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Junior district tourney this coming weekend
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Posted on Jun 01 2008
The Junior League District Tournament will be held next weekend, June 7 and 8, at the Francisco M. Palacios Baseball Field.
District administrator James Ada and Saipan Little League vice president Mike Borja said the tournament will pit the Saipan Junior League All-Stars against the Tinian Junior League All-Stars in a three-game series to determine who will represent the CNMI in the Junior League Regional Tournament set at the end of this month also at the Oleai Sports Complex.
Ada and Borja said the Junior League District Tournament will kick off with a 9am opening ceremony that will feature a parade of teams led by the Saipan Junior League All-Stars and the Tinian Junior League All-Stars.
Saipan’s all-star teams in the Major League, Senior League, and Big League will also join the parade of teams.
Ada and Borja, meanwhile, said that the district tournaments for the Major League and Senior League will be held two weeks from now in June 12 and 13 on Rota.
The Major League District Tournament will be played at the new Joaquin Ogo Sr. Baseball Field in Sinapalo, while the Senior League District Tournament will be held at the old ballpark in Songsong Village.
Ada and Borja noted that while playing venues will be different, the opening ceremony for both tournaments will be held at the Joaquin Ogo Sr. Baseball Field at around 9am.
All three main islands of the CNMI will be represented in the Major and Senior district tournaments, as all-star teams from Saipan, Tinian, and Rota will play in a double round-robin format to decide which team will represent the Commonwealth in the regional tournaments for both divisions.
No district tournament will be held in the Big League division, as only Saipan has an all-star team in the age group.
For more information about the district tournaments of the Junior, Major, and Senior leagues, call Borja at 285-1980.
Borja will serve as the tournament director in all district tournaments in the CNMI and was also appointed in the same capacity for the Junior League Regional Tournament by no less than Ada.
