Cal Ripken Tournament

Come out to see some great Baseball! Norton Youth Baseball will be hosting the 11 year old Cal Ripken New England Regional Tournament Aug. 3 - Aug. 10 at the Lee Burchill Baseball Complex on 38 Plain St.in Norton, Massachusetts.

State Champions from each of the New England States New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts -will compete for the title of champion.

Festivities start on Friday afternoon with opening ceremonies and the Dicks Sporting Goods' Skills Competition. Also, Wally the Green Monster will be stopping by and the Red Sox World Series Trophies will be on hand courtesy of Sports Authority.

Special Guest Rod Correia who resides in Norton and played on the California Angels will be giving a talk to the players/crowd at 1:30 p.m. and one of Boston’s rising star singers Oladunni Oladipo will be performing the National Anthem.

The general schedule of events is as follows:

Schedule:

Friday 8/3 - Opening Ceremonies 11AM - 6PM

Saturday 8/4 - Games 10AM - 8PM

Sunday 8/5 - Games 10AM - 8PM

Monday 8/6 - Friday 8/10 Games 5:30PM - 8:00PM

Schedule is as follows to start on Saturday:

 Eastern Mass. Champion vs Connecticut at 9am

Maine #1 vs Rhode Island at 12pm

Western Mass vs Maine #2 at 3pm

Host team Norton vs New Hampshire at 6pm