Little League World Series (Northwest Region)

Northwest Region
Most recent season or competition:; 2024 Little League World Series qualification
Formerly	West Region (1957–2000)
Sport	Baseball
Founded	2001; 23 years ago
No. of teams	4
Country	United States
Most recent; champion(s)	South Hill Little League, Puyallup, Washington
Most titles	Washington (13) Eastlake Little League, Sammamish, Washington (2)
Official website	Little League Baseball Western Region

The Northwest Region is one of ten United States regions that currently send teams to the Little League World Series, the largest youth baseball competition in the world. The region's participation in the LLWS dates back to 1957, when it was known as the West Region. However, when the LLWS was expanded in 2001 from eight teams (four U.S. teams and four "International" teams from the rest of the world) to 16 teams (eight U.S. and eight International), the Western Region was split into the Northwest and West Regions.

The Northwest Region is made up of four states.

Hawaii was a member of the region from 2002 to 2006. During that time, Wyoming was in the West Region. Colorado was a member in 2001, but has since been put into the Southwest Region.

Following the 2021 LLWS, Montana and Wyoming has been moved to a newly created Mountain Region. The latter region is one of the two new U.S. regions to be created as part of a planned expansion of the LLWS from 16 to 20 teams. This expansion was originally scheduled to occur for 2021, but was delayed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Regional Championship

The list below lists each state's participant in the Northwest Little League Region Tournament. That year's winner is indicated in green.

2001

Year	Alaska	Colorado	Idaho	Montana	Oregon	Washington	Wyoming
2001	Gastineau Channel East LL Juneau	Academy LL Colorado Springs	Coeur d'Alene LL Coeur d'Alene	Billings Big Sky LL Billings	West Salem LL Salem	Bainbridge Island LL Bainbridge Island	Laramie LL Laramie

2002–2005

In 2002, some Little League regions were realigned. This resulted in Hawaii joining the Northwest Region, Wyoming moving to the West Region, and Colorado becoming part of the Southwest Region.

Year	Alaska	Hawaii	Idaho	Montana	Oregon	Washington
2002	Gastineau Channel East LL Juneau	Waipio LL Waipahu	Coeur d'Alene LL Coeur d'Alene	Mount Sentinel LL Missoula	Parrish LL Salem	Mill Creek LL Mill Creek
2003	Dimond-West LL Anchorage	Pearl City LL Pearl City	East Boise American LL Boise	Boulder Arrowhead LL Billings	Murrayhill LL Beaverton	Richland National LL Richland
2004	Dimond-West LL Anchorage	Kihei LL Kihei	West Valley LL Eagle	Missoula Southside LL Missoula	Murrayhill LL Beaverton	Redmond North LL Redmond
2005	Dimond-West LL Anchorage	West Oahu LL ʻEwa Beach	Northwest Ada LL Boise	Heights National LL Billings	Murrayhill LL Beaverton	Chehalis LL Chehalis

2006–2021

In 2006, Wyoming returned to compete in the Northwest Region, while Hawaii was moved to the West Region.

Year	Alaska	Idaho	Montana	Oregon	Washington	Wyoming
2006	Dimond-West LL Anchorage	North Boise LL Boise	Missoula Southside LL Missoula	Murrayhill LL Beaverton	Kent LL Kent	Laramie LL Laramie
2007	Dimond-West LL Anchorage	North Boise LL Boise	Missoula Southside LL Missoula	Lake Oswego LL Lake Oswego	Kent LL Kent	Laramie LL Laramie
2008	Dimond-West LL Anchorage	North Boise LL Boise	Boulder-Arrowhead LL Billings	Murrayhill LL Beaverton	Mill Creek LL Mill Creek	Laramie LL Laramie
2009	Sitka LL Sitka	Post Falls LL Post Falls	Boulder Arrowhead LL Billings	Parrish LL Salem	Mercer Island LL Mercer Island	Laramie LL Laramie
2010	Gastineau Channel LL Juneau	North Boise LL Boise	Boulder Arrowhead LL Billings	Murrayhill LL Beaverton	Auburn LL Auburn	Laramie LL Laramie
2011	Abbott-o-Rabbit LL Anchorage	Lewiston LL Lewiston	Billings Big Sky LL Billings	Bend South LL Bend	North Bothell LL Bothell	Laramie LL Laramie
2012	Gastineau Channel LL Juneau	Post Falls LL Post Falls	Boulder Arrowhead LL Billings	Gresham National LL Gresham	Mercer Island LL Mercer Island	Cody LL Cody
2013	Abbott-o-Rabbit LL Anchorage	Coeur d'Alene LL Coeur d'Alene	Billings Big Sky LL Billings	Lake Oswego LL Lake Oswego	Eastlake LL Sammamish	Cody LL Cody
2014	Knik LL Eagle River	Lewiston LL Lewiston	Boulder Arrowhead LL Billings	Bend North LL Bend	Lynnwood Pacific LL Lynnwood	Cody LL Cody
2015	Gastineau Channel LL Juneau	West Valley LL Eagle	Boulder Arrowhead LL Billings	Wilshire/Riverside LL Portland	Cascade LL Vancouver	Gillette LL Gillette
2016	Abbott-o-Rabbit LL Anchorage	North Boise LL Boise	Mount Sentinel LL Missoula	Bend North LL Bend	Lynnwood Pacific LL Lynnwood	Laramie LL Laramie
2017	Ketchikan LL Ketchikan	Lewiston LL Lewiston	Mount Sentinel LL Missoula	La Grande LL La Grande	Walla Walla Valley LL Walla Walla	Gillette LL Gillette
2018	Gastineau Channel LL Juneau	Coeur d'Alene LL Coeur d'Alene	Boulder Arrowhead LL Billings	Murrayhill LL Beaverton	West Seattle LL Seattle	Gillette LL Gillette
2019	Sitka LL Sitka	Coeur d'Alene LL Coeur d'Alene	Heights National LL Billings	Sprague LL Salem	North Bothell LL Bothell	Gillette LL Gillette
2020	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Knik LL Eagle River	West Valley LL Eagle	Boulder Arrowhead LL Billings	Lake Oswego LL Lake Oswego	Eastlake LL Sammamish	Cody LL Cody

2022–present

After the 2021 Little League World Series, Montana and Wyoming left to join the newly formed Mountain Region.

Year	Alaska	Idaho	Oregon	Washington
2022	Abbott-O-Rabbit LL Anchorage	Lewiston LL Lewiston	Bend North LL Bend	Bonney Lake/Sumner LL Bonney Lake
2023	Dimond-West LL Anchorage	Coeur d'Alene LL Coeur d'Alene	Murrayhill LL Beaverton	Northeast Seattle LL Seattle
2024	Abbott-O-Rabbit LL Anchorage	West Valley LL Eagle	Bend North LL Bend	South Hill LL Puyallup

LLWS results

As of the 2024 Little League World Series.

Year	Champion	City	LLWS	Record
2001	Bainbridge Island LL	Bainbridge Island	Group Stage	1–2
2002	Waipio LL	Waipio	Group Stage	2–1
2003	National LL	Richland	Group Stage	0–3
2004	North LL	Redmond	Group Stage	1–2
2005	Oahu LL	ʻEwa Beach	Champions	6–0
2006	Murrayhill LL	Beaverton	Third Place (tie)	3–2
2007	Lake Oswego LL	Lake Oswego	US Semifinal	2–2
2008	Mill Creek LL	Mill Creek	US Semifinal	2–2
2009	Mercer Island LL	Mercer Island	Group Stage	0–3
2010	Auburn LL	Auburn	Group Stage	3–2
2011	Big Sky LL	Billings	Third Place (tie)	3–1
2012	Gresham National LL	Gresham	Round 1	0–3
2013	Eastlake LL	Sammamish	US Semifinal	3–2
2014	Lynnwood Pacific LL	Lynnwood	Round 2	1–2
2015	Wilshire/Riverside LL	Portland	Round 1	0–3
2016	Bend North LL	Bend	Round 1	1–2
2017	Walla Walla Valley LL	Walla Walla	Round 2	1–2
2018	Coeur d'Alene LL	Coeur d'Alene	Round 1	1–2
2019	Sprague LL	Salem	Round 1	1–2
2020	LLWS not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021^[a]	Eastlake LL	Sammamish	Round 2	1–2
2021^[a]	Lake Oswego LL	Lake Oswego	Round 2	1–2
2022	Bonney Lake/Sumner LL	Bonney Lake	Round 1	0–2
2023	Northeast Seattle LL	Seattle	US Semifinal	2–2
2024	South Hill LL	Puyallup	Round 2	0–2

^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Little League International did not invite teams from outside the U.S. to the LLWS in 2021. Instead, the top two teams in each U.S. region qualified.

Results by state

As of the 2024 Little League World Series. Italics indicates the state is no longer a member of the Northwest Region.

State	Northwest Championships	Record in LLWS	PCT
Washington	13	15–28	.349
Oregon	6	8–16	.333
Hawaii	2	8–1	.889
Montana	1	3–1	.750
Idaho	1	1–2	.333
Alaska	0	0–0	–
Wyoming	0	0–0	–
Colorado	0	0–0	–
Total	23	35–48	.422

References

^ "Little League Baseball and Little League Softball World Series to Expand in 2021". Little League Baseball. Little League International. August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

External links

Official site

[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Little League International did not invite teams from outside the U.S. to the LLWS in 2021. Instead, the top two teams in each U.S. region qualified.

[1] "Little League Baseball and Little League Softball World Series to Expand in 2021". Little League Baseball. Little League International. August 24, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

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