Familiarity with each other along with a deep pitching staff characterizes the Dothan baseball team headed to Sterlington, La., as the Alabama representative in the Dixie Junior Boys (ages 13-under) World Series.
“This is my seventh time to coach the majority of them,” head coach Matt Cook said of the different age divisions through the years. “I’ve coached 11 of the 13, and then the other two have played with my son on travel ball teams, so very good chemistry. They all know each other and have played good productive baseball for the last six years or so.”
People are also reading… While Dothan and Opelika were the lone 13-under teams in the state tournament, Cook doesn’t see the lack of tournament playing experience as a disadvantage for his team heading to Louisiana. Cook believes a strong pitching staff gives his squad a chance to make a strong run in the double-elimination tournament.
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