The 2019 National Trail Baseball Tournament will be played next week.

North Clay will enter as the top seed, while South Central is seeded second. St. Anthony is No. 3, followed by Altamont, Dieterich, Windsor/Stew Stras, Neoga, Brownstown/St. Elmo and Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City.

All first round and semifinal round games will be played at the school with the higher seed.

BSE and CHBC will open the tournament today (Friday) at 4 p.m. The winner of that contest will face top-seeded North Clay at 4 p.m. Monday.

There will be three other games Monday, as well, and each one will begin at 4 p.m. They are Dieterich at Altamont; Neoga at South Central; and WSS at St. Anthony.

The semifinals are scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday.

The third place and championship contests will be play Friday at Paul Smith Field in Effingham. The third place game will begin at 4 p.m., followed by the championship game at 7 p.m.

St. Anthony in not only the defending champion, but it has won the NTC Tourney the last four years in a row