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Ed Gallo tourney June 22

by Whitefish Pilot
| June 13, 2017 4:10 PM

The 28th Annual Ed Gallo Memorial Wood Bat Baseball Tournament is set for June 22 through June 25 at Memorial Field in Whitefish.

The tournament, hosted by the Glacier Twins and American Legion Roosevelt Post 108 of Whitefish, began in 1990 and is dedicated to the memory of Ed Gallo, a longtime supporter of the Twins program.

Back in the 1960s, when the Twins were only the Whitefish Legion Baseball team, Gallo’s donations of time and money kept the organization afloat while new uniforms and equipment could be gathered up. He also helped to organize Pee Wee and Babe Ruth Baseball and served overseas in Italy and Germany during World War II. Ed passed away in 1973, leaving behind his wife Joyce and his two sons Roger and Paul, with the latter serving on the Twins Board of Directors.

This year’s tournament consists of 10 teams in two pools. In pool A are the Twins A, the Havre NorthStars, the VW of Olympia/Capital, the Scobey Blues, and the Calgary Redbirds. In pool B are the Twins B, the Kalispell Lakers B, the Glacier League 15 year old All Stars, the Lethbridge Lakers and the Mission Valley Mariners B.

Each team will play the teams in its pool first, and the top two teams in each pool will face off on Sunday, June 25 to decide a champion. Each game will be seven innings long with a two hour time limit.

Food and drink concessions will be available starting at 8 a.m., and beer and wine will be available during the afternoon and evening games at the beer garden area under the pavilion on the first base side.

A silent auction will run all day on Friday, June 23 at the pavilion, opening at 10 a.m. and closing at 10 p.m. Souvenir tournament shirts and other items will also be available at the Glacier Twins Merchandise Store in the middle section of the grandstand.

Admission is $5 for adults and $4 for seniors and students for each game, while children age 12 and under get in free. Full passes for the entire tournament are also available for purchase.