Brewton Babe Ruth’s 15-year-old all-star team will begin their state tournament games Saturday in Andalusia.
Brewton will be one of 11 teams in the state tournament. The 11 teams will be divided into three pools—pool A, pool A, and pool C—with Brewton being in pool A with Opp and Tallassee.
In pool B will be Childersburg, Mims Green, Covington County and Millbrook. Pool C will have Mims White, Monroeville, Talladega and Elba. Games will be played at the baseball fields at LBW and Andalusia High School.
Brewton will begin their tournament play Saturday at 4 p.m. against Opp at LBW. Brewton will resume play in the tournament at 4 p.m. Sunday when they take on Tallassee at Andalusia.
The single elimination part of the tournament will begin Monday at 10 a.m. with all games being played at LBW. The No. 1 seed from pool’s A, B and C will have first round byes in the single elimination tournament and will not play until Tuesday’s games.
In their district tournament with Monroe a few weeks ago at T.R. Miller, Brewton defeated Monroe 2-1 in the best two-of-three series. Brewton won game one 8-3 but lost game two in extra innings (nine innings) by a score of 12-11. In the winner-take-all game three, Brewton won 12-11 over Monroe in eight innings to get the win and take the series win.
Making the Brewton Babe Ruth 15-year-old team is: Tripp Floyd, Lane Chavers, Jake Najor, Austin Holmes, River Johnson, Timothy McDonald, Malcolm Hawthorne, Brooks Brown, Derrick Barton, Dakota Graves, Colton Morris, and Jared Cooper. Coaches are Robbie Floyd, Lew Najor and Russ McDonald.
Here is the complete schedule for Saturday, July 13, at LBW:
• 10 a.m., Opp vs. Tallassee
• 1 p.m., Childersburg vs. Mims Green
• 4 p.m., Opp vs. Brewton
• 7 p.m., Covington County vs. Millbrook
Here is the complete schedule for Saturday, July 13, at Andalusia:
• 10 a.m., Mims White vs. Monroe
• 1 p.m., Talladega vs. Elba
• 4 p.m., Mims White vs. Talladega
• 7 p.m., Monroe vs. Elba
Here is the complete schedule for Sunday, July 14, at LBW:
• 10 a.m., Mims Green vs. Covington County
• 1 p.m., Childersburg vs. Millbrook
• 4 p.m., Mims Green vs. Millbrook
• 7 p.m., Childersburg vs. Covington County
Here is the complete schedule for Sunday, July 14, at Andalusia:
• 10 a.m., Monroe vs. Talladega
• 1 p.m., Mims White vs. Elba
• 4 p.m., Tallassee vs. Brewton
• 7 p.m., NO GAME
Here is the complete schedule for Monday, July 15, at LBW (single elimination):
• 10 a.m., No. 3 seed Pool B vs. No. 4 seed Pool C
• 1 p.m., No. 2 seed Pool A vs. No. 4 seed Pool B
• 4 p.m., No. 2 seed Pool B vs. No. 3 seed Pool C
• 7 p.m., No. 2 seed Pool C vs. No. 3 seed Pool A
Here is the complete schedule for Tuesday, July 16, at LBW (single elimination):
• 10 a.m., 10 a.m. Monday winner vs. No. 1 seed Pool C
• 1 p.m., 4 p.m. Monday winner vs. No. 1 seed Pool A
• 4 p.m., 7 p.m. Monday winner vs. No. 1 seed Pool B
Here is the complete schedule for Wednesday, July 17, at LBW (single elimination):
• 10 a.m., 10 a.m. Tuesday winner vs. 1 p.m. Monday winner
• 1 p.m., 1 p.m. Tuesday winner vs. 4 p.m. Tuesday winner
• 5 p.m., 10 a.m. Wednesday winner vs. 1 p.m. Wednesday winner (state championship game)