Team pictures now on Facebook, Flickr

The official team pictures from this year’s Junior Softball World Series have been posted to both our Facebook and Flickr pages. Included are pictures of each team as well as the umpires and the tournament committee. Check them out!

 

Championship game slideshow

Check out this slideshow from our Flickr site of images from today’s Championship Game!

Congratulations to all!

The U.S. Central team from Croswell, Mich., jumped out to an early lead and never looked back en route to a 10-0 victory in the Championship Game of the 2011 Junior Softball World Series.

The Croswell Lexington Little League team scored four runs in the first inning and five more in the second against the Southeast team from Palma Ceia/West Tampa Little League of Tampa, Fla. The game was shortened due to Little League’s 10-run mercy rule.

Megan Guitar was the winning pitcher for Central, allowing just one hit over five innings. On offense Guitar drove in three runs, while teammate Kylee Barrett scored three times. Sadi Overland, Brooke Smith and Victoria Bender each contributed a pair of hits for the winners.

It was a tough loss for a Southeast team that had played exceptional softball all week. The Florida team went 3-1 in pool play and knocked off the Pool B first-place Southwest team in Friday’s semifinals.

Croswell Lexington went unbeaten throughout the World Series, going 4-0 in pool play and edging the U.S. East team, 3-2, in their semifinal matchup.

Congratulations to the winners as well as the runners-up for a terrific World Series.

Boxscore

Central wins championship!!!

Michigan wins it 10-0 in 5 innings

Central up 10-0 after 4

Central adds 5 more

9-0 after 2 innings

Central jumps on top

Central leads 4-0 after 1 inning

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Today’s early games

Southwest 7, East 6 (third-place game)

Canada 1, EMEA 0

Asia Pacific 6, Host 2

West 6, Latin America 0

See boxscores at more at Pointstreak.

 

Are you ready for some softball?

The two best Junior League softball teams in the world are getting ready to face of in today’s Championship Game of the 2011 Junior Softball World Series.

The U.S. Central team from Croswell Lexington Little League in Croswell, Mich.,  and the U.S. Southeast squad from Palma Ceia/West Tampa Little League of Tampa, Fla., will face off at 2 p.m. PDT.

Here’s a brief slideshow of some of this week’s action to give you a taste of the excitement you can expect today.

If you’re in the area come on out to Everest Park in Kirkland to be a part of the excitement. Admission is free!

If you can’t be there, watch the action on ESPN2 or online at ESPN3.com. You can follow the game with live scoring on Pointstreak. And we’ll also provide in-game updates via Facebook and Twitter.