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A team that features multiple East Texans and is coached by East Texans will compete in the 2024 Connie Mack World Series July 25-Aug. 3 in Farmington, New Mexico.

The Dallas Patriots won a qualifying event June 18-23 in Denver, Colorado, playing eight games in six days to secure their spot in the World Series.

Playing for the Dallas Patriots are Chase Randall (Bullard), Collin Mclemore (Whitehouse), Austin Kerns (New Diana), Nick West (Nacogdoches Central Heights), Logan Posey (Brownwood), Parker Smith (Montgomery Lake Creek), Cole Giametta (Prosper), Aaren Marshall (Lucas Lovejoy), Ryan Ott (Arlington), Garrett Smith (Katy Paetow), Matthew Tellez (Mansfield Lake Ridge), Tyson Barkley (Rockwall-Heath), Nick Nava (Prosper), Jaxon Miller (Frisco Heritage), Bubba Moya (Pearland), Aaron Brashear (Katy), Trent Collier (Prosper Walnut Grove), Karsen Davis (Mansfield Lake Ridge), Matthew Hedrick (Houston Memorial), AJ Miera (Homeschool), Todd Rochelle (Mansfield Legacy), Charlie Kinkaid (Highland Park), Austin Smith (Lewisville Hebron) and Wylie Tumlin (Waco Midway).

Coaches are head coach Landry Mayo (2016 Whitehouse graduate) and assistant coaches Keith Mayo, Mason House (2017 Whitehouse graduate) and Jacob Newland (2023 New Diana graduate/current player at ETBU).

“We are excited to be a part of it,” Landry Mayo said. “It’s happened once before in 25 years. It’s fun because these guys are all going off to play college baseball, so this helps them stay on the field and work and be ready to contribute when they get on campus, which is important in the current portal landscape.”

The Dallas Patriots (26-5) will be joined at the Connie Mack World Series by D-Bat United (24-5), Midland Redskins (27-9), Dallas Tigers (20-5), Texas Twelve, Acadiana Cajuns (15-2), Mississauga Tigers (38-6-1), North Texas Longhorns (21-10-1), Dulin’s Dodgers (10-3), SoCal Renegades (39-6), Tulsa Sandlot (20-3-1) and Frackers Baseball (21-6-1).

“It’s a cool event, hyper competitive,” Mayo said. “Everybody there has been recruited and is there to win.”

The event will begin with two pool play games and then the 12 teams will be seeded and compete in a double-elimination bracket.

The championship game will be televised on CBS Sports Network.

Some other East Texans playing in the event are Gilmer’s Dillon Henson and Texarkana Pleasant Grove’s Brenton Clark (Midland Redskins); and Harmony’s Tucker Tittle (Dulin Dodgers).

Notable MLB alumni who played in the Connie Mack World Series are Hank Blalock, Alex Bregman, Ken Griffey Jr., Clayton Kershaw, Corey Kluber, Barry Larkin, Nate Lowe, Max Muncy, Manny Ramirez, Anthony Rizzo and Justin Turner.