03/28/2024
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GUNTERSVILLE, Alabama – Friday night’s opening ceremonies for the Dixie Pre-Majors World Series concluded with an impressive fireworks show above the lake at Civitan Park.

Saturday morning, West Bladen hopes its bats will boom as impressively.

The Knights, the three-time defending North Carolina champion, are scheduled to play Ozark, Alabama, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time at Bill Moore Field in the opening round of the World Series.

“We’re happy to be here,” West Bladen coach Kim Cain said Friday. “We’ve got to do the things that got us here. Put the ball in play. Throw strikes. Make the routine plays and play good defense.

“We know to get here you have to be a good team,” Cain said. “You just don’t know anything about your opponent. It’s a great opportunity for the kids. We thank the good Lord for getting us here safely.”

Right-hander Chandler Lennon is expected to start on the mound for West Bladen in Saturday’s opener.

Friday night was a time to celebrate for the 12 teams that will compete for the title. Players and their families were treated to a BBQ dinner with all the trimmings, each player introduced himself during a parade of teams in front of the Tom Bevill Outdoor Theatre, and the event concluded with the fireworks.

If West Bladen wins Saturday, it will play the winner of the game between Halifax/South Boston, Virginia and Pine Belt, Mississippi, on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET. If West Bladen loses its opener, the Knights will play the Virginia-Mississippi loser on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET. Sunday’s game for West Bladen will be played at Guntersville High School.

Members of the West Bladen team are Jonathan Ashworth, Scott Bowen, Seth Britt, Jeremy Hunt, Ray Jones, Chandler Lennon, Donald McCullum, Hunter Pait, Caleb Sholar, Trey Storms, Ian Sykes, Trent West and Jarrett Williams. The assistant coach is Ray Storms.

Bladen Online will have live pitch-by-pitch coverage of the game with a Scorecast Web-based application as well as updates on its Twitter account @BladenOnline.

The links for Scorecast are:

Animated Scorecast:
http://data.iscorecentral.com/iscorecast/baseball/scorecast.html?g=5012f2ff-9f2c-864b-7e05-3ae9633535e1&dg=uhwwfutmyndh2rhhhz3vwxhcw6acc9znvn7vvwahus2rra67

HTML Scorecast: http://data.iscorecentral.com/iscorecast/htmlplayer.php?g=5012f2ff-9f2c-864b-7e05-3ae9633535e1

Game information will appear on Scorecast a few minutes before the scheduled 11 a.m. starting time.

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