Tallassee’s Dixie Youth All-Star team set their sights on Alexandria, Louisiana, this week to compete in the World Series. The team traded in their purple and white Tallassee jerseys for a fresh set of red and white uniforms as the girls represent the state of Alabama during the series.
The field includes seven teams with Tallassee representing Alabama. East Rapids is hosting the series. While representing Alabama, the girls will take on teams from Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, Tennessee and South Carolina.
The girls faced South Carolina on Saturday and walked away with a 21-5 win in four innings. The Tigers shifted focus to West Monroe, Louisiana, on Sunday and again won 22-1 in four innings.
Rain canceled many of the games on Sunday but Monday was packed full of play, beginning with a 15-3 win over Mississippi in three innings. Games ran late Monday night and early Tuesday morning as the Tallassee girls locked their bid for a chance to take it all with a hard-fought 22-18 win over Tennessee.
Tallassee was to once again take on the girls from Mississippi Tuesday beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tallassee is favored to take the title.
Tallassee’s 6U team is no stranger to the World Series. Last year the girls competed in the 2017 World Series, defeating each team until losing to Louisiana and placing second in the series. In 2016 the girls traveled to Perry, Georgia, and again placed second after falling to Tennessee.
Several local businesses sponsored the team as they headed into the 2018 World Series. Neptune, AES Industries, Prime South Bank, 1220 Café, the City of Tallassee, along with many others as well as individual donations helped make this trip possible for the young team.
The team is made up of 11 tiny but mighty young girls who have remained undefeated this season and with a record like that, Anna Clair Turner, Sophia Grant, Zaddie Stephens, Kylie Taylor, Zion Alleyne, Zraya Alleyne, Kay-Kay Jones, McCall Clayton, Jazlyn “Cookie” Fitzpatrick, Kennedy Bickley and Chas Stokes could very well be the 2018 World Series champs.