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Little League Extra

A look at the US and International LLWS all-star teams

UNITED STATES ALL-STARS C―Nolan Gifford, Nevada: A fantastic pitcher , too, who threw well against Rhode Island and Tennessee, Gifford helped spark Nevada's offense as the Mountain champions won two Series games. Gifford went 4 for 8, slugging two home runs, adding a double and driving in ...

Curacao came up shy of its goal of winning the World Series championship

It’s hard enough losing the big one once. Pabao Little League out of Curaçao approached the final stretch of the World Series championship with a great chance to do what it had failed to do last year. After losing last year’s title to Hawai’i, it held a tie against California in ...

Clinton’s Reagan Weaver competes at the Little League Home Run Derby

Clinton softball’s Reagan Weaver kept swinging for the fences inside of Volunteer Stadium. The crowd was cheering her on as the clock on the scoreboard ticked inside of 30 seconds. All Weaver needed was one more home run. Despite the great swings, she just couldn’t manage to get that ...

Texas, California will fight for US crown today

Andy McRae grew up in Needville, Texas. He also has watched the town’s Little League build itself up. This is a town of only 3,018, but its Little League has become something mighty big. And now Needville is one of the country’s top two Little League Baseball teams, as well as one of the ...

Intimidated by opponents? Not Curacao

After losing to Chinese Taipei on Wednesday at the Little League World Series, Curacao manager told members of the press that Chinese Taipei wasn’t untouchable. Looking at the results, it’s hard to agree with Everett. The Asia Pacific Regional champions this year are absolutely phenomenal ...

Cheng-Ta wants to get back to World Series title game

It’s been a long time since Chinese Taipei manager Lee Cheng-Ta has coached a team to the Little League World Series championship game. In 2009, Cheng-Ta coached Taoyuan to the championship game, marking the first World Sereis championship appearance for Chinese Taipei since 1996. Chinese ...