DAPHNE, Alabama— Players in Dixie Youth All-Star sub-district tournaments will throwout the first pitch tonight to begin the 2011 all-star season.

Daphne and Spanish Fort will host AA (ages 7-8) and O-ZONE (ages 11-12)

level tournaments at Lott (Daphne) and Spirit (Spanish Fort) parks. Zirlott Park in Bayou La Batre will also host sub-district tournaments this weekend. Admission price is $5 for adults each night and $1 for kids ages 6-12. Children under 6 years are admitted free.

In AA Sub-District 3, Daphne's Lott Park will host Fairhope National versusSpanish Fort Central at 6 p.m. and Gulf Shores versus host team Daphne National at 7:30p.m. First-round play continues Saturday at 3 p.m. when Central Baldwin National faces Elberta.Spirit Park in Spanish Fort will host Sub-District 4 with Fairhope Centralversus Central Baldwin American at 6 p.m. and Orange Beach versus Spanish Fort American at 7:30 p.m.Sub-District 2 at Zirlott Park in Bayou La Batre will feature Citronelle National versus Spanish Fort National at 6 p.m. and Daphne American versus (Zirlott) at 7:30p.m.

The championship games of each tournament are set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. withan if-necessary game slated Wednesday.

Winners of each double-elimination sub-district tournament will advance to the district tournament level at Fairhope's Volanta Park which begins June 30. The district winner will move on to the state tournament in Hartselle which begins July 15.

In O-Zone play, Daphne will host Sub-District 3 with Gulf Shores versus

Central Baldwin at 6 p.m. and Daphne National versus Orange Beach at 8 p.m.

Spanish Fort will host Sub-District 4's O-Zone tournament with Foley versus Fairhope National at 6 p.m. and Daphne American versus Spanish Fort American at 8 p.m.

In Sub-District 2 O-Zone action at Zirlott Park in Bayou La Batre begins with Spanish Fort National versus Saraland National at 6 p.m. and Municipal

American will versus Zirlott at 8 p.m.

Sub-district tournament winners advance to the O-Zone district tournament at

Fairhope June 30. The 2011 state tournament will begin in Cherokee County on

July 22.

AAA (ages 9-10) sub-district play begins June 30 in Spanish Fort, Summerdale and Saraland.

Spanish Fort will host Sub-District 2 at Spirit Park with Gulf Shores versus Fairhope American at 6 p.m., Spanish Fort National versus Elberta at 7 p.m. and Foley versus Central Baldwin at 8 p.m. Summerdale will host Sub-District 3 with Fairhope National versus Spanish Fort American at 6 p.m. and Daphne National versus Orange Beach at 8 p.m. Summerdale will have a host-team bye.

And Saraland will host Sub-District 1 with Zirlott versus Municipal American at 6 p.m., Saraland National versus Municipal National at 7 p.m. and Daphne American versus Saraland American at 8 p.m. The AAA district tournament will be held at Garrett Park in obertsdale starting July 8.

The winner will advance to the state tournament in Athens which begins July 22.