The 2026 Little League World Series is underway and Southwest Ohio is preparing to take the field.
Hamilton's West Side Little League has advanced to the first round of the LLWS as champions of the Great Lakes region. Now, West Side faces Nevada, the Mountain-region representatives. Heavy rain forced the game to be postponed from Aug. 20, but play began at 9 a.m. on Aug. 21.
West Side dominated on its way the World Series. Ohio's champions rolled past Michigan, 10-4, handed an 11-0 beatdown to Indiana, and beat Kentucky twice by a combined 17-4 score. It's the sixth trip to the World Series for West Side; their last appearance was a 2021 run to the U.S. Finals. Hamilton has won 26 Ohio state championships over its history.
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as the kids from Hamilton begin their quest for a Little League World Series championship.
Three up, three down for Treadway | 1-0 West Side end of 1
09:27 AM ET, August 21 2026, Chase SouderBoone Treadway got the start for West Side, and he's looked sharp out of the gates. He retired three consecutive batters with a strikeout to end the inning with Hamilton still leading Nevada 1-0.
Feltner RBI puts West Side ahead in first inning, 1-0
09:20 AM ET, August 21 2026, Chase SouderWest Side wasted no time getting on the board.
Thanks to two walks starting the first inning, A Leo Feltner single drove home Xander Kinkade from third. Nevada's Owen Guzman cleaned up the rest of the inning with two strikeouts, but Ohio draws first blood.
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