2025 Tournament Information

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• The Central Region Junior Baseball Tournament will be hosted at Plymouth Park in Midland MI. July 22-27, 2025.
• As of 6/24 the following states will be participating:  Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, and the District 1 Host.
• Opening Ceremonies will take place at 5:30 on Tuesday, July 22.  Players should dress in uniforms for the Parade of Champions.  A picnic for the players and coaches will take place after Opening Ceremonies!
• Managers and Coaches will have a meeting with the Tournament Committee and the umpires after the picnic!
• Games will begin Wednesday morning (July 23rd). 
• The Tournament, by mandate from Little League HQ, will be a modified double elimination format, with the championship game being played Sunday 7/27.  Modified double elimination means there will be no if necessary game if the team that loses on Saturday has one loss. 
  
• On Tuesday, 6/24 the tournament committee held the bracket draw and the official tournament bracket can be found HERE.

2024 Tournament Information:  

**TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE**

• The Central Region Junior Baseball Tournament will be hosted at Plymouth Park in Midland MI. July 22-27, 2024.  
• Opening Ceremonies will take place at 5:30 on Monday, July 22.  Players should dress in uniforms for the Parade of Champions.  A picnic for the players and coaches will take place after Opening Ceremonies!
• Managers and Coaches will have a meeting with the Tournament Committee and the umpires after the picnic!
• Games will begin Tuesday morning with Game 1 starting at 9 am!
• The Tournament, by mandate from Little League HQ, will be a modified double elimination format, with the championship game being played Saturday 7/27.  Modified double elimination means there will be no if necessary game if the team that loses on Saturday has one loss.
• Looking to Volunteer:  Click here to sign up!
  
• The brackets were drawn on Tuesday, July 2nd.  Click here for the results.  
  

The Central Region Junior Baseball Tournament planning committee is pleased to announce the following dates for the 2023 Tournament:

• Tuesday 8/1:  Teams report for Opening Ceremonies, Team Picnic, Managers and Coaches meetings!
• Wednesday 8/2: Modified Double Elimination Tournament plays begins
• Sunday 8/6: Championship Day (Tentative, based on number of teams entering the tournament)

UPDATED 8/11:  DAY 6 IS COMPLETE:  Today's winner was Wisconsin.  Iowa was Eliminated.  Championship Friday will see Illinois versus Wisconsin @ 10 am.

In action on Day 5, Illinois defeated Iowa and Wisconsin eliminated Freeland (HOST).  

Click here for the latest bracket and results can also be found on here on the Little League Web page. 

UPDATED 8/9:  DAY 4 IS COMPLETE.  Today's winners were Wisconsin and Freeland (HOST).  Indiana and Michigan were eliminated.

Click here for the latest bracket and results can also be found on here on the Little League Web page. 

UPDATED: 8/8:
AFTER A 2 HOUR DELAY, DAY 3 IS COMPLETE.  Today's winners were Iowa, Illinois, Freeland (HOST), and Wisconsin.  Kansas and Missouri were eliminated.  Click here for the latest bracket and results can also be found on here on the Little League Web page.  

UPDATED: 8/7:  
DAY 2 IS COMPLETE:  Today's winners were Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas.  The first 2 teams eliminated were Kentucky and Ohio.  Click here for the latest bracket and results can also be found on here on the Little League Web page.

UPDATED:8/6

DAY 1 IS COMPLETE:  Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana all won and advanced.  Click here for the latest bracket.

Day 2 starts at 9:30.  Schedules and results can also be found here on the Little League Web site.

MI District 1 is proud to be the host of the Central Region Junior Baseball Tournament.  Teams from across the Midwest will be coming to Midland to compete for the chance to advance to the Junior Baseball World Series, played in Taylor, MI.  

As of 7/21 the following 9 states have let the Tournament Committee know of their participation:

• Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
  

At this time, with MI District 1 enrolling a host team, the tournament will be an 11-team modified double elimination tournament with games beginning on August 6th and finishing on August 12th.  

A Tournament draw was held on June 28 and was broadcast on Facebook Live through our Central Region Facebook Page.  On July 19 we learned that South Dakota was not coming and a new draw would need to be held.  That draw took place on July 21 and the new Bracket is listed here:

2022 Central Region Junior Baseball Regional Bracket