MD Baseball Team Headed To Little League World Series Regionals

MARYLAND — A select group of young baseball players from Bethesda, Maryland, representing the Montgomery County Little League, are competing in Little League World Series regional tournaments this week for the right to represent the Mid-Atlantic region in the Aug. 16-27 finals in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The Maryland sluggers will face a team from Pennsylvania at 10 a.m. ET Sunday, Aug. 6, in Bristol, Connecticut. The game will be shown on ESPN+.

The 12U Lower County team, dubbed MoCo LoCo, for children age 10 to 12, is playing for a ticket to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, according to Montgomery Community Media.

Play runs through Aug. 11.

Other teams in the bracket are from Delaware, Pennsylvania and D.C.

The tournament features 20 teams in two regions, one making up U.S. teams and the other an international bracket with teams competing in the Asia-Pacific, Australia, Canada, Caribbean, Cuba, Europe-Africa, Japan, Latin America, Mexico and Panama regions.

Making it to the tournament, now in its 76th year, represents the pinnacle of success for Little League teams across the country. The Little League World Series has been an iconic part of the lore of the United States’ national pastime since its inception and is a staple on ESPN networks every summer.

ESPN said earlier this year it planned to broadcast all Little League Region and World Series baseball tournament games.