PORT ANGELES — Olympic Junior Babe Ruth and the city of Port Angeles are hosting the North Washington 13-year-old State Baseball Tournament starting today (Thursday) at Volunteer Field.
Six teams are participating, and the winner advances to the 13-year-old Regional Tournament in Meridian, Idaho beginning Wednesday, July 22.
Teams are slotted into three-team divisions for pool play purposes.
Olympic is in the National Division along with North Kitsap and the Spokane Toros.
The Burlington Tigers, Moses Lake Dirt Brothers and the North West Bandits comprise the American Division.
Tournament play begins at 11 a.m. Thursday, and all games are held at Volunteer Field.
There is no admission fee.
Olympic takes on North Kitsap at 2 p.m. Thursday and plays Spokane at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
An opening ceremony is set for 5 p.m. Thursday.
The second-place National Division team will face the American Division’s No. 3 team (and vice versa) in the single-elimination championship round.
Top-placing teams in the American and National divisions earn byes to the tournament semifinals.
The title game is set for noon on Sunday.
Olympic is made up mostly of players from the Port Angeles 12U team that competed at the 2014 Cal Ripken World Series in Alachua, Fla.
Olympic players are: Slater Bradley, Nathan Miller, Tyler Bowen, Isaiah Getchall, Michael Grubb, Brady Nickerson, Milo Whitman, Silas Thomas, Brody Merritt, Ethan Flodstrom, Timmy Adams, Alex Lamb, Derek Bowechop, Lucas Jarnigan, Derrick Dunaway and Tanner Lunt.
Olympic’s head coach is Zac Moore, and Kevin Miller and Rob Merritt are assistants.
