The 2007 District 2 Dixie Youth (ages 11-12) Baseball Tournament will open Saturday, July 7, at Evergreen’s Bill Johnson Field

The four team, double-elimination event will also include a four-team supplemental tournament for 11-year-olds.

Saturday’s first-round action will begin at 1 p.m., with a supplemental tournament game between Columbus County and Nakina, followed by a 3 p.m. supplemental game between Bladen County and Whiteville.

DY Tournament action will begin at 5 p.m., with Bladen County taking on Whiteville. At 7, defending champion Columbus County will clash with Nakina.

Tournament play will run through Tuesday or Thursday.

The DY Tournament winner will receive a berth in the 2007 North Carolina Dixie Youth Tournament, which is scheduled for July 21-27 at Dunn,

Past District 2 Tournament champions follow:

1971 – Columbus County
1972 - Columbus County
1973 - Columbus County
1974 - Columbus County
1975 - Columbus County
1976 - Whiteville Optimist
1977 - Whiteville Optimist
1978 - Leland
1979 - Columbus County
1980 - Columbus County
1981 - Columbus County
1982 - Whiteville Optimist
Elizabethtown
1983 - Columbus County
1984 - Columbus County
1985 - Columbus County
1986 - Columbus County
1987 - Columbus County
1988 - Columbus County
1989 - Columbus County
1990 - Tabor City
1991 - Whiteville Optimist
1992 - Chadbourn
1993 - Columbus County
1994 - Columbus County
1995 - Columbus County
1996 - Whiteville Optimist
1997 - Whiteville Optimist
1998 - Columbus County
1999 - Columbus County
2000 - Columbus County
2001 - Columbus County
2002 - Columbus County
2003 - Columbus County
2004 - Columbus County
2005 - Whiteville Optimist
2006 - Columbus County