It’s the bottom of the ninth as far as preparations go for the Dizzy Dean 8-year-old Invitational Tournament, which is coming to Rossville Friday, July 5.
Local teams will compete in the tournament alongside teams from Cherokee, Canton, Bartow, Jackson and Jefferson counties.
The tournament begins at 6 p.m. with two games at the ball park in Rossville at 200 Ellis Road. Play continues the next day beginning at 9 a.m.; games will be played all day Saturday and Sunday before the tournament wraps up Monday or Tuesday, depending on weather conditions.
“We will have 25 to 30 teams participating from across the state of Georgia,” said Rossville Recreation Director/Dizzy Dean Georgia State Director Carthell Rogers. “We bid on the tournament and won the bid. We should have approximately 420 baseball players and probably 175 coaches and 840 parents plus siblings, so at least 1,435 people are expected to attend.”
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