Month: August 2018

Australia’s Growing Little League Success Is Fueled by Prominent Volunteer Coaches

Australia is not a country that is typically synonymous with baseball. However, it has become one of the fastest-growing Little League® countries in the world. The 2018 Little League Baseball® […]

Texas Defeats Rhode Island, 3-1

Both teams were strong on the mound on Thursday night in the finale of the first day of games at the 72nd Little League Baseball World Series, but Southwest was […]

Mexico Tops Australia In Walk-Off Fashion

Mexico took its opening Little League Baseball World Series game in dramatic walk-off fashion. Down 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Angel Martinez singled on the first pitch […]

Pitching Leads Mid-Atlantic to Victory

Mid Island Little League, the Mid-Atlantic Region winners, snagged a late lead and went on to defeat the Midwest Region Champions From Grandview (Iowa) Little League, 5-2 on Thursday during […]

Asia-Pacific Tops Caribbean in 9 Innings

Caribbean lost the lead late in a 4-2 defeat to Asia-Pacific on Thursday in Game 1 of the Little League Baseball World Series. The game was tied 2-2 with Asia-Pacific […]

Grandview Little League Motivated by Ex-Player, Grounds Crew Member

In 1980, the Little League Baseball® World Series field featured eight teams; four from the United States, and four international teams. That was the last time Iowa’s Grandview Little League […]

Welcome to the World Stage: 16 Teams Vie for LLB World Series Glory

By Rob Tota and Lucas Friedman For the 72nd Summer, Williamsport, Pa., the birth place of Little League®, welcomes 16 teams from across the United States and several other nations […]

Central Region Claims Little League Softball® World Series Championship

Wheelersburg Little League, from Wheelersburg, Ohio, captured the 2018 Little League Softball® World Series Championship by defeating Tunkhannock Little League, from Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, 3-0. Both teams were strong in the circle on Wednesday, but Central was just a […]

Greg Bruno Throws Perfect Game as New York Advances to Little League Baseball® World Series

Greg Bruno struck out 12 of the 18 batters he faced, throwing just 63 pitches over six perfect innings in Mid Island Little League’s 4-0 victory over Berlin (Md.) Little […]

Rhode Island Advances to Williamsport, Wins LLB New England Regional

Rhode Island’s Coventry Little League defeated Pittsfield (Mass.) American Little League, 3-2, Sunday morning, securing the New England Region crown and a trip to Williamsport, Pa., for the 2018 Little […]