South Portage Little League: 2005 Articles
South Portage dominated Michigan District 2 Little League All-Star play in 2005 by winning 6 out of 9 District 2 Championships as well as a 2nd place finish and two 4th place finishes.
| 9-10 Softball | D2 Champions, 3rd at State |
| 11 Softball | D2 Champions, State Runner Up |
| Major Softball | 4th at D2 |
| Junior Softball | D2 Champions, State Runner Up |
| 9-10 Baseball | D2 Champions (National) |
| 11 Baseball | D2 Champions, 5th at State |
| Major Baseball | D2 Champions, 3rd at State (American) |
| Junior Bseball | D2 Runner Up |
| Senior Baseball | 4th at D2 |
Thursday, August 11
7-8s End Wonderful Season
Both South Portage 7-8 year old All-Star teams concluded their season tonight at Mattawan Little League. In somewhat of a shocking conclusion to the season both teams lost for the first time in the tournament.
South Portage A wearing Navy jerseys lost to Mattawan A 12-4 and South Portage B wearing Gold lost to Vicksburg 14-8. Until tonight SPLL A never scored fewer than 10 runs and never gave up more than 6. Similairly SPLL B never scored below 12 runs and and only allowed more than 7 runs once - to West Portage.
Both teams had a wonderful post-season and represented SPLL very well all the way to the end.
Great job boys!
Michigan State Tournament Results
Click on the heading above to go to the Michigan State Little League site. Here you will find all the state tournamnet brackets and other information.
District 2 Tournament Results
SP American Majors D2 Champions!
The South Portage American League Major Baseball team won the D2 championship Sunday afternoon at Milwood Little League after defeating West Portage American 7-2. South Portage American now moves on to the State tournament in Grand Rapids.
SP 9-10 Girls Softball D2 Champions!
South Portage defeated West Portage 11-1 in the D2 Championship to win the District 2 crown. South Portage girls advance to the Michigan State tournament in Escanaba Michigan.
SP National 9-10 D2 Champions!
South Portage National League 9-10 baseball team defeated West Portage National 10-8 in the D2 championship game. SP National now heads to West Branch Michigan for the State tournament.
SP 11 Baseball D2 Champions!
South Portage 11 year old baseball All-Star team defeated West Portage 6-0 in the D2 championship game. The team now travels to Midland Michigan to play in the State tournament.
Kalamazoo Gazette Article from Tuesday July 19
One SPLL All-Star Team Still Fighting
Follow your SPLL All-Stars as they work through the District 2 tournaments. So far SPLL teams have made a good showing with five District 2 Championships 1 District 2 second place and 1 SPLL All-Star team still fighting for the District 2 crown.
11 Softball: SP in D2 Championship vs. Eastwood - Sunday, 1pm @ Eastwood
To keep up on the action click the headline to go to the District 2 website with all the tournament brackets. Keep checking back here for updates. We'll try to update this page with the results of each tournament.
Two of our teams have active websites you can visit too.
9-10 Baseball National League All-Stars
11 Baseball All-Stars
SIX SPLL All-Star Teams Win District and Advance to State!
SP 11 Girls Softball D2 Champions!
South Portage's 11 year ols softball team defeated Eastwood to advance to the State tournament in Tecumseh. Way to go SP.
SP Jr. Girls Softball D2 Champions!
South Portage defeated Eastwood 7-1 to take the D2 Championship and advance on to a sectional double-header with Centerville LL at Eastwood on 7/24.
South Portage defeated Centreville in a doubleheader 9-0 and 11-1 in sectional play to advance to the State Tournament in Tecumseh beginning on July 29th...
State update for the Junior Girls: They won there pool by going
3-o and advancing to the Semi-finals where they beat East Jordan by
a score of 14-2 and now will play for the State Championship on
Wednesday August 3rd at 3pm against Georgetown Little League..
This will be a rematch of the first game of the tournament when
our girls beat Georgetown by a score of 3-2.....
7-8 Year Old All-Stars in Action
South Portage has two 7-8 year old "All-Star" teams competing in a District 15 machine pitch tournament. "South Portage A" wearing Navy Jerseys are led by manager Jeff Merasco and "South Portage B" wearing white are led by manager Jim Lloyd.
Last year our "South Portage B" team was undefeated in the tournament and was crowned tournament champions. This year a very good showing is expected from both teams.
In addition to regular practices, both teams entered a machine pitch tournamnet put on by Dowagiac Little League. Both teams did very well in the tournament: "South Portage B" took 3rd place and "South Portage A" was just edged out 23-22 Saturday in the tournament quarter finals by "South Portage B".
South Portage B Results
South Portage A Results
Wednesday, August 3
SP Jr. Softball Team State Runner Up
In a semi-final game South Portage defeated East Jordan Tuesday, August 2nd 14-2 at the State tournament in Tecumseh.
In the championship game, South Portage faced District 9: Georgetown on Wednesday August 3rd. Unfortunately all good things must come to an end and softball is no exception. South Portage lost to Georgetown 7-1. But what a run for South Portage! Good job girls!
7-8 Year Old "B" Team Takes 3rd
South Portage B defeated Dowagiac 16-13 in the second game of a double-header to take third place in a machine pitch tournament at Dowagiac Little League.
The first game of the double header was a semi-final match against Eastwood LL. South Portage B led Eastwood the first 5 innings but a big 6th inning from Eastwood was too much for South Portage. South Portage fell to Eastwood by a score of 13-8.
South Portage B now sets it sights on the D15 machine pitch tournament championship where they are 1-0 in pool play. South Portage resumes play in the D15 tournament Wednesday when they face Vicksburg at Niles FOP LL.
Thursday, August 4
SP 11 Year Old Softball State Runner Up!
South Portage 11 year old softball team got some sweet revenge on District 8: West Branch Tuesday defeating West Branch 12-1 at the state tournamnet in Tecumseh. The win put South Portage just one game away from the championship game. South Portage was beat earlier in the Tounament by West Branch and had to get past St. Clair and Dowagiac to set up the grudge match.
Wednesday South Portage defeated District 9: Rockford 11-9.
South Portage lost to District 16: Tecumseh in the state championship game Thursday in Tecumseh 15-1. South Portage made a great run and had a fantastic season.
Great job girls - were all very proud of you.
Wednesday, August 10
7-8 Year Old All-Stars Undefeated after Quarter-Finals
Both of South Portage's 7-8 year old baseball All-Star teams are undefeated after pool play and the quarter-finals. It appears the teams are on a collision course with each other and will meet in the championship game Friday, August 12 in Three Rivers. If they both make it to the championship: the game will be a re-match of a quarter-final game in another tournament earlier this month. That game ended with "South Portage B" beating "South Portage A" 23-22 in the bottom of the sixth after "South Portage A" scored 10 runs in the top of the sixth to take the lead 22-21.
To get to Friday's game though "South Portage B" or "White" must defeat a good Vicksburg team Thursday in Mattawan. Tuesday "South Portage B" defeated "Mattawan B" in a quarter-final game 15-5.
"South Portage A" or "Blue" went through their pool with little difficulty and isn't expected to meet much resistance. They played Milwood in a quarter-final game on Wednesday at Niles and won 14-4. They now move on to the semi-finals Thursday and play "Mattawan A".
