The final week of the fall baseball season begins today with the NTC Tournament getting underway in Effingham. There are four games on the schedule for today with two games at Paul Smith Field and two other games at Evergreen Park. At Paul Smith Field today, top seed Altamont will take on Beecher City-Cowden Herrick at 4:15 pm followed by #4 seed North Clay taking on 5th seed South Central at 7 pm. At Evergreen Park, #2 seed Windsor-Stew Stras will take on Browntown-St. Elmo at 4:15 pm followed by 3rd seeded Dieterich taking on Effingham St. Anthony. The winners move to the semi-finals on Wednesday while the losers of today’s games will play Wednesday in the consolation bracket. The tournament is scheduled to wrap up on Friday night.