'26 Little League World Series (8/19-30) thread

The 2026 Little League World Series takes place on Aug. 19 through 30th, in Williamsport, PA. Please use this thread for all pre-tournament, in-tournament, and post-tournament discussion of the '26 LLWS.

There are 10 USA teams in the USA competition, and 10 international teams in the International competition. The winners of the USA competition and the International competition meet at the end of the tournament to crown the winner of the '26 LLWS.

The teams in the competition are:

USA:
- Great Lakes Region: West Side Little League (Hamilton, OH)
- Metro Region: Bayonee Central Little League (Bayonne, NJ)
- Mid-Atlantic Region: East Side Little League (West Chester, PA)
- Midwest Region: Davenport Northwest Little League (Davenport, IA)
- Mountain Region: Paseo Verde Little League (Henderson, NV)
- New England Region: Bridgewater Joe Lazaro Little League (Bridgewater, MA)
- Northwest Region: Soundview Little League (Tacoma, WA)
- Southeast Region: Phenix City Youth Baseball Little League (Phenix City, AL)
- Southwest Region: Boerne Little League (Boerne, TX)
- West Region: Sweetwater Valley Little League (Bonita, CA)

International:
- Asia-Pacific Region: West Seoul Little League (Seoul, South Korea)
- Australia Region: Ryde Red Little League (New South Wales, Australia)
- Canadian Region: Little Mountain Little League (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
- Caribbean Region: Los Nocionales Little League (Santiago, Dominican Republic)
- Curacao Region: Pariba Little League (Willemstad, Curacao)
- Europe-Africa Region: South Czech Republic Little League (Brno, Czechia)
- Japan Region: Joto Little League (Hamamatsu City, Tokyo, Japan)
- Latin America Region: Ministerio Sobre Las Alas Del Aguila Little League (Leon, Nicaragua)
- Mexico Region: Municipal De Tijuana Little League (Tijuana, Mexico)
- Panama Region: David Doleguita Little League (Chiriqui, Panama)

Day 1 (8/19) Schedule:

G1: INT - Latin America vs. Caribbean
G2: USA - Northwest vs. Southeast
G3: INT - Canada vs. Asia-Pacifico
G4: USA - New England vs. Metro

Day 1 (8/19) Results:

G1: INT - Latin America - 2, Caribbean - 1
G2: USA - Northwest - 2, Southeast - 0
G3: INT - Asia-Pacific - 7, Canada - 0
G4: USA -Metro - 2, New England - 1

Congrats to the above winners.

Day 2 (8/20) Schedule:

G5: INT - Australia vs. Mexico
G6: USA - Great Lakes vs. Mountain
G7: INT - Japan vs. Curacao
G8: USA - West vs. Midwest

Rain washed out all the games scheduled for 8/20. So, the new Day 2 (8/21) is going to be a busy schedule:

G5: INT - Australia vs. Mexico
G6: USA - Great Lakes vs. Mountain
G7: INT - Japan vs. Curacao
G8: USA - West vs. Midwest
G9: INT - Latin America vs. Panama
G10: USA - Northwest vs. Southwest
G11: INT - Asia-Pacific vs. Europe-Africa
G12: USA - Mid-Atlantic vs. Metro

G12 is the first game for the team from PA (Mid-Atlantic), and the second game for the team from NJ (Metro).

Hopefully the weather enables them to play all 12 games.