Pioneer baseball set to host Classic

High school baseball teams will be breaking out the lumber this week, when the annual Dr Pepper Wood Bat Classic begins at Warren County?s Patrick Ramsey Field.

The five-team, round-robin format tournament begins Thursday afternoon and wraps up Saturday night, with Warren County in action all three days.

The Pioneers open this year?s Classic Thursday at 4:30, facing off against Sequatchie County. Thursday?s action wraps up with Coffee County facing Sequatchie at 7 p.m.

Friday afternoon, the Pioneers will face Rhea County at 1 p.m., with Rhea County keeping the field for a game against Notre Dame at 3:30. Notre Dame then plays Coffee County at 6 p.m. in the evening?s final game.

WCHS will open Saturday?s play with a 9:30 a.m. tilt against Coffee County, which faces Rhea County at noon. Rhea County takes on Sequatchie at 2:30, and at 5 p.m., Warren County returns to the field to face Notre Dame. Notre Dame is slated to wrap up the Classic with a 7:30 contest against Sequatchie.

Admission to the Classic is $5 per day.