The Tournament of State Champions (TOSC) is an annual Little League Baseball tournament featuring 9 and 10 year-old state champions. The tournament was first held in August 2005 and is played at Mitch Stadium in Ceredo, West Virginia. The ninth annual Tournament of State Champions is scheduled to be held at Mitch Stadium in 2013.
In 2009, the Tournament of State Champions was played in nearby Huntington, West Virginia while Mitch Stadium was the location of the 2009 Little League Softball and Baseball Southeastern Regional Tournaments.
The participating states in the tournament are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia (Indiana and Kentucky participated in the first four tournaments). Over 1,000 registered 10-year-old teams begin play each June in these eight states.
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