Here's an update on local baseball action involving our Dixie Youth All Stars: The Ville Platte 8 year old Pitching Machine all stars ended up in a tie tonight in the first game of pool play action in the state tournament. Final score: Ville Platte 12 Benton 12. Ville Platte was down 12-5 in the sixth inning when Ville Platte all stars came roaring back to score 7 runs to tie it up. Pool play games can end in a tie. KVPI Sports will begin carrying the pool play games at 10:15am and 2:15pm Friday over KVPI AM with Sports Announcer Micah Chatman. Also the Ville Platte T-Ball all stars playing in Shreveport this weekend for the state tournament beat Shreveport Continental 16-1 in 3 innings. Good luck to our all stars!!