Clarendon Hills advances to LLWS

A youth baseball team from Illinois is headed back to the 2025 Little League World Series.

The team from Clarendon Hills, Illinois, won the Great Lakes region on Thursday night and is headed to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, beginning on Aug. 13 to take part in the annual youth sports tradition broadcast nationally by ESPN.

In 2024, the Little League team from Hinsdale won the Great Lakes region and played in the LLWS.

The team from Clarendon Hills, a western suburb of Chicago, defeated a team from Ohio 9-4 on Thursday night to secure one of 10 spots in the U.S. portion of the bracket. Illinois scored twice in the opening inning, pulled away with four more runs in the fourth inning, and then added three in the ninth to lead 9-0.

The rest of the U.S. sports are up for grabs during championship games this weekend. Ten international teams already have clinched a trip to Williamsport in 2025.

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Here’s a look at the Great Lakes results, scores — plus upcoming regional championship schedule for every Little League Baseball World Series regional tournament bracket to determine the United States teams that qualify for the 2025 LLWS:

Great Lakes Region

All games at Little League Central Region Complex in Whitestown, Indiana. Double elimination format.

Great Lakes region teams

• Illinois (Clarendon Hills Little League)
• Indiana (Brownsburg Little League)
• Kentucky (Lexington Eastern Little League)
• Michigan (Negaunee Little League)
• Ohio (West Side Little League)

Great Lakes region scores

• Aug. 2: Ohio 7, Kentucky 2
• Aug. 2: Illinois 4, Indiana 3
• Aug. 3: Ohio 8, Michigan 0
• Aug. 3: Kentucky 4, Indiana 3
• Aug. 4: Kentucky 6, Michigan 1
• Aug. 4: Ohio 11, Illinois 1
• Aug. 5: Illinois 5, Kentucky 2
• Aug. 6: Illinois 9, Ohio 4 in Great Lakes championship game

LLWS regional championship scores, bracket

• Great Lakes: Illinois 9, Ohio 4
• Metro: New York vs. Connecticut, 5 p.m. Aug. 8 on ESPN
• Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania vs. Maryland/Delaware winner, 2 p.m. Aug. 8 on ESPN
• Midwest: North Dakota vs. Nebraska/South Dakota, 12 p.m. Aug. 8 on ESPN
• Mountain: Nevada vs. Montana/Utah winner, 4 p.m. Aug. 8 on ESPN
• New England: Massachusetts vs. New Hampshire, 6 p.m. Aug. 7 on ESPN
• Northwest: Washington vs. Oregon, 8 p.m. Aug. 8 on ESPN
• Southeast: South Carolina 5, Florida 4
• Southwest: Texas East 5, Louisiana 2
• West: Hawaii vs. Southern California, 8 p.m. Aug. 7 on ESPN

The 2025 Little World Series is scheduled to begin with winner’s bracket games on Aug. 13 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and includes 38 games over 10 days of competition on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. This year’s tournament will again feature 10 teams representing various regions of the United States and 10 teams from international regions around the globe.

The United States and International championship games will take place on Saturday, Aug. 23, with the two winners advancing to play on Sunday, Aug. 24 in the 2025 Little League World Series championship game at 2 p.m. on ABC.