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The 10th Annual Breast Cancer and Blind Awareness Great Texas Shootout, sponsored by the Tyler Tigers Beep Baseball Team, is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 13 at Moore Middle School, 1200 S. Tipton Ave.

It is free and open to the public and begins at 8:30 a.m. as four teams are scheduled to join the Tigers for the event — Austin Blackhawks, Bayou City Heat (Houston), Bryan-College Station Outlaws and Lone Star Roadrunners (Dallas).

Larry Reed, of the Tyler Tigers, said it will be a day of “fun, food and good healthy competition.”

The event is free, but the team is accepting donations for the 2019 World Series, which is scheduled for July 28 through Aug. 4 in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

He added the National Beep Baseball Association president is scheduled to attend and a ceremony will take place “to honor and remember those who have fought the battle against breast cancer.”

Rosie Reed remembers scheduling their first community event over a decade ago, which was initially only held as a fundraiser and community outreach for the Tigers.

“It started off really small,” Rosie Reed said. “When you’re out raising money for the World Series, nobody knows what beep baseball is. We wanted a way to show our community what this game was all about.”

Rosie Reed thanked the Tyler community, local businesses and the Lions Club for their generosity and support through the years. She also noted the help of Horizon Industries, which offers ongoing support to the Tigers and is also hosting the White Cane Safety Day festivities, which recognizes the independence and contributions of Americans with visual impairments.

The Tigers will be selling shirts to commemorate the event. Shirts will be sold at the Great Texas Shootout or may be purchased by sending an email to tyler@nbba.org.