Gentleman,
I wanted to give you guys some information about a benefit tournament that we are having at South Grand Prairie in November. In 2002, former SGP center fielder Matt Dozier was paralyzed in an accident. Every Fall since, SGP has held a benefit tournament with all of the proceeds going to Matt and his family. All workers including umpires, concession, and field maintenance have volunteered their time and efforts to make this happen. Each year several high profile select teams, along with high school teams, participate in the 3-day tournament.
We would love to have your teams play in the tournament this year. The dates are set for November 14-16. The registration is $350 per team (100% goes to Matt). Let me know what you can get together. Please feel free to pass this along to other coaches.
Last year we were able to have a 16-team Varsity division and 8-team JV division. K9 Sports defeated Colleyville in the varsity championship last year.
Obviously we would like to be able to have as many teams as possible. Last year we used 4 fields (Northwood University, SGPHS, GPHS, Apache Field) but would love to be able to expand.
I want to say that last year's tournament raised over $15,000 in donations. Whatever the exact total was, it was the highest that this tournament has ever raised for Matt.
Thanks,
Paul Ylda - paul.ylda@gpisd.org
SGP Baseball
SGPBaseball.net
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