Heading into Friday, five tickets had been punched to the 2023 Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA.
New Albany Little League in Ohio is set to represent the Great Lakes Region, Gray New Gloucester Little League of Maine will be the New England team, Northeast Seattle Little League of Washington will don the Northwest uniforms, Nolensville Little League from Tennessee will be representing the Southeast for a second consecutive year and Needville Little League of Texas will be the Southwest representative.
Friday’s action determined the final five teams. They will represent the Metro, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Mountain and West Regions.
Here is how the day went.
Results from Friday
North Dakota (Fargo Little League) def. South Dakota (Sioux Falls Little League), 9-7
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Results from Friday
Pennsylvania (Media Little League) def. Washington D.C. (Northwest Washington Little League), 2-0 (7 innings)
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Results from Friday
Nevada (Henderson Little League) def. Utah (Snow Canyon Little League), 10-0 (4 innings, 10-run rule)
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Results from Friday
Rhode Island (Smithfield Little League) def. New York (Massapequa Coast Little League), 7-1
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Results from Friday
Southern California (El Segundo Little League) def. Northern California (Bollinger Canyon Little League), 3-1
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History has been made in the Midwest region. For the first time in the 76-year history of the Little League World Series, a team from North Dakota will be headed to Williamsport.
Fargo Little League will be the first after they outlasted South Dakota 9-7 in the Region Championship, booking their trip to the iconic tournament. The victory avenged a 7-3 loss against South Dakota on Wednesday, and Fargo needed to beat Iowa on Thursday just to have a chance at redemption.
North Dakota took a 4-0 lead in the first inning, but South Dakota stormed back early in the game to knot the score at 4-4. North Dakota would break out for five runs shortly after to make it 9-4, but South once again battled back to bring it to a two-run deficit. This would not be enough, and Fargo is now set to trek 1,267 miles to take part in the LLWS.
It took Media Little League in Pennsylvania seven innings to get its first hit in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship, but when they finally broke through it was all they needed to advance.
Pennsylvania won the pitchers duel 2-0 on a walk-off home run in the bottom of that seventh inning, advancing them to Williamsport. The blast was the team’s first and only hit of the contest, as the first runner of the inning reached on a walk, and it came with two outs in the inning.
The pitching staff only surrendered a two hits in the contest, and now the team will trek 177 miles in-state to get to this years tournament.
The Mountain Regional Championship was less competitive as Henderson Little League in Nevada defeated Utah 10-0 in four innings. They allowed zero hits in the game and clinched Nevada’s second every berth in the Little League World Series.
Smithfield Little League out of Rhode Island played spoiler in the Metro Regional, defeating New York 7-1 to advance to Williamsport. They rallied for four runs in the first inning and never looked back. This avenged a 10-1 loss in the opening round of a regional.
El Segundo Little League out of Southern California punched the last Little League World Series ticket with a 3-1 win over Northern California (Bollinger Canyon Little League in San Ramon).
Southern California scored all three of its runs in the first inning off a wild pitch and a two-run double. Northern California got one back with a solo home run in the fourth and put the tying run at the plate in the sixth, but a flyout to right ended the game and set the LLWS field.
2023-09-27 21:17:44
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