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Youth league playoffs tomorrow
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Posted on Oct 21 2011
By Walter J. Sutherland
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Saipan Major League Baseball Association’s 2011 Summer/Fall Youth League will have the opening round of its postseason page-system playoffs tomorrow at the Francisco “Tan Ko” Palacios Ballfield.
The first game is set for 10am between top-ranked Fielders 2 and the second-seeded Ol’Aces where the winner automatically advances to the championship match. Then at 1pm, the third-ranked Fielders 3 square off against Titanium in a win-or-go-home duel.
The playoffs conclude next Saturday, Oct. 29, with the losing team from Game 1 challenging the winner of Game 2 for a berth into the finals, which is scheduled at 1pm.
The perpetual championship trophy will be awarded immediately after the finals.
National team softball fundraiser
The SMLBA and the CNMI National Baseball team, meanwhile, are hosting a fundraiser softball tournament on Nov. 11 and 12 at the Capital Hill Ballfield.
The event aims to help defray both some of SML’s operational costs and pay outstanding obligations the gold medal team incurred from the 2011 Pacific Games.
Organizers are hoping to enlist at least 10 teams for the event.
The entrance fee is set at $100; checks are to be made out to the SMLBA.
Additional information can be obtained through any CNMI national team player or by contacting CNMI nationals manager and SMLBA official Tony Rogolifoi at 288-5426.
