La Grange hosts state baseball tourney

13-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars start play tonight, winner crowned Sunday

By Steve Metsch

La Grange Babe Ruth Baseball is again hosting the Northern Illinois 13-year-olds All-Star Tournament at Sedgwick Park, 47th Street and East Avenue.

Play begins today, July 20, with Evergreen Park playing Downers Grove at 5 p.m., followed by Galesburg and La Grange at 8 p.m.

Tournament games are set for 5 and 8 p.m. Friday, and noon and 3 p.m. Saturday. The title game is to start at 1 p.m. Sunday.

All the tournament games are played on the lighted senior field. Admission is free, and the concession stand will be open.

English: American baseball player Babe Ruth in 1921 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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Steve Metsch is an award winning veteran reporter who previously worked for the Daily Southtown Newspapers, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times. Metsch is a writer and editor at the Southwest News Newspaper group based in suburban Chicago, and a freelance writer at the Chicago Tribune.
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