CLEARFIELD – Little League All-Stars from Clearfield and Curwensville will be among six teams vying for the Pennsylvania District 5 Northern Tier 11-and-12-Year-Old championship.
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The double-elimination tournament gets under way Friday with Clearfield hosting Four-Leaf Clover at McNamee Field and Tri-County entertaining Mountain Top.
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First-round byes went to Curwensville and Philipsburg-Osceola.
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Both teams will go on the road for their first games Sunday, Curwensville drawing the Four-Leaf Clover-Clearfield winner and Philipsburg-Osceola getting the Mountain Top-Tri-County victor.
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All games will start at 6 p.m.
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The Northern Tier champion will meet the Southern Tier titlist in a best-of-three series beginning July 8 or, if one or both have been beaten, July 9.
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The Southern Tier hopefuls are Bellefonte, Marion Walker, State College American, State College National, Pleasant Gap, Penns Valley, Big Valley and Mifflin County.
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The District 5 champion will advance to the Pennsylvania Section 4 Tournament at Indiana July 16 through 19.
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Southern Tier Tournament
(All Games at 6 p.m.)
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June 25
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First Round
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Game 1 – Four-Leaf Clover at Clearfield
Game 2 – Mountain Top at Tri-County
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June 27
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Winner’s Bracket Semifinals
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Game 3 – Curwensville at Game 1 Winner
Game 4 – Philipsburg-Osceola at Game 2 winner
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June 29
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Elimination Bracket First Round
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Game 5 –Â Game 1 Loser at Game 4 Loser
Game 6 – Game 3 Loser at Game 2Â Loser
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July 1
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Winner’s Bracket Final
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Game 7 – Game 4 Winner at Game 3 Winner
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Elimination Bracket Quarterfinal
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Game 8 – Game 6 Winner at Game 5 Winner
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July 3
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Elimination Bracket Semifinal
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Game 9 – Game 7 Loser at Game 8 Winner
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July 5
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Championship
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Game 10 – Game 9 Winner at Game 7 Winner
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July 7
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Championship
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Game 11 (if necessary) – Game 10 Loser at Game 10 Winner
