Little League World Series (South Region)

The South Region was a region that competed in the Little League World Series between 1957 and 2000 until it was split into the Southwest and Southeast regions in 2001.

The South Region was inaugurated in 1957. [1] The Region originally consisted of teams from Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. In 1957, the Industrial Little League of Monterrey, Mexico won the South Region championship before Latin America was given its own berth starting with the 1958 LLWS. In 1968, Delaware and Maryland moved to the East Region. In 2000, Oklahoma replaced Kentucky in the region for one year before the region split into two. The tournament was held in Saint Petersburg, Florida each year between 1972 and 2000.

Little League Baseball expanded the LLWS to sixteen teams for the 2001 Little League World Series. The South Region was split into the Southeast region – Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia – and the Southwest region – Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas East, and Texas West, plus West Region teams Colorado and New Mexico.

South Region champions (1957–2000)

The following table indicates the South Region champion and its LLWS performance in each year between 1957 and 2000.

Year Champion City LLWS Record
1957 Industrial LL Mexico Monterrey, Nuevo León Champions 2–0
1958 National League of Gadsden LL Alabama Gadsden, Alabama Third Place 2–1
1959 National League of Gadsden LL Alabama Gadsden, Alabama First Round 0–1
1960 North East Optimist Club LL Texas Fort Worth, Texas Runner-Up 2–1
1961 El Campo LL Texas El Campo, Texas Runner-Up 2–1
1962 Val Verde County LL Texas Del Rio, Texas Fifth Place 2–1
1963 North Houston LL Texas North Houston, Texas Fifth Place 1–1
1964 South Brookley LL Alabama Mobile, Alabama Third Place 2–1
1965 North Waco LL Texas Waco, Texas Third Place 2–1
1966 Westbury American LL Texas Houston, Texas Champions 3–0
1967 West Tampa LL Florida Tampa, Florida Fifth Place (tie) 1–1
1968 Tuckahoe LL Virginia Richmond, Virginia Runner-Up 2–1
1969 West Tampa LL Florida Tampa, Florida Third Place (tie) 1–1
1970 National Optimist LL Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Seventh Place 1–2
1971 Gardenside LL Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Eighth Place 0–3
1972 National LL Virginia Vienna, Virginia Seventh Place 1–2
1973 Belmont Heights LL Florida Tampa, Florida Third Place 2–1
1974 American LL Tennessee Jackson, Tennessee Fifth Place 2–1
1975 Belmont Heights LL Florida Tampa, Florida Runner-Up 1–1
1976 Tuckahoe National LL Virginia Richmond, Virginia Third Place (tie) 1–1
1977 Hub City LL Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi Fifth Place 2–1
1978 South Lexington LL Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Third Place 2–1
1979 Burns Park LL Arkansas North Little Rock, Arkansas Third Place 2–1
1980 Belmont Heights LL Florida Tampa, Florida Runner-Up 2–1
1981 Belmont Heights LL Florida Tampa, Florida Runner-Up 2–1
1982 American LL Florida Sarasota, Florida Seventh Place 1–2
1983 East Marietta National LL Marietta, Georgia Champions 3–0
1984 National LL Florida Altamonte, Florida Runner-Up 2–1
1985 American LL Tennessee Morristown, Tennessee Third Place 2–1
1986 American LL Florida Sarasota, Florida Third Place 2–1
1987 American LL Tennessee Morristown, Tennessee Seventh Place (tie) 0–2
1988 Northwest 45 LL Texas Spring, Texas Third Place 2–1
1989 Northside LL Florida Tampa, Florida Fifth Place 2–1
1990 Cottage Hill LL Alabama Mobile, Alabama Fifth Place (tie) 1–1
1991 National LL Florida Dunedin, Florida Sixth Place 1–2
1992 South Lake Charles LL Louisiana Lake Charles, Louisiana Group Stage 1–2
1993 Tuckahoe American LL Virginia Richmond, Virginia Group Stage 0–3
1994 Central Springfield LL Virginia Springfield, Virginia Third Place (tie) 2–2
1995 Northwest 45 LL Texas Spring, Texas Runner-Up 3–2
1996 R.L. Turner LL Florida Panama City, Florida Third Place (tie) 3–1
1997 Manatee G.T. Bray East LL Florida Bradenton, Florida Third Place (tie) 2–2
1998 Tar Heel LL North Carolina Greenville, North Carolina Third Place (tie) 2–2
1999 National LL Alabama Phenix City, Alabama Runner-Up 3–2
2000 Bellaire LL Texas Bellaire, Texas Runner-Up 3–2

Results by State

Country South Region
Championships		 LLWS
Championships		 Record
in LLWS		 PCT
Florida Florida 13 0 22–16 0.579
Texas Texas 9 1 20–10 0.667
Alabama Alabama 5 0 8–6 0.571
Virginia Virginia 5 0 6–9 0.400
Tennessee Tennessee 4 0 5–6 0.455
Kentucky Kentucky 2 0 2–4 0.333
Georgia 1 1 3–0 1.000
Mexico Mexico 1 1 2–0 1.000
Arkansas Arkansas 1 0 2–1 0.667
Mississippi Mississippi 1 0 2–1 0.667
North Carolina North Carolina 1 0 2–2 0.500
Louisiana Louisiana 1 0 1–2 0.333
Total 44 3 73–54 0.575

References

  1. ^ South Region Little League