KEVIN NARRO | Staff Writer
Los Fresnos and Port Isabel High Schools will join forces for an inaugural round robin tournament.
The tournament, which will kick-off today through Saturday, will be held at both Los Fresnos and Port Isabel High Schools with 10 different clubs scheduled to be competing.
“Everyone will get five games in and is set up to where district opponents won’t play each other,” said Los Fresnos coach Traci Blackmon. “This is more about of us getting games in; there won’t be a winner or loser. We have had to cancel so many games due to weather, so the way we have this set up is each team is guaranteed games.”
Port Isabel, Brownsville Pace, Sharyland High, Brownsville Rivera, Port Isabel, Dilley, Hidalgo, Lyford, Rio Hondo, San Antonio Veterans Memorial and Los Fresnos will all have five games each over the three-day tournament.
Port Isabel will open tournament play with a match up at 11 a.m. against Brownsville Pace at Port Isabel. Sharyland High will meet Brownsville Rivera at 1 p.m. Later in the day, P.I will then meet Dilley at 3 p.m. and Rivera will wrap up play against Dilley at 7 p.m.
At Los Fresnos, Hidalgo has a date with Lyford at 11 a.m., while Rio Hondo will meet San Antonio Veterans at 1 p.m.
Los Fresnos will take on Hidalgo at 3 p.m. and then finish off its day against San Antonio Veterans Memorial at 7 p.m.
“We are 11 games away from our district opener and we are looking for an opportunity to play against some quality teams,” said Rio Hondo coach Brett Esparza. “We are looking to work on our pitching and our approach at the plate. We are excited to be a part of this tournament and will get a chance to play some new teams.”
Elsewhere in the area, Harlingen South and San Benito will hit the road this weekend.
The Lady Hawks will look to continue their strong play as they head west for the Border Olympics tournament, which kicks off today in Laredo.
South will be in Pool 4 and will face Laredo United, Corpus Christi Veterans Memorial, Robstown and Medina Valley.
San Benito, meanwhile, will head north to San Antonio for their tournament play.
The Lady ’Hounds’ first game will be at 9:30 a.m. against Cibolo Steele, followed bya a 1:30 p.m. matchup against Legacy High School. On Friday, San Benito takes the field against Eagle Pass High School at 11:30 a.m., followed by a meeting with Edison at 3:30 p.m.