MOORESVILLE (NC) — The Canes Carolina 11U baseball team will participate in seven sanctioned tournaments this spring, appearing in events organized by Perfect Game, Triple Crown Baseball, and USSSA.

New head coach Chris Manriquez will direct the Canes, which features six returning players and four new faces for the spring season. Manriquez is also the head varsity baseball coach at Charlotte’s Carmel Christian High School. Tyler Roakes will serve as Canes’ assistant coach.

Three crown jewel tournaments appear on the team’s calendar, including two tournaments outside the Charlotte footprint.

The Perfect Game 11U World Series (June 15-20) in East Cobb, Ga., features more than 100 of the top travel baseball teams across the country and a minimum of six games per team.

The 13th annual installment of Triple Crown Baseball’s popular Border Wars tournament has 14 of the top teams from North Carolina and Virginia meeting in Rocky Mount, NC (May 6-7).

Canes Carolina will also play in USSSA’s biggest Charlotte-based event, the prestigious Queen City Select Super NIT (April 14-16), a three-day event with three dozen of the region’s top Major-level teams in the field.

The complete Canes Carolina schedule is as follows:

• March 18-19: USSSA St. Patty’s Classic (Charlotte)
• April 14-16: USSSA Queen City Select Super NIT (Charlotte)
• April 29-30: USSSA Metrolina Classic NIT (Charlotte)
• May 6-7: Triple Crown Baseball Border Wars XIII (Rocky Mount, NC)
• May 20-21: USSSA Easton Hype Series (Charlotte)
• June 3-4: USSSA Race City Classic (Charlotte)
• June 15-20: Perfect Game 11U World Series (East Cobb, Ga.)