Manchester Youth Baseball Tournament Continues

The Major League division of the Manchester Youth Baseball League got underway in the postseason tournament on Tuesday night at Fred Deadman Park. Six of the seven division teams were in action leaving regular season league champion Coffee County Bank to await the semifinal winners. In the lone early game on the American League Field, Al White broke a 3 to 3 tie in their last at-bat to stop Bush Insurance 4 to 3. In the late games, Jiffy Burger got a couple of late runs to power past Powers Storage 9 to 6 in a rain shortened game. Shelter Insurance played nearly flawless baseball in blanking Peoples Bank 9 to 0.
Also on Tuesday night in the Coach Pitch division, Coffee County Mini Storage out slugged Star Physical Therapy 18 to 11 in the early game. The late game saw regular season division champions Interstate Auto have difficulty with Lewis Motor Company early, before winning 14 to 7pm.
After taking off on Wednesday, tournament play resumes on Thursday and Friday. In the Minor League division, 4 teams remain alive for Monday’s championship.  At 5 PM on the National League Field, Coffee Financial will battle 1st National Bank followed by a matchup between John Roberts Toyota and Mark Lemons Construction at 7. The final 2 quarterfinal games in the Coach Pitch division are set to begin at 5 on the T-ball Field as Coffee County Mini Storage takes on KK’s at 5, while Central Funeral Home and the Hillsboro Masonic Lodge do battle at 7pm.