Published: July 04, 2009 02:59 pm      

Tournament time starts Monday for many

Corsicana’s PONY League baseball all-star teams get their tournament starts at sectional and regional events Monday, as do local Texas Teen-Age softball teams.

Mildred is hosting a Junior Girls (15-under) district tournament.

Here is a look at each level:

PONY All-Stars

• Pony 14 (14-under): The blue team coached by Rusty Hitt and the gold team coached by Monty Casbeer both travel to Kaufman;

• Pony 13 (13-under): One team, coached by Mike Russell and Frank Marx, is headed to Burleson;

• Bronco (12-under): The all-star team coached by Kyle Ward is also headed to Kaufman;

• Mustang 10 (10-under): The team coached by Pat Kennemore is playing in Rowlett;

• Mustang 9 (9-under): The tournament is in Crowley, and the Tigers are coached by Stan Farmer;

• Pinto (8-under): Playing coach pitch, the blue team coached by Heath Reynolds and the gold team coached by J.P. Johnson are headed to Irving;

• Shetland (T-ball): Both the blue coached by Jason Gomez and gold coached by Brent Hodge are off to Irving.

TTA Softball

• Junior (15-under): The Mildred Eagles coached by Shane Farmer and Mildred Crush coached by Stuart Springer will represent the Richland Chambers Creek Association at the tournament in Mildred;

• Freshman (12-under): The Mildred Eagles coached by Bob Pritchett and the Mildred Heat coached by Eugene Ward travel to Grandview for the district tournament;

• Midget (10-under): Troy Cox’s Blooming Grove Purple Crush and Tony McKendree’s Mildred Edge made the tournament in Malakoff;

• Coach Pitch (8-under): The Rice Bratz coached by Garry Teague and the Mildred Eagles coached by Shannon Wiggins are participating in the Italy tournament.