On Tuesday, June 15th, the Avery County Little League held its annual World Series tournament team selections, complete with inflatable games and a home run derby contest. The 9 and 10 year old baseball tournament team already got its postseason off to a great start this past weekend, participating in the Will Dicus Memorial Baseball Tournament in Boone and coming home with a sterling second place finish.
Avery Little League has been selling tickets through the season for a pair of items which were raffled off as a fund raiser for the league. Winners selected at random for last week's raffle items were Kenny Daniels, who won a $400 gift certificate to Mountain Jewelers in Newland, and Maria Accetturo, who won a $600 certificate to The Personal Touch in Linville.
District tournament brackets have been released for each of the four divisions of play. In the 9 and 10 year old baseball division, Avery plays on Monday evening, June 28th against the winner of a game being played this Saturday the 26th between Wilkes (National League team) and East Catawba (Avery game site TBD). In 9 and 10 year old softball action, Avery plays this Saturday, June 26th at
For the 11 and 12 year old baseball division, Avery will play on Saturday afternoon, July 3rd against
Congratulations to the raffle winners and tournament player selections, and best of luck to all our tournament teams in the upcoming District 7 Little League Baseball and Softball Tournaments!"
