One of prep baseball's most prestigious tournaments, the Dole National Classic, begins today at six fields in Orange County.
There are 16 teams in the tournament. Four are local--Mater Dei, the county's top-ranked team, El Dorado, Tustin and Esperanza. There are several nationally ranked teams entered--Key West (Fla.), Miami Westminster Christian, Granada Hills Kennedy, Mountain View St. Francis and Lakeside (Calif.) El Capitan.
