Area baseball players who want the opportunity to try out for a major league baseball team can try out for the Tampa Bay Rays in Hallsville next month.

Rays management is hosting the open camp on Tuesday, June 12, at Hallsville High School in the attempt to find local talent that could be an asset to the organization. The camp will be supervised by Rays scout Pat Murphy and under the direction of scout Scott Mitchell.

Rain in Marshall on Friday night forced the postponement of the Class 1A Region III Quarterfinal playoff game between Beckville and Maud. The game was halted in the bottom of the second inning with two outs and Maud leading 2-1:

CLASS A REGION III Area Round

Maud vs. Beckville (14-12)

After losing a 10-5 slugfest in Game 1 of their Class 1A Region III bi-district playoff series with Kerens, it was either 'put up or shut up' for the Beckville Bearcats. By the time the marathon series was over Friday night it was the Kerens Bobcats who were shut up.

The Bearcats (14-12) continued to pour on the offensive firepower in Games 2 and 3, combining for 20 runs and 13 hits as they captured Game 2, 10-8, and Game 3, 10-4, to capture the come-from behind series, 2-1, and move to the Area round.

After slipping into the Class 1A playoffs with a late-season run, the Beckville Bearcats plan to make the most of their opportunity beginning this week when they open post season action against Kerens.

The 'Cats will play the Bobcats in a best-of-three series to be played at Jacksonville High School, beginning Thursday at 7 p.m. Game 2 of the series will be played Friday at 5 p.m., with Game 3, if necessary, to follow 30 minutes after Game 2.