DuBois to host PBR baseball tournament

Posted by Jenniffer Sheldon on Sunday, September 29, 2024

On Sunday, DuBois will host a tournament for amateur baseball players from various states. Officials said this is the first baseball tournament they're hosting this year and it'll be good for DuBois.

The Prep Baseball Report is a national independent scouting service for amateur baseball players.

They chose DuBois to host their Northeast Region of the 2020 PBR Future Games at Showers Field and Stern Family Field.

According to PBR's website, The Future Games is the most highly scouted event by college coaches

With the coronavirus, DuBois City Manager Herm Suplizio said this is the first baseball tournament they're hosting this year.

He said baseball teams will come from eight states including Connecticut and New York.

Each team will play two games on Sunday and one game on Monday.

This tournament is free of admission and Suplizio says it'll help boost the economy.

Officials said they'll be hand sanitizing stations and social distancing will be practiced at the tournament.

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