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Little League World Series

Lake Mary walks off Chinese Taipei to win Florida's first-ever Little League World Series championship

Florida teams were previously 0-8 in Little League World Series title games all-time​

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The boys from Lake Mary, Florida walked it off against Chinese Taipei in extra innings to win the Little League World Series, 2-1, in thrilling fashion on Sunday night.

A Florida team was 0-8 in LLWS title games all-time, but Lake Mary had been fighting tooth and nail throughout this series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, facing four elimination games just to reach the final against the squad from Taoyuan, Taiwan – a squad that didn't lose any of the five games they've played since hitting the States.

After Lathan Norton finished his 3.2 innings with a scare, as Taoyuan's Hu Yen-Chun flew out to the warning track in the top of the eighth inning, he went to second base to begin the bottom of the eighth in a 1-1 game.

The last hitter in Lake Mary's lineup, Hunter Alexander, came up in a clear bunt scenario, where he was only thinking about moving Norton over to third base.

But Taoyuan, perhaps the team with the best fundamentals in the tournament, didn't have someone covering first base when Alexander laid down his bunt to the right side.



The ball was thrown away, and Lake Mary celebrated immediately as Norton came around third base for the winning run.
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Hamilton West Side (Ohio) tops Kentucky, reaches Little League World Series

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The Hamilton West Side Little League baseball team has reached the Little League World Series for the first time since 2021 after defeating Kentucky's North Oldham, 6-0, in Whitestown, Indiana, in the Great Lakes region championship game on ESPN2.

The 2026 Little League World Series begins on Wednesday, Aug. 19, in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. As the Great Lakes region winner, West Side will face the yet-to-be-determined Mountain Region champion on Aug. 20 at 2 p.m.

West Side starter Boone Treadway, the son of Badin head coach Brion Treadway, pitched a one-hit, complete-game shutout. He threw 62 pitches, and struck out nine.

"Feels amazing," Treadway told ESPN after the game. "I'm just glad to get to do it with this group of kids."

Josiah Infante hit a two-run homer during West Side's six-run first inning.

West Side is a 23-time Ohio state champion making its sixth LLWS appearance. The team also made LLWS appearances in 1991, 1993, 2007 and 2010.

In 2021, West Side advanced to the LLWS final before losing to Michigan.

West Side and North Oldham met twice in the Great Lakes regional. West Side won the first meeting, 11-4.

West Side cruised past Michigan and Indiana in the first two rounds of the tournament.
 

Little League World Series United States teams​

  • Great Lakes − West Side Little League (Hamilton, Ohio)
  • Metro − Bayonne Central Little League (Bayonne, New Jersey)
  • Mid-Atlantic − East Side Little League (West Chester, Pennsylvania)
  • Midwest − Davenport Northwest Little League (Davenport, Iowa)
  • Mountain − Paseo Verde Little League (Henderson, Nevada)
  • New England − Bridgewater Joe Lazaro Little League (Bridgewater, Massachusetts)
  • Northwest − SoundView Little League (Tacoma, Washington)
  • Southeast − Phenix City Youth Baseball Little League (Phenix City, Alabama)
  • Southwest − Boerne Little League (Boerne, Texas)
  • West − Sweetwater Valley Little League (Bonita, California)

Little League World Series International teams​

  • Asia−Pacific − West Seoul (B) Little League (Seoul, South Korea)
  • Australia − Ryde Little League (Sydney, New South Wales)
  • Canada − Little Mountain Little League (Vancouver, British Columbia)
  • Caribbean− Los Nacionales Little League (Santiago, Dominican Republic)
  • Curaçao− Pariba Little League (Willemstad, Curaçao)
  • Europe & Africa − South Czech Republic Little League (Brno, Czechia)
  • Japan − Joto Little League (Tokyo, Japan)
  • Latin America − Ministerio Sobre Las Alas Del Aguila Little League (Leon, Nicaragua)
  • Mexico − Municipal De Tijuana Little League (Tijuana, Baja California)
  • Panama− David Doleguita Little League (Chiriquí, Panama)

How to watch the 2026 Little League World Series​

The 2026 Little League World Series will be broadcast on ESPN platforms, with the championship game airing on ABC. Games will also be available to stream on ESPN+.
  • Dates: August 19th - August 30th
  • TV: ESPN, ESPN2, ABC
  • Stream: ESPN+
  • Location: Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Little League World Series Championship game​

Sunday, Aug. 30
  • Game 38 : Winner of Game 35 vs Winner of Game 36, 3 p.m. ABC
 
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