The 6th annual Beets Classic, a fall baseball tournament for high school teams, runs Nov. 10 through the championship game at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 19. All games will be played at Pasco-Hernando State College’s Withlacoochee River Electric Co-Op Park in New Port Richey. The tournament is named for Larry Beets, a longtime local coach.
Beets coached at New Port Richey’s Ridgewood High School and Hudson High School for a combined 33 years. He was the first baseball coach in Pasco County history to reach 500 career wins. He retired with a then-Pasco County record 571 victories. Since retiring as a head coach, Beets has served as an honorary assistant coach at Pasco-Hernando State College and an assistant coach at Land O’ Lakes High School.
Teams from Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties will compete. The field includes Hernando High, Tampa Catholic, Northside Christian, Plant, Alonso, Wesley Chapel, Land O’ Lakes and East Lake.
Originally reported by Hernando Sun
