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The West Region is one of ten United States regions that currently send teams to the Little League World Series, the largest youth baseball competition in the world. The region's participation in the LLWS dates back to 1957, when it was known as the West Region .
A team from Hawaii represented the Pacific Region in the Little League World Series between 1958 and 1961. [2] Between 1958 and 1960, the Hawaiian state champions received an automatic berth (as there were no foreign nations in the Pacific Region); in 1961, Hilo American Little League defeated a team from Japan in a playoff for the Pacific Region berth.
The following year, a second league was formed in Williamsport, and Little League Baseball grew to become an international organization with nearly 200,000 teams in every U.S. state and more than 80 countries. [6] Kathryn "Tubby" Johnston Massar was the first woman to play in a Little League baseball game, in 1950.
The Intermediate League World Series (ILWS) Southeast Region and Southwest Region are two of the five United States regions that currently send teams to the World Series in Livermore, California. The two regions were created in 2013, when the ILWS began (as a new Little League Baseball World Series)
The 2024 Little League World Series gets underway on Wednesday, with the baseball world turning its focus to South Williamsport, Pa., as the best little league teams in the world show their stuff.
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — California will take on Curacao in the Little League World Series championship on Sunday after both teams worked their way into the title game from the elimination ...
The 2020 Little League World Series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic The 2021 Little League World Series only featured United States teams for the first time since 1975 . Two teams from each of the 8 U.S. regions participated in the World Series (regional champion and runner-up)