Washington D.C.
Capitol City Little League won its first District of Columbia championship
since 2010 with a 7-1 victory over rival Northwest Washington. NWLL had won two
straight titles and three of the last four since Cap City’s run of 20 straight
city titles. Sofia Ohanian broke the game open in the third with a two-out two-run
blast to Cap City up for good. Isaac Frumkin had a pair of doubles and an RBI.
Robert Reynolds picked up the win giving up just three hits over 4 2/3 innings.
He struck out five. Cap City will look to advance to the regional semifinals
for the first time since 2004.
Alaska
Sitka knocked off defending state champion Gastineau Channel 5-1 in the
District 2 finals behind a masterful pitching performance from Bryan Joseph who
struck out nine batters and induced eight ground ball outs in 5 2/3 innings. Sitka
will now face Abbott-O-Rabbit LL from Anchorage in the Best-of-5 state
championship series.
Florida
The state tournament is set in Florida as all eight sections are complete. The
best teams nearly always advance through sections in Florida because of their
great schedule. They play round robin with no championship game. If you’re
unbeaten and you beat everyone else already, why should you have to beat them
again in a single game, right? Right.
Plant City looks like a solid contender and is the defending state champion.
Florida tends to be wide-open in the state finals, however.
Virginia
Virginia is down to its final four now with Tuckahoe American, Fairfax
National, West Springfield American, and defending state champion Great Falls.
Tuckahoe hasn’t allowed a run in four games now after mercy-ruling Lynchburg in
the quarterfinals. Although, West Springfield has been a state champion with
this group before.
Texas
Universal Little League of Corpus Christi needed to sweep a double header this
morning against powerhouse Midland Northern and they did. Juan Sosa and Jacob
Garza each hit home runs in an 11-1 rout during the first game. Garza struck
out 14 batters in the second game to pull off the sweep with a 3-0 victory. It
was the fourth straight elimination victory in three days.
Hawaii
Central East Maui sits in the driver’s seat for the Hawaii state championship
after knocking off Waipio 3-1 in the winners’ bracket final over the weekend
despite being outhit 4-3 in the game. Waipio led 1-0 before Rayven Ruiz tied it
with a solo home run.
Mississippi
Ocean Springs Little League won its sixth state title in the last 10 years.
OSLL is 8-0 in the tournament so far and won the best 2-out-of-3 series with
Hattiesburg with a pair of mercy-rule victories. Mitch Murrell hit two home
runs in the state title series to lead Ocean Springs. Mississippi is looking
for its first trip to Williamsport since Hattiesburg went in 1977.
Northern California
Santa Cruz American jumped out to an 8-0 lead after two
innings and held onto a 10-5 win. Javier Lopez blasted a pair of home runs in
the victory. SCA will face Belmont Redwood Shores on Wednesday.
Nebraska
Kearney Little League is looking to defending its regional crown and got off to
a great start by winning the Nebraska state championship. It’s the third
straight trip to Indianapolis for the Midwest Region Tournament for Kearney.
Keegan Thurston was dominant on the mound for KLL while striking out 12 in the
3-0 victory over Omaha Keystone.
State Champions List
Utah- Dixie LL (St. George)
Alabama- Jackson LL
Oklahoma- Tulsa LL
Idaho- Coeur d’Alene LL
Washington- Eastlake LL (Sammamish)
Mississippi- Ocean Springs LL
Nebraska- Kearney LL
Washington, D.C.- Capitol City LL
Texas West- Universal LL (Corpus Christi)
Louisiana- Bossier National LL
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