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 South Grand Prairie HS 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 tournament.
We would love to have your teams play in the tournament this year. The dates are set for November 12-13. 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.
Until we get a feel for how many teams are interested, we will not be certain of how many teams and what style of tournament we will have. In the past we have been able to have a 16-team Varsity division and 8-team JV division.
Please email me if you have a team that would be interested in playing this year.
Paul Ylda
paul.ylda@gpisd.org
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