40th Annual Town & Country Baseball State Tournament begins Tuesday
By John Dunn Contributing Sportswriter

Paul Goyer Field in Delphi and Jackson Township Park in Camden have again been selected as host sites for the opening round District-level of the 40th annual Town & Country Youth Baseball State Tournament scheduled to begin on July 8 at 6 p.m.

For the first time, newlysanctioned Flora will host the Minor (Rookie) Division (8- year-olds-&-under) Semi- State for District qualifiers beginning July 17.

Senior Division

Eleven area teams, including the first four-time defending State champion from Delphi, will compete at Delphi in the tournament's premier Senior Division (12-&-under) for the chance to advance to the Walton Semi-State. Delphi will face Pioneer Tuesday at 8 p.m. while Flora will open against Caston Wednesday night at 7:45 p.m.

Camden is scheduled to face the Winamac-Kokomo UCT winner from the opening game on Thursday at 6 p.m.

North White, Walton, Caston, Star City and Galveston are also entered at the Senior District at Delphi.

Rossville and Burlington's 12-&-under teams will play at the Attica District with Burlington facing Otterbein on July 10 at 8 p.m. and Rossville squaring off against West Lebanon on July 11 at 6 p.m.

Northwestern, Oxford, Boswell, Mulberry and the host team make up the rest of the Attica field.

Camden was selected as a host site for the Minor Division District round, also starting on Tuesday night with 11 teams vying for the right to proceed to the Flora Semi- State.

Delphi's minor-leaguers will face Camden at 6 p.m. next Wednesday while Flora entered two teams into the 8- &-under tourney.

Flora 2 opens Tuesday at 6 p.m. against Frankfort and Flora 1 plays Michigantown on Wednesday at 7:45 p.m.

Rossville faces Mulberry Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. while Burlington plays the Delphi- Camden winner on Friday at 6.

Attica and Otterbein comprise the remainder of the field at Camden.

Junior Division

The Junior Division (10-&- under) District will be played at Reynolds starting next Wednesday. Camden opens against AtticPictured giving

and Carol Wilson.a at 6 p.m. and Flora faces Rossville the following night at 6 p.m.

Delphi will take the field on July 11 at 7:45 p.m. against the winner of the North White-Boswell game, with Mulberry, Pioneer and Otterbein making up the rest of the ten-team field.

Junior Division team's advancing from the Reynolds site will play at the Semi- State in Galveston.

Double-elimination tournament play continues throughout the weekend with the championship game slated for July 14 at 6 p.m. at all District sites.

More information and tournament brackets can be found at the league's website at www.townandcountryleague.com