Month: August 2015

The bats were busy at Houghton Stadium on Saturday, and when the dust cleared S. California had a 12-10 win over Hawaii in six exciting innings. There were 29 hits, including 12 extra base hits in the game. S. California’s Sweetwater Valley LL came out swinging, scoring five runs in the first inning to jump […]

An impressive two-way performance from Cale McCallister led Missouri-Webb City LL to a 10-0 win Saturday over Minnesota-Coon Rapids Cardinal LL, as McCallister came up huge at the dish and on the bump. McCallister put himself in scoring position with two extra-base hits for Missouri’s Webb City LL. He singled in the first inning, homered […]

Oregon beat Idaho on Saturday 15-3 at Houghton Stadium in six innings. Oregon scored seven runs in the sixth on on a single by Barrett Bevacqua, a walk by Jackson Farr, a walk by Kaden Segel, and a home run by Cooper Shaw. Spencer Scott reached base four times in the game for Oregon’s Wilshire-Riverside […]

  During the Senior League Baseball World Series in Bangor, Maine, it’s a pretty safe bet that baseball was top of mind for most of the players from the ten teams. One player, however, Harrison Burks from West University Little League out of Houston, which represented the Southwest Region, was thinking about more than just […]

Pearland West LL scored four runs in the fourth and was sharp from the mound to win the Southwest Region Championship, beating North Boulder Little League from Boulder, Colo. Carter Ostrom racked up two RBI on two hits for the team from Texas, and pitcher Isaac Garcia held North Boulder hitless over the final 2 […]

Alex Edmondson was untouchable on Thursday, throwing a no-hitter in South Carolina’s Northwood LL’s 7-0 victory over Virginia’s Mechanicsville National LL. Edmondson struck out 12 batters and walked just two while recording his momentous feat. He got Tyler Warren to strike out for the final out of the game. Edmondson also helped his cause at […]

When Mariano Rivera started playing Little League Baseball® at Barrio Colon Little League in La Chorrea, Panama, in the 1980s, no one knew that he would go on to become the most dominant, prolific closing pitcher in Major League Baseball History. Originally a shortstop, his success throughout his career with the New York Yankees and […]

Charlie and Joan Frazier are baseball parents, having raised three boys who all played professional baseball. Their hard work, patience, and guidance are just three of the many reasons that Little League is happy to recognize the Fraziers as the 2015 George and Barbara Bush Little League® Parents of the Year. “Mr. and Mrs. Frazier […]

Recovery from a traumatic event is never easy. But when a goal is on the horizon, there is a little more motivation in that battle to get better. For 11-year-old Alex Illes, who was hit by a car just two years ago, his goal was to play again on the Little League® fields at Parkland […]

Fellow volunteers in California District 43 in San Bernardino call Barbara Sky “instrumental” to the Little League Challenger Division®, not only for its district, “but to all kids that have a disability, and just want to play ball.” For her efforts and commitment to the intellectually and physically challenged children of her district, Ms. Sky […]