Colt League World Series Returns to Marion's Mtn Dew Park
75th annual tournament brings baseball teams from across the country and abroad
By Buddy "Friday Night" Cobb, Williamson County Bureau
MARION, Ill. — Teams from across the country — and from overseas — will roll into Marion next Friday for the 75th Annual Colt League World Series at Mtn Dew Park, according to the Southern Illinoisan.
That's 75 years of youth baseball landing summer after summer in this county, long enough to outlast the mines that once defined it and the businesses that came and went along Route 13. A tournament that pulls in ballclubs from around the world doesn't happen by accident — it happens because volunteers keep the fields mowed, the concession stands staffed, and the brackets fair, year after year, without much fanfare.
Local ball fans should expect the park and the town to fill up fast. Details on this year's full field of teams weren't specified in early reporting, but the tournament's 75-year run alone makes it one of the steadiest traditions Williamson County has left.
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— Compiled from reporting by the Southern Illinoisan.
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