RBI SE Regional Tournament Begins Friday In Chattanooga

  • Thursday, July 21, 2016

The Chattanooga RBI and the City of Chattanooga Department of Youth and Family Development are joining forces to host 2016 RBI Southeastern Regional tournament. The tournament, which begins Friday, will continue throughout the weekend in different locations in Chattanooga. 

23 teams from 10 RBI leagues from the region are competing in the Junior Baseball, Senior Baseball and Softball Divisions to earn a berth to the 2016 RBI World Series, the international championship tournament of the Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program.  The 2016 RBI World Series will be held in Cincinnati, OH in August and is co-hosted by the Cincinnati Reds.

RBI is a Major League Baseball youth initiative that provides young people from underserved and diverse communities with the opportunity to play baseball and softball, while also encouraging academic success and achievement and teaching important life lessons and values.

RBI teams represented in this regional tournament include:

·         Chattanooga RBI (host)  Softball, Senior Baseball

·         All Sports Academic Tampa RBI  Softball, Senior Baseball

·         Atlanta Metro RBI – Senior Baseball

·         Atlanta Brown Mills RBI  Softball

·         Birmingham RBI – Senior Baseball

·         Bradenton RBI  Softball

·         Macon Promise RBI – Softball

·         Miami Marlins RBI  Softball and Senior Baseball

·         Nashville RBI  Senior Baseball

·         River Region Montgomery RBI – Softball, Senior Baseball

WHERE

Baseball Championships on Sunday, July 24th

Chattanooga Lookouts AT&T Field Field, 201 Power Alley, Chattanooga, TN 37404

Softball Championship on Sunday, July 24th

Jim Frost Stadium at Warner Park, 1101 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403

Notre Dame High School: 2701 Vermont Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37404 (Baseball)

McCallie School: 500 Dodds Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37404 (Baseball)

Warner Park Cooke Fields: 1254 East 3rd Street, Chattanooga, TN 37404 (Softball)

The Baylor School: 171 Baylor School Road, TN 37402

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