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The City of Magee will host a softball state tournament for agest 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14 Friday, June 23 through Sunday, June 25.
“128 games will be played over three days,” said Jimmy Zila at the Magee Board of Aldermen meeting on June 20, 2023. He estimated the city will have two to three thousand visitors each day.
The Jimmy Clyde Sportsplex also hosted a tournament that was originally scheduled to be played in Wayne County last weekend but had to be moved due to storm damage.
Zila said, “The community came together. It was a great success.”
He also told the Board of Aldermen that the Magee 12, 7 and 6-year-old teams all made it to state. The 6 and 7-year-olds will play in Laurel next weekend, which the 12-year-olds will play in Brookhaven on July 14.
The city’s 6-year-old team won district.
Watch the full video of the meeting below.
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