughes (5) and L. Miller. W: Crowe.

Top West End hitters: J. March 1-2, 2B, 2 RBIs, run; L. Miller RBI, run; Z. Hughes 1-1, 2 BB, run; M. Hess 1-1, RBI; Z. Neil RBI, run; L. Hill 2 runs; T. Damschroder 1-3, RBI, run.