Williamsport Tournament -- General Info
The Little League World Series (website) is an annual baseball tournament for children aged 11 to 12 years old. The tournament culminates in Williamsport, PA with the arrival of 8 International Region champions and 8 U.S. Regional Champions. The tournament begins in late June, with teams from some 8,000 Little League programs from across the globe begin competing in this tournament starting with District Level play.
The progression towards Williamsport looks like this:
a) District Championships
b) Sectional Championships
c) State Championships
d) Regional Championships
e) U.S. National Champion
f) World Champion
There are 16 Districts in Massachusetts. Hopkinton competes in District 11 (website). District 11 is comprised of the following ten teams:
- Canton
- Hopkinton
- Medfield
- Needham American
- Norfolk
- Norwood
- Sharon
- Walpole American
- Walpole National
- Westwood
Hopkinton won the District 11 Championship in 2012 and 2014