Michigan State Little League: 2005 Tournaments
7/28 - District 9, Western Little League will play District 5, Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Little League for the 9/10 Baseball State Championship flag. You can read all about the tournament at the Buckland Media web site. Click here to visit the site.
7/29 - District 9, Western Little League defeated District 5, Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Little League by a score of 11 to 4 to capture the 9/10 Baseball State Championship flag. Contratulations Western Little League!
2005 9-10 SB All Star State Championship Bracket (Completed 7/27) - View "2005 9-10 SB All Star State Championship"
7/27 - District 15, Mattawan Little League defeated District 3, Ypslianti National Little League by a score of 9 to 0 to capture the 2005 9/10 Softball State Championship. Congratulations Mattawan Little League!
2005 11 Year Old SB All Star State Tournament Bracket (Completed 8/4) - View "2005 11 Year Old SB All Star State"
7/26 - Because of the last minute withdrawal of District 10 from the 11 Year Old Softball State Finals, the Pool Play format will no longer be used. A Double Elimination format will now be used and has been updated on the site. The Championship Game is now scheduled for Thursday, August 4 with the "if necessary" game on Friday, August 5.
In other news, Jennie Ritter from the University of Michigan NCAA Softball Championship team will be the guest speaker at the banquet and is scheduled to throw out the first pitch during the opening ceremonies.
8/4 - The final tournament in the State of Michigan is complete. District 16 captured is first ever State Championship with Tecumseh Little League defeating District 2, South Portage Little League by a score of 15 to 1. South Portage has nothing to hang their heads about though. After losing their very first game to West Branch, they battled their way through the losers bracket to end up in the championship game against Tecumseh. Congratulations to Tecumseh Little League, the 11 Year Old Softball State Champions!
2005 Big League Softball State Tournament Bracket (Completed 8/1) - View "2005 Big League Softball State Tournament"
7/27 - Because of the last minute withdrawal of District 6 from the Big League Softball State Tournament, the Double Elimination bracket has been re-drawn and is posted on the web site. The Championship Game is now scheduled for Monday, August 1 at 3:00 PM with the "if necessary" game to follow at 5:30 PM.
7/28 - District 10 dropped out of the tournament late last night. The bracket has been re-drawn once again and is now a 4 team Double Elimination tournament.
7/29 - There has been a date and time change for Game 4 and time changes for Game 6 and 7. Please review the bracket for the correct information.
7/31 - There is a story about the tournament on the Kalamazoo Gazette's web site. Click here to read and print out the story.
8/1 - What a way to finish up the State Big League Softball Tournament. District 15 had been undefeated going into the Championship game against District 5 and only had to win the one game to become the state champion. However, District 5 had other ideas and wasn't going to go down without a fight. District 5 beat District 15 by a score of 4 to 3 to force the "if necessary" game but District 15 proved to be stronger team and won the game and the State Championship flag by a score of 8 to 2. Congratulations, District 15 and good luck in Grand Rapids at the Regionals - your next step to the World Series!
8/2 - Click here to read (and print) the story about the game between District 15 and District 5 from the Kalamazoo Gazette.
2005 11 Year Old BB All Star State Pool A-B Bracket (Completed 7/25) - View "2005 11 Year Old BB All Star State Pool A-B"
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You can find more information, including hotel, schedule of events, contact information, etc. by visiting the tournament web site at www.michstates.com or contacting Cathy O'Brien at obrienmi1@aol.com.
2005 11 Year Old BB All Star State Pool C-D Bracket (Completed 7/25) - View "2005 11 Year Old BB All Star State Pool C-D"
2005 9-10 SB All Star State Tournament Bracket (Completed 7/26) - View "2005 9-10 SB All Star State Bracket"
2005 Major BB All Star State Pool C-D Brackets (Completed 7/25) - View "2005 Major BB All Star State Pool C-D"
2005 Major BB All Star State Pool A-B Brackets (Completed 7/25) - View "2005 Major BB All Star State Pool A-B"
The 2005 Major Baseball State Little League Tournament is held from July 23 through July 28 and is hosted by Michigan District 9 and the Pinery Park Little League in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
The Grand Rapids Press ran a story about the tournament recently. Click here to read the article.
2005 Major BB All Star State Championship Bracket (Completed 7/28) - View "2005 Major BB All Star State Championship"
7/29 - District 9, Grand Rapids Western Little League defeated District 1, Midland Northeast Little League by a score of 9 to 8 to capture the Major Baseball State Championship flag! Good luck Western in Indianapolis, your next step to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA!
2005 Major SB State All Star Tournament (Completed 7/23) - View "2005 Major SB State All Start Tournament"
7/23 - Gladstone Little League from District 10 defeated Mattawan Little League from District 15 by a score of 5 to 1 to win the State Major Softball Championship and now moves on to the Regionals in Joplin, MO. Click here to read about the game by Jack Hall from radio station WCHT. Congratulations Gladstone Little League and good luck in Joplin!
7/15 - Click here to read about the Major Softball State tournament Port Huron Times Herald.
7/20 - Jack Hall from radio station WCHT, up in Escanaba is keeping track of things for Michigan District 10 and writes nightly updates on their web site. Click here to read his story.
2005 Junior SB All Star State Championship (Completed 8/3) - View "2005 Junior SB All Star State Championship"
8/3 - District 9, Georgetown Little League defeated District 2, South Portage Little League by a score of 7 to 1 to capture the Junior Softball State Championship flag and a trip to Akron, OH for the Junior Softball Central Region tournament. Could the next step be the World Series? We sure hope so. Contratulations Georgetown Little League!
2005 9-10 BB All Star State Pool A-B Bracket (Completed 7/25) - View "2005 9-10 BB All Star State Pool A-B Bracket"
2005 9-10 BB All Star State Pool C-D Bracket (Completed 7/25) - View "2005 9-10 BB All Star State Pool C-D Bracket"
2005 Big League BB All Star State Tournament Bracket (Completed 7/19) - View "2005 Big League BB All Star State Tournament"
7/19 - District 6, defeated District 5, capture the Big League Baseball State Championship flag. Contratulations Michigan District 6 and good luck in the Regional!
2005 Junior BB State Championship Bracket (Completed 8/2) - View "2005 Junior BB State Championship Bracket"
8/2 - Midland Little League from District 1 defeated Pinery Park Little League from District 9 by a score of 9 to 0 to capture the 2005 Junior Baseball State Championship. Congratulations Midland Little League and good luck in the Regionals!
8/2 - News from the Grand Rapids Press - Click Here
2005 Senior BB State All Start Tournament Bracket (Completed 8/1) - View "2005 Senior BB State All Start Tournament"
7/30 - There is a story about the tournament and the teams on the Dowagiac Daily News' web site. Click here to read and print out the story.
7/31 - There is a story about the tournament on the Kalamazoo Gazette's web site. Click here to read and print out the story. Click here to read the story about the game between Dowagiac and Harper Woods or click here to read about the game between Grand Rapids Southern and Midland from the Dowagiac Daily News.
8/2 - More news from the Dowagiac Daily News - Click Here
8/2 - The tournament is over! District 8, West Branch defeated District 2, Eastwood by a score of 10 to 2 to take home the Senior Baseball State Championship flag and will now be heading to Peru, IL for the Regional tournament. Good luck West Branch!
2005 Junior BB All Star State Pool Bracket (Completed 7/31) - View "2005 Junior BB State Pool Bracket"
2005 11 Year Old All Star BB Championship Bracket (Completed 7/27) - View "2005 11 Year Old State Championship"
7/27 - Taylor Northwest Little League from District 5 defeated Adrian Little League from District 16 by a score of 2 to 1 to win the 2005 11 Yearl Old Baseball State Championship. Congratulations Taylor Northwest Little League!
2005 Senior SB State All-Star Bracket (Completed 7/25) - View "2005 Senior SB State All-Star Bracket"
7/25 - Congratulations District 13 Cheboygan Little League - Senior Softball Michigan State Champions! Good luck in South Bend, IN at the Central Regional and your next step to the World Series.
2005 All Star Michigan StateTournament Season Comes To An End!
8/04/05 - All of our Michigan State Tournaments are now complete! We hope you have enjoyed following your teams along their path during the different state tournaments as much as we have reporting them. We want to thank all of the many District Administrator's, Assistant DA's, parents, and fans for sending us scores and updates. Without you, this site would never have been the success that it is. We can't thank each of you individually, but you know who you are!
Thanks again for visiting our website and as always, we welcome your Guestbook comments, good, bad or otherwise, in order to prepare for 2006. Click here to sign our Guestbook and/or leave comments.
We hope all of the teams, players, managers, and coaches had a great time at the different host sites. Please, don't forget to drop them a note or email thanking them for all their volunteer work.
Lastly, congratulations again to all of our State Champions! And to those moving on to a Regional Tournament, we know win or lose, you'll have fun and represent your State, District, and Local League well. Continued good luck!
State of Michigan
District Administrators
2005 Junior SB All Star State Tournament Bracket (Completed 8/1) - View "2005 Junior SB All Star State Tournament"
