10u Crockett Bulldogs start playoff season

Crockett's 10u Bulldogs are one of eight teams competing in the Dixie Youth Baseball AAA South Regional Tournament this weekend in Center.

Besides Crockett, the bracket includes Coldspring, Tatum, Anahuac, Malakoff, Buffalo, West Rusk and Shelbyville

The Bulldogs will take on Buffalo at 1 p.m. Saturday. Tournament play continues Sunday leading up to the championship game on Monday, July 4.

The regional champion advances to the State Championship in Longview July 8-9.

"This is the first youth baseball team representing Crockett to go to regional since 2009 when we were still in Little League," pointed out Brad Bond, president of Crockett Youth Baseball.