CHARLOTTE (N.C.) — The “unofficial start” of the fall travel baseball season happens this weekend – the first Saturday and Sunday after Labor Day – as 26 teams enter the 12U division of the USSSA Fall Kickoff NIT in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Canes Carolina is one of eight major-level squads competing in the nine-team Pool A of the weekend tourney. This will be the season’s second tournament for the Canes, who got a jump on the traditional fall calendar by reaching the semifinal round of the USSSA Carolina Fall Brawl on August 27.

The Canes will face Carolina Clippers Orange (Richfield, N.C.) at 4:45 p.m. and GBC Prospects (Greensboro, N.C.) at 6:30 p.m. at TM Winget Park. It will be the season’s first meeting against either team for the Canes.

The other teams participating in Pool A are:

SBA North Stars	Mooresville, N.C.	Major
Mission Saints	Matthews, N.C.	Major
MARA Bolts	Matthews, N.C.	Major
Carolina Express	Charlotte, N.C.	Major
Dirtbags Elite Gold	Flat Rock, N.C.	Major
T24 Black	York, S.C.	AAA

The Canes have won six of their last nine games overall and have a 7-3 mark in pool play over the last five tournaments entered.