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Orangefield Little Dribblers has the distinction of sending five teams in the league to the National tournament this year.

“We had a regional tournament last week and we had six teams from Orangefield, three boys and three girls. Out of six teams, five are going to Nationals,” said Kyle Dubose, Little Dribblers president.

Besides Orangefield, other schools at the regional tournament were West Orange, Bridge City, Cleveland, Hamshire-Fannett, Anahuac, East Chambers and Kirbyville.

“They take the top two teams from each division to go to Nationals. All of our teams except for one finished in the top two.”

Those moving forward are the junior, senior, and major girls, senior and major boys.

Dubose said, “This is the first time we’ve ever sent this many teams to Nationals.”

The National tournament will be held May 8-10 in Canton.

Major Allstar Regional Champs: Front row right to left - Taylor Decker, Faith Fregia, Ally Overman and Peyton Bebe; Back row right to left - Emmi Lummus, Macy Adrio, Abby Overman, Devany Crain, Lacey Leach, Tatum Garlington, Bailee Click, and Kayla Gordon; Coaches: Cindy Overman, Dusty Hussey, and Chad Garlington.