Little League World Series Tournament [Sun, August 9th]

Teams to Watch

1. New England: RI Cumberland National & NH Portsmouth
2. Mid-Atlantic: NY Stony Point & PA Council Rock Newtown
3. Southeast: FL Viera/Suntree & GA Columbus & NC Winston 
4. Great Lakes: IL Moline & OH West Side
5. Midwest: IA Grandview & MN Plymouth/New Hope
6. Southwest: E.TX Pearland White & AR Arkadelphia
7. Northwest: WA Auburn & OR Murrayhill
8. West: S.CA Ocean View & HI Waipio
9. Canada: BC Little Mountain & ON Windsor

Rundown

New England: Another tough defeat for Shelburne (VT) handed to them by Southburough (MA) 3-6. They slip to 0-2 while Southburough recovers from its Fri. loss to Bangor. New Hampshire's Portsmouth had a hit-fest against Bangor winning 10-5 leaving Rhode Island as the only undefeated team in the region.

Mid-Atlantic: What team has given up only one run, pitched two shutouts and scored 31 runs in just three games? Stony Point LL from New York - so far this year's Cinderella Story. Today it was Maryland's Railroaders LL that became the latest team to get run off the rails by this pitching and hitting powerhouse. Council Rock Newtown also had a great showing with an 11-1 win over Brandywine making the Delaware team the first to drop to a 0-2 record.

Southeast: Viera/Suntree LL from Melbourne (FL) earned the region's only shutout yesterday with a 4-0 win over SYA from Virginia. In the duel of the Carolinas, Winston-Salem National (NC) had the most runs and a 14-2 victory over their Myrtle Beach opponent Caroline Center Community Forest (SC). W. Virginia's Ripley handed Spring Hills (TN) their 2nd loss scoring 11 runs against 6 and Columbus Northern from GA remained undefeated against winless Huntsville Eastern (AL) 8-7.

Great Lakes: After today's play, each one of the six teams has a defeat on their record. The big story is Moline National LL (Il) shutout of Burlington LL (WI) 7-0. Owensboro Southern LL (KY) beat Michagan's Richmond LL team by just one run 9-8 and Terre Haute North (IN) pulled off a win in a big hitting game against West Side LL from Hamilton (OH) 11-9.

Midwest: Des Moines' Grandview LL team pulled off another impressive victory keeping Riverton Area LL (KA) to just 2 runs while scoring 12 runs. Both Iowa and Minnesota have 2-0 records now that Plymouth/New Hope beat Nebraska's Kearney 5-1. Canyon Lake LL from Rapid City N. Dakota evened up their record today with an impressive victory over last year's regional winner, Daniel Boone American LL from Columbia, Missouri, 12-1.

Southwest: With the Texans having a day off, it was Arkansas' Arkadelphia team's turn at bat taking Orchard Mesa from Grand Junction (CO) to the woodshed with an impressive 11-1 victory yet both teams have won slots on ESPN2's Tuesday broadcast. Lincoln Parish (LA) also swung the lumber with a 14-4 win over their gulf shore neighbors from Ocean Springs Miss. Albuquerque's Altamont denied Tulsa American a win in the tournament beating the sooners 11-6.

Northwest: Both Washington (Auburn LL) and Oregon (Murrayhill LL) showed yesterday why they're the favorites to represent the Northwest in Williamsport with a 6-1 win over North Boise and 14-3 win over Billing's Boulder Arrowhead (MT) respectively. Given the magic of we saw between Ric Ramirez and his son Luke from Park View to win last year's world championship, you've gotta wonder if Oregon has the same advantage leading up to Saturday's final game.

West: Huntington Beach's Ocean View LL had the day off giving Hawaii a chance to catch up with a 4-1 win over Napa National from NoCal off of two, two-run homeruns. North Scottsdale got it's first victory with a 11-4 win over Washington LL from Utah.

Canada: Windsor South Canadian LL from Ontario swung for the fences today and apparently succeeded with an incredible 19-6 win over Glace Bay from Nova Scotia. Little Mountain LL from BC continues it's bombing run with 11 runs to 1 against Ancaster, the host city in Ontario. That gives them 25 runs against opponents in 2 games with just 3 runs scored against them. Calgary Rocky Mountain finally got a win over NDG from Quebec 13-6. (NOTE: Incorrect Headline. Windsor can be eliminated in tournament play that continues until 8/14 Championship Game).