CDO's Anthony Felix (1) stretches to apply the tag on runner Tucson's Orlando Romero (23), but Romero would be called safe during the second inning of the state Division II baseball championship game between Canyon del Oro and Tucson High on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at Tempe Diablo Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. Canyon del Oro won the championship 3-1 over Tucson. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star

Local umps called for all-Tucson championshipΒ 

The umpiring crew that worked the CDO-Tucson Division II state championship game was an all-Tucson group.Β Bob MurrietaΒ was working his sixth state title game; he is retired from the cement business.Β John Anderson, a pastor at East Tucson Baptist Church, worked home plate.Β Buddy Romano, who spent 30 years in the Air Force, worked his second state title game.


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