South Carolina & Italy: On Their Way to Portland

Congrats to Simpsonville Little League of South Carolina District 7!

They defeated Florida in the Southern Regional to advance to the Little League Softball World Series, beginning next week in Portland.

And from the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) regional, congratulations to Lombardia Little League of Milano, Italy! Italy went 4-0 in the tournament and defeated Poland in its final game to earn the LLSBWS berth.

Beaverton Area LL Punches Its Ticket

Beaverton Area Little League emerged the winner from the 2008 Oregon District 4 Little League Softball tournament tonight and their next stop will be right back on the main field at Alpenrose: the Softball World Series.

BALL beat Tualatin City LL 17-2 in four innnings, to earn an appearance as the host team in next week's tournament. They will open up their World Series run with Game 4 versus the winner of the Southwest Regional.

Ten Teams Working Their Way to Portland

State tournaments are wrapping up around the country...it is that time of the summer when some families are heading to Regionals and some families are heading for vacation after a run in their local tournaments.

To follow the 11-12 Year-Old teams as they work their way toward the Little League Softball World Series here in Portland, you can use the following links:

Western Regional (July 26-August 3)
hosted by Washington District 4 in Vancouver

Eastern Regional (July 26-August 2)
hosted by New York District 13 in Albany

Southern Regional (July 25-29)
St. Petersburg, Florida

Southwestern Regional (July 26-August 1)
hosted by Texas District 19 in San Antonio

Central Regional (July 26-August 3)
hosted by Missouri District 2 in Carthage

Canadian Regional (July 31-August 4)
Windsor, Ontario

Asia Pacific Regional
played July 7-12 in Guangzhou, China
Bacolod West LL, Bacolod, Philippines, beat Guam to advance to the LLSBWS

EMEA Regional (July 24-28)
played in Kutno, Poland

Latin America Regional
played July 16-20 in Maunabo, Puerto Rico
ASOFEM LL, Maunabo, Puerto Rico, advances to the LLSBWS

Host/Oregon District 4 (July 21-28)
played at Alpenrose Stadium, Portland, Oregon

A Night of USA Softball in Portland

It has been a busy week with Little League tournaments starting and my son finishing up his regular season of baseball (and vying for the league championship on Tuesday night!) and blogging for "(just another) Little League Mom" and for "SunCreek Little League." But Tuesday night my dad and I joined hundreds of other dads and daughters, and moms, too, at soldout Erv Lind Stadium in NE Portland to cheer on and admire the USA Softball team on its Bound for Beijing pre-Olympic tour.

I was able to take some photos from our seats at the game, but they didn't come out great. Hope you enjoy them. Oh, Team USA beat the Portland All-Stars, 19-0.

8-8-08 at 8pm

Where will you be on August 8, 2008, at 8pm?

Check out the schedule for the Little League Softball World Series:

Game 8 of the tournament is scheduled for 8-8-08 at 8pm.

(cool)