BOARDMAN, Ohio - Several local Italian restaurants are warming up their best sauces as they compete for the title of Best Sauce in the Valley.

The Sunday Sauce Showdown will get spicy at the DeBartolo Commons at the Southern Park Mall as guests and judges vote for the best sauce.

Tickets are $25 per person and are only available online through eventbrite.com. Tickets will not be available at the door. Each ticket includes a sample of each restaurant's pasta, three samples of wine, and other refreshments. 

An assortment of pasta will be available from Carchedi's Cafe, Combine Brothers, Double Bogey's Bar and Grill, PaPa GeGe's Italian Villa, Papa's Italian Specialties, and Tino's Italian Kitchen, and Woodland Cellars.

Greene Eagle Winery, L'Uva Bella, and Woodland Cellars will provide wine samples.

The Avanti Band will play Italian music with a modern flair throughout the event.

All proceeds from ticket sales and the raffle will go to the Potential Development School for Students with Autism. 

The event will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday.