PITTSFIELD, Mass. -- The summer's baseball all-star tournament play gets underway on Saturday when the Donald Gleason District 1 Little League tournaments open at Clapp Park.

 

First pitch in the county's 8- to 10-year-old tournament is scheduled for noon when Dalton Hinsdale takes on the Pittsfield Little League National Division.

 

At 2, the Pittsfield Americans will face Great Barrington.

 

The same four teams will be back at it on Sunday at noon and 2, and the four-team round-robin will conclude on Thursday, setting up the 10-year-old District 1 title game at noon on July 8.

 

Just the Pittsfield Nationals and Americans entered teams in the 9- to 11-year-old age group. They will play a best-of-three series at Deming park with the first two games at 5:30 on July 5 and 6 with a third game, if needed, on Saturday, July 8.

 

The 10- to 12-year-old all-stars from five Berkshire County Little League programs will begin their quest to get to Willamsport, Pa., on Monday, July 3, with a pair of 5:30 games at two different fields.

 

Adams-Cheshire will face Great Barrington at Deming Park, and the Pittsfield Nats will face the Pittsfield Americans at Dalton's Chamberlain Park, home of most of the Williamsport bracket games.

 

After a day off for the holiday, round-robin play will continue on Wednesday, July 5, through July 10 with the championship scheduled for Thursday, July 13, in Dalton.