WORLD SERIES CHAMPS: Taylor North Is On Top
August 29, 2021The Taylor North Little League All-Star team won the World Series championship Sunday in Williamsport, Penn. Click the above headline to read details.
The Taylor North Little League All-Star team won the World Series championship Sunday in Williamsport, Penn. Click the above headline to read details.
The District Ten Little League Baseball and Softball All-Star playoffs have wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules.
The Norway Minor Boys (age 8-10) Little League baseball team had its season come to an end in the state championship game on Wednesday, falling to Greater Bay County Little League from Lower Michigan, 4-2, before a huge crowd at Marion Park. Click tha above headline to read details and see photos and video highlights from the game.
The Norway Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) pulled out a dramatic 1-0 win over Midland Northeast in the state semifinals Tuesday afternoon at Marion Park. Landon "Donny" DeBakker threw a no-hitter, and got three straight outs in the final inning after the bases were loaded with no hits. Click the above headline for photos, videos, interviews.
The Norway Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) advanced to the state semifinals on Monday with a 16-7 win over Techumseh in a quarterfinal game in Norway. Click the above headline for details, see photos and videos, and listen to post-game interviews.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star (age 9-10) softball team lost their state quarterfinal match-up on Monday, dropping a pitcher's duel with St. Clair, 2-0, in Rochester Hills. Click the above headline to read details and see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Star (age 11-12) baseball team finished its state tournament run with a 11-1 win over Kalamazoo South Portage Monday at University Liggett High School. Brody Ison struck out eleven of the twelve outs that were recorded in the mercey-shortened game. Click the above headline for photos and videos.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) fell behind early and had their comeback fall short in the final inning on Sunday, losing to Muskegon Roosevelt Park, 5-4, in the state tournament at University Liggett High School in Grosse Pointe. Click the above headline to read details, and to see photos and video highlights.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Star (age 9-10) softball team won two games Sunday at the state tournament in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills, beating Three Rivers in the morning, 8-4, and then topping Big Rapids, 19-1, in the evening. The girls advance to the state quarterffnals. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Escanaba Minor League All-Star softball team (age 9-10) fell behind 4-0 in the first inning and couldn't mount a comeback, losing to Bullock Creek Southtown out of the Midland area, 6-0, at the state tournament Saturday in the Detroit suburb of Rochester Hills. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos.
A last-minute comeback attempt came up short for the Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) at the state tournament in Grosse Pointe on Saturday. Bay City Southwest built a 5-0 lead and went on for a 5-2 win on the artificial turf at University Liggett High School. Click the above headline for details, photos, video highlighs.
ESCANABA 9-10 girls game delayed by three hours due to continued rain in Rochester Hills. Game now set for 1:30. Listen on FM-93.5 and AM-600 and RRNsports.com. Then we will hustle over to Grosse Pointe for our ESCANABA 11-12 boys game at 5:00. Same radio station.The 9-10 Minor Little League softball state tournament started Friday morning in Rochester Hills. But before the first batch of pool play games could get out of the fourth inning, heavy rain moved into the area.
The Escanaba Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) won a district championship Monday night after beating Kingsford, 1-0 and 7-1, to advance to the state tournament in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
Zahn Anderson's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning helped the Escanaba Major Boys (age 11-12) Little League All-Stars rally past Norway, 6-5, on Sunday. Click the above headline to read detaiils, photos, video highlights.
The Kingsford and Norway Major Little League All-Stars (age 11-12) earned victories over their Delta County rivals in tournament action on Saturday, while the Gladstone Minor Boys (age 9-10) rallied from 12 runs down in the final two innings to stay alive in their tournament. Click the above headline to read details, see photos and videos.
The Escanaba Minor girls softball team (age 9-10) won a district championship, beating Norway, 17-0, Thursday night in Escanaba. Click the above headline for details.
After announcing plans two weeks ago to have local baseball and softball seasons, the Escanaba and Gladstone Little Leagues both reversed course on Tuesday and decided to cancel their plans. Click the above headline to read the details.
Escanaba and Gladstone Little Leaguers will be back on the field in six weeks as the coronavirus crisis appears to have eased in the region. Both are taking registrations now and plan to start play on July 6. Click the above headline for details.
There will be no Little League Baseball or Softball state tournaments held this summer in Michigan. The state’s 16 district administrators have voted to cancel state tournaments, but some local play could continue. Click the above headline to read more.
There will be no Little League Baseball or Softball World Series this summer, nor will there be regional tournaments held. That announcement came on Thursday in Williamsport. Little League can still hold district, sectional, and state tournaments if health conditions allow depending on the state. Click the above headline to read the details.
The Kingsford Minor Little League (age 9-10) All-Stars had the season come to an end on Monday with a 5-0 loss to Midland Northeast in the state quarterfinals in downstate Dexter. Click the above headline to see photos, video clips, taken by Andy Flaminio.
The District Ten Little League All-Star season has wrapped up. Click the above headline to see the scores and schedules for the tournaments.
The Kingsford Minor Boys (age 9-10) Little League All-Star team lost for the first time on Sunday at the state tournament in Dexter, but will advance to the state quarterfinals with a 2-1 pool play record. Click the above headline for videos taken by Ryan Grondin.
The Kingsford Minor Boys (age 9-10) Little League All-Stars won their first two games this weekend at the state tournament in downstate Dexter. The boys beat Mattawan, 10-4, Friday night, then topped Blissfield, 6-3, on Saturday morning. Click the above headline for details, and to see video clips taken by Ryan Grondin.
The Escanaba Minor Little League (age 9-10) softball team went 0-3 in pool play at the state tournament in downstate Marysville. The girls fell to Edwarsburg, 15-5, on Friday, and lost to Midland Bullock Creek, 9-5, on Saturday. The girls wrapped up play on Sunday with a 21-13 loss to Hudsonville. Click the above headline to see videos.
The Gladstone Major Girls Little League (age 11-12) softball team advanced to the Central Regional semifinals on Thursday with a 12-4 win over Marion County, Kentucky. The girls scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning to take control of the quarterfinal contest. Click the above headline for interviews, photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The Escanaba Minor Little League All-Stars (age 9-10) open the state tournament on Friday in downstate Marysville. The girls were part of a parade through the streets of the Blue Water community Thursday in Opening Ceremonies. Escanaba takes on Edwardsburg Friday at noon. They'll play Bullock Creek Saturday and Hudsonville on Sunday.
The Gladstone Major Little League (age 11-12) All-Stars advanced to the Central Regional quarterfinals on Wednesday with a 9-7 win over Columbia, Mo., in an error-filled softball game in Fishers, Ind. Click the above headline for details, listen to interviews, and to see photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.
The Kingsford Minor Boys (age 9-10) completed their comeback through the loser’s bracket with a dramatic 4-3 win over Escanaba in the District Ten championship game Tuesday night at Karl Dickson Field. Click the above headline for details, photos, videos.
The Gladstone Major Little League (age 11-12) softball team gave up two big innings on defense and couldn't recover, falling to Tallmadge, Ohio, 9-4, in the first game of the Central Regional tournament Monday in suburban Indianapolis. Click the above headline to read details, and see photos, videos taken by Amy Sundquist.