ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, July 9, 1993                   TAG: 9307090232
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: PULASKI                                LENGTH: Short


DIXIE YOUTH TOURNEYS BEGIN THIS WEEKEND

Three Southwestern District Dixie Youth baseball tournaments begin play this weekend at two sites in Pulaski.

The Dixie Majors (ages 15-18) begins play tonight at 7 at Calfee Park as Christiansburg meets Montgomery County. Other first-round games are Montgomery County vs. Pulaski County/Town on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. and Christiansburg vs. Pulaski Sunday at 6 p.m.

The first championship game will be Monday at 8:30 p.m. If two teams are still alive in the double-elimination tournament after that contest, the "if-needed" game will be Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 p.m.

The tournament winner goes on to the state tournament, July 23-28 in Buckingham.

The Dixie Pre-Majors (ages 15-16) is also at Calfee Park. It starts Saturday as Pulaski County/Town plays Radford at noon. Also on Saturday, Christiansburg plays Floyd County at 2:30 p.m. and Carroll County and Wythe County meet at 5 p.m.

The first championship game will be Wednesday at 6 p.m., with the second championship game, if needed, following at 8:30 p.m.m. The winner goes on to the state tournament, July 23-28 in Rocky Mount.

The Dixie Boys (ages 13-14) will play on two fields at Loving Field. Saturday morning at 10, Pulaski County plays Galax and Radford takes on Wythe County. Then at noon, Grayson County meets Carroll County, while Pulaski County/Town takes on Floyd County.

The first championship game will be Wednesday at 6 p.m., with the second championship game, if needed, following at 8:30 p.m. The winner goes on to the state tournament, July 23-28 in Appomattox.



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