Hattiesburg Hosts 14U DBB Boys World Series

Champion baseball teams from 10 southeastern states recently traveled to Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to battle for the DBB Boys World Series title for the 14U age group.

The World Series games took place at Jaycee Park with numerous other events occurring throughout the city. Games began July 26 and the championship game is slated for today.

Teams from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee and Virginia joined a host team from Hattiesburg in a double-elimination bracket.

The Hattiesburg squad are the defending champions of the DBB Boys World Series, having gone undefeated at the 2024 edition.

The event kicked off with the opening banquet on July 25, where coaches and players were treated to a pre-ceremony team banquet on the deck of Keg & Barrel restaurant.

Later that night, the opening ceremony included a parade of World Series teams and 1964 team and former players, a welcome featuring special speakers, a skills competition and the first pitch thrown by Bobby Halford, coach of William Carey University baseball.