DC-area Little League teams take on Mid-Atlantic Regional games
Little League teams from the D.C. area are playing in the Mid-Atlantic Regional games in Bristol, Connecticut, Sunday.
The teams are trying to win their way to a spot in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The Capitol Hill Little League from D.C. is currently playing against a team from Delaware. As of 2:30 p.m., the score stood at 7-4.
Earlier, the Montgomery County Little League team, affectionately known as the “Wolfpack” and representing Maryland, fell 7-2 to a team from Uwchlan Township in Pennsylvania. Catcher and pitcher, Jackson Poe was 1-2 and drove in both runs for the team from Germantown, Maryland.
Losing teams will play Monday afternoon, as both winners advance to a game on Tuesday.
The regional tournament takes place at the East Regional Little League headquarters in Bristol, located just outside the ESPN campus.
The Little League World Series initially kicks off with more than 6,500 teams, 6,000 of which are eliminated in the first three weeks of the event, according to officials. There are a total of seven divisions in the league and about 45,000 games are played in total leading up to the World Series.