SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT – It’s championship weekend for the Little League World Series, with activities beginning Friday and continuing through the championship game Sunday afternoon.
The original 20 teams have been reduced to four and the double elimination part of the tournament is over.
That means if undefeated Taiwan and Needville, Texas, lose Saturday in the international and U.S. games scheduled for 12:30 and 3:30 p.m., respectively, they are eliminated.
Taiwan will face Curacao and Needville will play El Segundo, California. On Thursday, Curacao eliminated Mexico, 4-2, and El Segundo edged Seattle, 2-1.
The winners of Saturday’s games will play for the world title at 3 p.m. Sunday.
One of Needville’s wins was a 2-1 victory in the opening round over Media, the Pennsylvania representative.
Prior to Saturdays contest’s, a team from Lancaster County will play in the annual Challenger Division exhibition game at 10:30 a.m. in Volunteer Stadium. Its opponent will be from Syracuse, New York.
This is the first time a team from Lancaster County has been represented in South Williamsport, manager Mike Tafelski said when the selection announcement was made earlier this year.
Curacao celebrates a win over Mexico in a baseball game at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)AP
He called it an honor to be selected because only two Challenger teams annually get to play in the exhibition game in conjunction with the world series.
The Lancaster league has 12 Challenger teams with approximately 175 players annually. It also has a senior division for those over the age of 15.
A base coach for the game will be Detroit Tiger shortstop and Hall of Famer Alan Trammell.
He will be the featured guest at the Williamsport Welcomes the World street festival Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. in downtown Williamsport.
There he will sign provided pictures to those seeking autographs between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. at West Fourth and Pine streets.
Other activities will include live music and kids zones along with various food and merchandise vendors. An estimated 20,000 attended last year’s festival.
Seattle, Wash. third baseman Brett Taylor, top left, throws to first base on a ball hit by El Segundo, Calif.'s Brody Brooks during the first inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023. Brooks was safe at first base on the play. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)AP
SERIES NOTES: The late Stuart Scott, an ESPN sportscaster who died from cancer in 2015, will be enshrined in the Little League Hall of Excellence Sunday prior to the championship game. His daughters Taelor and Sydni Scott will accept the honor for their father who was a graduate of the Northwest Forsyth Little League in North Carolina The Cuban, Czech Republic and Australian teams were guests of the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Field Wednesday The Nashville Tennessean reported Nolensville’s Ty McKenzie II played the rest of Wednesday’s loss to El Secundo with a broken left arm after being hit with a pitch in the fourth inning. Little League does not provide information on injuries The black/steel color shirts the umpires are wearing this year resulted from a collaboration between Little League and Gerry Davis Sports. The shirts utilize a fine yarn knitted in a specialized pattern to enhance the fabric’s ability to draw moisture away from the body. Davis, a former major league umpire, is a member of Little League’s umpire advisory committee.
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