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.
The double-elimination tournament gets under way Friday with Clearfield hosting Four-Leaf Clover at McNamee Field and Tri-County entertaining Mountain Top.
First-round byes went to Curwensville and Philipsburg-Osceola.
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.
All games will start at 6 p.m.
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.
The Southern Tier hopefuls are Bellefonte, Marion Walker, State College American, State College National, Pleasant Gap, Penns Valley, Big Valley and Mifflin County.
The District 5 champion will advance to the Pennsylvania Section 4 Tournament at Indiana July 16 through 19.
Southern Tier Tournament
(All Games at 6 p.m.)
June 25
First Round
Game 1 – Four-Leaf Clover at Clearfield
Game 2 – Mountain Top at Tri-County
June 27
Winner’s Bracket Semifinals
Game 3 – Curwensville at Game 1 Winner
Game 4 – Philipsburg-Osceola at Game 2 winner
June 29
Elimination Bracket First Round
Game 5 – Game 1 Loser at Game 4 Loser
Game 6 – Game 3 Loser at Game 2 Loser
July 1
Winner’s Bracket Final
Game 7 – Game 4 Winner at Game 3 Winner
Elimination Bracket Quarterfinal
Game 8 – Game 6 Winner at Game 5 Winner
July 3
Elimination Bracket Semifinal
Game 9 – Game 7 Loser at Game 8 Winner
July 5
Championship
Game 10 – Game 9 Winner at Game 7 Winner
July 7
Championship
Game 11 (if necessary) – Game 10 Loser at Game 10 Winner
