Texas City, Dickinson hosting tourney

With District 24-4A baseball competition under way and 24-5A set to begin Tuesday, several local teams are getting one final tune-up with the Texas City Tournament beginning today.

Dubbed the “Oldest Tournament in Texas,” this year’s three-day event will feature 10 teams, its largest field ever.

With the addition of more teams, the tournament now will be played at Dickinson High School along with Texas City’s Robinson Stadium.

“We did this to get more teams involved,” Texas City coach Mike Schwager said. “We wanted some more options so we aren’t playing the same teams over and over.

“We were able to draw some more teams by playing at Dickinson, too.”

Joining Texas City in the tournament are Dickinson and Santa Fe. Also competing are Foster, Fort Bend Elkins, Channelview, Seven Lakes, Aldine, Fort Bend Baptist and Clear Lake.

Texas City started off district play with a victory against Manvel, but Schwager said it will be good to get a few more games experience before facing the bulk of the district schedule.

Each team is playing four games in the tournament.

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Bucs Heading To Minute Maid Park

The O’Connell Bucs will get an experience of a lifetime today, when they face St. Thomas at Minute Maid Park as part of the Father Wilson Tournament.

St. Thomas is coached by former Houston Astros legend Craig Biggio.

The O’Connell-St. Thomas game is the lone game of the tournament to be played at the Astros home park.

The game will start at noon.

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Tournament Schedule

Today at Texas City

Texas City vs. Clear Lake, 11 a.m.

Foster vs. Elkins, 1:30 p.m.

Foster vs. Texas City, 4 p.m.

Today at Dickinson

Dickinson vs. Santa Fe, 11 a.m.

Channelview vs. Seven Lakes, 1:30 p.m.

Channelview vs. Dickinson, 4 p.m.

Friday at Texas City

Fort Bend Baptist vs. Foster, 10 a.m.

Fort Bend Baptist vs. Clear Lake, 12:30 p.m.

Elkins vs. Clear Lake, 3 p.m.

Elkins vs. Texas City, 5:30 p.m.

Friday at Dickinson

Aldine vs. Santa Fe, 10 a.m.

Aldine vs. Channelview, 12:30 p.m.

Dickinson vs. Seven Lakes, 3 p.m.

Saturday at Texas City

Santa Fe vs. Channelview, 10 a.m.

Clear Lake vs. Foster, 12:30 p.m.

Aldine vs. Fort Bend Baptist, 3 p.m.

Texas City vs. Fort Bend Baptist, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday at Dickinson

Aldine vs. Dickinson, 10 a.m.

Elkins vs. Seven Lakes, 12:30 p.m.

Santa Fe vs. Seven Lakes, 3 p.m.