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Baseball fans will be able to watch some of the best players in the Ohio Valley region at Centennial Park this week.
Dodgeville's Babe Ruth program will hold three days of the Ohio Valley Regional at Centennial Park, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The first two days will be pool play with Saturday being a single elimination bracket.
There are 12 teams in the tournament which is hosted by Sauk Prairie Baseball at the Sauk City Athletic Park. Sauk Prairie has a host team which includes five Dodgeville players. The Dodgeville players are Levi Nagel, Jordan Olson, Jordan Larson, Trent Jones and Cole Sullivan.
The combined team will play all their games at Sauk City. Game times are Thursday at 2:30 pm vs Fern Creek (Western Kentucky) and 7:30 pm vs Steger (Northern Ill 2) then at 7:30 pm vs Logansport (Northern Indiana 2).
The single elimination tourney is determined by how a team finishes in their four team pool. That round starts Saturday åt both ball parks.
The tournament wraps up Sunday at Sauk City where a champion will be crowned to represent the Ohio Valley Region at the World Seried at Klamath Falls, Oregon August 8-15.
Games at Dodgeville will be:
Thursday, July 23
11am-Muncie (Central Indiana 1st) vs Hammond Purple (Northern Indiana 1st)
1:30 pm-Blue Lick ((Eastern Kentucky) vs Porter County Strom (Northern Indiana 3rd)
4 pm-Hammond Purple vs Fond du Lac (Wisconsin 2nd)
6:30 pm-Muncie (Central Indiana 1st) vs La Grange (Northern Illinois 3)
Friday, July 24
11 am-La Grange vs Fond du Lac
1:30 pm-Ashland (Wisconsin 1st) vs Blue Lick
4 pm- Steger vs Fern Creek
6:30-Hammond Purple vs La Grange
Saturday, July 25
9 am-Seed 5 vs Seed 12
11:30 am-Seed 7 vs Seed 10
2 pm-Seed 6 vs Seed 11
The Regional is split between two sites as a requirement for hosting is a full sized grass infield. Both Dodgeville and Sauk split the duties last year when Dodgeville was the host site.
There is an admission charge for games and a concession stand will offer "ball park" food at reasonable prices.
Anyone wanting to volunteer to help give Pat Reilly a call at 341-8629.