Patterson 12U, 8U All-Stars will begin regional play Thursday

The Patterson 12U and 8U All-Stars will be participating in Cal Ripken Southwest Region Tournament play in Alabama, beginning Thursday.
The 12U All-Stars will play in Florence, while the 8U All-Stars will compete in Mobile.
In the 12U bracket, Patterson will compete in pool play with Mountain Home, Arkansas; Levelland, Texas; and Biloxi, Mississippi in the American pool.
In the National pool, Fairhope, Alabama; Union County, Arkansas; Seminole, Texas; and East Central, Mississippi, will play.
Patterson’s first pool play game will be Thursday at 10 a.m. against Mountain, Home, Arkansas, before it will face Levelland, Texas, Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Friday, Patterson will meet Biloxi, Mississippi, at 12:30 p.m.
Bracket play begins Saturday when the teams will be seeded by their finishes. Play will continue Sunday with the championship game set for 1 p.m.
The tournament champion qualifies for the Cal Ripken 12U World Series, which will be held Aug. 2 in Branson, Missouri.
Meanwhile, in 8U action, teams also will compete in in one of two pools.
Patterson will be in Pool B along with Westside (B), Alabama; Semmes, Alabama; Sylvan Hills, Alabama; Springdale, Arkansas; Madisonville, Louisiana; Ocean Springs, Mississippi; Petal Mississippi; and Pierre Part. Louisiana.
Pool play will be held Thursday and Friday.
Patterson will meet Springdale, Arkansas, Thursday at 5:15 p.m. before following it up with a 7 p.m. contest against Westside, Alabama.
Friday, Patterson meets Sylvan Hills, Alabama, at 9 a.m. and later meets Madisonville at 12:30 p.m.
In pool A, Westside (A), Alabama; Jackson, Alabama; Gulf Shores, Alabama; Soper, Oklahoma; Hamburg, Arkansas; Bryant, Arkansas; George Co., Mississippi; St. Charles, Louisiana; and Oak Grove, Mississippi.
Each pool’s top five teams will continue play in a single-elimination bracket, which will run Saturday and Sunday.
The tournament champion qualifies for the Cal Ripken 8U World Series, which will be held in Jensen Beach, Florida, beginning Aug. 6.