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AAABA Tournament week is almost here.
As the clock winds closer to the first pitch:
- Registration of the 16 teams in the 81st tournament will begin Sunday morning at the Holiday Inn downtown Johnstown.
- The players banquet will be held at 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center.
- The historic “bingo cage” will be used for the pill drawing to determine the match ups in Pool Play for the first three dates of the Tournament.
- Five fields will be played on throughout tournament week. Sargent’s Stadium at the Point, which celebrated its 100th anniversary on July 5, will host a day-night doubleheader at the 81st AAABA Tournament opens on Monday, Aug. 3.
- Dee Dee Osborne Field at Roxbury Park, Forest Hills High School field, Pete Haschak Memorial Field in Portage and the Windber Sports Complex/Iron Horse also will host games.
- The official opening night celebration will begin with a parade at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Players and coaching staffs on the 14 teams not playing in Monday’s night’s game at Sargent’s Stadium should report by 5:45 p.m. to the Johnstown Train Station at 47 Walnut Street near the stadium.
- Opening ceremonies will include the traditional parade of AAABA Ambassadors entering the stadium in convertible Corvettes driven by members of the Flood City Corvette Club.
- Edward J. Sheehan Jr., retired President/CEO of Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC), will throw the ceremonial first pitch. Sheehan recently retired after 33 years at CTC.
- Sweet Adelines will perform the Star Spangled Banner on opening night.
- Fans, please take a moment to show appreciation for our hard-working AAABA Ambassadors at Sargent’s Stadium and the other fields.