Fighting Squirrel Baseball Classic begins Thursday at Charleston

The schedule has been released for the 2014 Fighting Squirrel Classic.

The 16-team baseball tournament will take place June 12-15 at Hillhouse Park in Charleston and Notre Dame Regional High School in Cape Girardeau.

Eight first round games are scheduled Thursday. Senath-Hornersville will play Mayfield, Ky., Legion Thursday at 1 p.m. at Charleston, Crawford County, Mo., will play the Charleston Fighting Squirrels Thursday at 3 p.m. at Charleston, Millersburg, Mo., will play Kennett Thursday at 5 p.m. at Charleston and the Ford Cobras of St. Louis will play Charleston Triple A Thursday at 7 p.m. New Madrid Babe Ruth will play Leopold Babe Ruth Thursday at 1 p.m. at Notre Dame, SEMO Strokers will play the St. Louis Stars 16-year-olds Thursday at 3 p.m. at Notre Dame, Cape Girardeau Legion will play Jackson Babe Ruth Thursday at 5 p.m. at Notre Dame and St. Louis Stars 18-year-olds will play the Kelso Scrappers Thursday at 7 p.m. at Notre Dame.

Quarterfinal action will take place Friday at both fields, semifinal action will take place Saturday at both fields and the championship is scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m. at Hillhouse Park.

The Charleston Fighting Squirrels beat Festus Legion 7-6 in the 2013 championship.

A complete schedule for the tournament is available below:

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Thursday, June 12

First-Round

Game 1: Senath-Babe Ruth vs. Mayfield, Ky., Legion, 1 p.m. at Charleston

Game 2: Crawford County, Mo., vs. Charleston Fighting Squirrels, 3 p.m. at Charleston

Game 3: Millersburg, Mo., vs. Kennett, 5 p.m. at Charleston

Game 4: Ford Cobras of St. Louis vs. Charleston AAA, 7 p.m. at Charleston

Game 5: New Madrid Babe Ruth vs. Leopold Babe Ruth, 1 p.m. at Notre Dame

Game 6: Semo Strokers vs. St. Louis 16's, 3 p.m. at Notre Dame

Game 7: Cape Girardeau Legion vs. Jackson Babe Ruth, 5 p.m. at Notre Dame

Game 8: St. Louis 18's vs. Kelso Scrappers, 7 p.m. at Notre Dame

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Friday, June 13

Consolation Quarterfinals

Game 9: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2, 1 p.m. at Charleston

Game 10: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4, 3 p.m. at Charleston

Game 11: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 1 p.m. at Notre Dame

Game 12: Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 3 p.m. at Notre Dame

Championship Quarterfinals

Game 13: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 5 p.m. at Charleston

Game 14: Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4, 7 p.m. at Charleston

Game 15: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 5 p.m. at Notre Dame

Game 16: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 7 p.m. at Notre Dame

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Saturday, June 14

Consolation Semifinals

Game 17: Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner, 10 a.m. at Charleston

Game 18: Game 11 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner, 10 a.m. at Notre Dame

Loser's Bracket Final Games

Game 19: Loser Game 9 vs. Loser Game 10, noon at Charleston

Game 20: Loser Game 11 vs. Loser Game 12, noon at Notre Dame

Fifth-Place Semifinals

Game 21: Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 14, 2 p.m. at Charleston

Game 22: Loser Game 15 vs. Loser Game 16, 2 p.m. at Notre Dame

Championship Semifinals

Game 23: Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 14, 4 p.m. at Charleston

Game 24: Winner Game 15 vs. Winner Game 16, 4 p.m. at Notre Dame

Consolation Championship

Game 25: Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18, 6 p.m at Notre Dame

Fifth-Place Championship

Game 26: Winner Game 21 vs. Winner Game 22, 6 p.m. at Charleston

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Sunday, June 15

Third-Place Game

Game 27: Loser Game 23 vs. Loser Game 24, 11:30 a.m. at Charleston

Championship

Game 28: Winner Game 23 vs. Winner Game 24, 2 p.m. at Charleston