District 8 tournaments begin today
SUMMERSVILLE — Postseason action begins today for area Little League 9-10-year-old and 11-12-year-old All-Stars.
Elkins, Tygart Valley, Barbour County, Tucker County and Pocahontas County will compete in the District 8 tournaments being held in Summersville.
Elkins and Barbour County square off at 4 p.m. today in opening-round 11-12-year-old action, while Tygart Valley battles Pocahontas County at 9:30 a.m. and Tucker County faces Braxton County at 11:30 a.m.
Action continues on Sunday, starting at 10 a.m. as the TV-Pocahontas County victor meets Summersville at 7:30 p.m. and the winner between the other two contests play at noon.
The tourney will then resume on Friday.
In 9-10-year-old action, Elkins has a first-round bye and faces the winner between today’s 9 a.m. contest between Tucker County and Tygart Valley at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Sumersville and Barbour County square off at 11:30 a.m. today, with the winner facing Braxton County at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
Action gets back underway on Friday night with a pair of elimination games.
District 8 Tournaments
11-12-year-old pairings
Today’s games
Game 1 — Tygart Valley vs. Pocahontas County, 9:30 a.m.
Game 2 — Braxton County vs. Tucker County, 11:30 a.m.
Game 3 — Barbour County vs. Elkins, 4 p.m.
Sunday, June 21
Game 4 — Game 1 winner vs. Summersville, 10 a.m.
Game 5 — Game 2 winner vs. Game 3 winner, noon
Game 6 — Game 2 loser vs, Game 3 loser, 4 p.m.
Friday, June 26
Game 7 — Loser of Game 4 vs. loser of Game 1, 6 p.m.
Game 8 — Loser of Game 5 vs. winner of Game 6, 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 27
Game 9 — Winner of Game 8 vs. winner of Game 7, 11:30 a.m.
Game 10 — Winner of Game 4 vs. winner of Game 5, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 28
Game 11 — Loser of Game 10 vs. winner of Game 9, 12:30 p.m.
9-10-year-old pairings
Today’s games
Game 1 — Tygart Valley vs. Tucker County, 9 a.m.
Game 2 — Barbour County vs. Summersville, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, June 21
Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Elkins, 10 a.m.
Game 4 — Game 2 winner vs. Braxton County, 12:30 p.m.
Friday, June 26
Game 5 — Loser of Game 1 vs. loser of Game 3, 6 p.m.
Game 6 — Loser of Game 2 vs. loser of Game 4, 8 p.m.
Saturday, June 27
Game 7 — Winner of Game 5 vs. winner of Game 6, 9 a.m.
Game 8 — Winner of Game 3 vs. winner of Game 4, 5 p.m.
Sunday, June 28
Game 9 — Loser of Game 8 vs. winner of Game 7, 10 a.m.

