By John RittenhouseA rain-shortened championship game left First Farmers & Merchants Bank holding the championship trophy of the Luverne Community Education’s Major League Baseball Tournament Wednesday, July 21.First Farmers & Merchants Bank completed its two-game run through the tournament by defeating Latham Insurance 9-4 in a game that was ruled complete with Latham’s batting in the bottom half of the third inning.Like all major league games (consisting of players in the fifth and sixth grades), the championship tilt was scheduled to last six innings.The plan changed when a summer rainstorm rolled through the area, forcing a delay that led to the game being called complete before three full innings were completed.Based on play this summer, First Farmers & Merchants Bank posted a mild surprise by winning the tournament.The eventual champions, the tournament’s second seed, defeated No. 3 Hardwick State Bank in the first round of the four-team event.The win sent First Farmers & Merchants State Bank into the July 21 title tilt against No. 1 Latham Insurance, which defeated No. 4 McClure Electric-Plumbing in the first round.Prior to First Farmers & Merchants Bank’s rain-shortened win over Latham Insurance in the championship game, Hardwick State Bank defeated McClure Electric-Plumbing in the third-place game.