ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT

The 11th Annual Drew Medford Memorial Tournament (DMMT) will feature 27 prep baseball teams playing a total of 66 games from Thursday, March 11 through Saturday, March 13, at seven area high schools. In continuing the tournament’s mission, one player from each team will receive a $1,000 college scholarship.

Through the generosity of its sponsors and community supporters, the Drew Medford Memorial Tournament has awarded $247,000 to local baseball players over its first 10 years. This is the eighth consecutive year that the tournament is awarding at least 20 scholarships. Scholarship recipients are chosen by each participating team, and the player must embody the characteristics of the tournament’s namesake: drive to succeed, humility and empathy for others, and a leader on his baseball team.

All scholarship recipients will be honored prior to the final game of the tournament between Fort Worth rivals Arlington Heights and Paschal. This year’s game between the Yellow Jackets and Panthers will take place at Paschal at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 13. The scholarship ceremony will be held on the field at 6:30 p.m.

Paschal, Arlington Heights, Aledo, Birdville, Boswell, Country Day and South Grand Prairie are this year’s host schools. The 27 teams playing in the 2026 tournament are Aledo, Arlington, Arlington Heights, Arlington Lamar, Arlington Martin, Azle, Benbrook, Birdville, Boswell, Burleson Centennial, Country Day, Fossil Ridge, Grace Prep, Greenbrier (AR), Joshua, Keller Central, L.D. Bell, Mansfield, Mansfield Lake Ridge, Mansfield Legacy, Midland Lee, Paschal, Richland, South Grand Prairie, Trinity Valley and Weatherford.

Medford was a district MVP, all-state and honorable mention All-America baseball player for Paschal High School. He signed to play baseball at TCU but was killed in an automobile accident in August of 2016. His family and lifelong friends created the baseball tournament to honor his memory and create a legacy for other high school players. In 2017, the inaugural Drew Medford Memorial Tournament, featuring a six-team field, was played.

The DMMT will officially kick off Wednesday, March 10, with a 6 p.m. welcome dinner at Paschal High School.