The Central Region was a region that competed in the Little League World Series between and . It was inaugurated as the North Region in , when the LLWS first gave out Series berths to regional winners. The region was renamed to Central in , and in was split into the Midwest and Great Lakes regions. The region produced one world champion, in , when Hamtramck, Michigan, defeated Auburn, California, 12–0, in the championship game.
The region consisted of teams from the Dakotas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Ohio, and Wisconsin. In 2000, Kentucky replaced Oklahoma in the region.
Little League Baseball expanded the LLWS to sixteen teams for the 2001 Little League World Series. The Central Region was split into the Midwest Region (the Dakotas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska) and the Great Lakes Region (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin).
Regional Champions (1957–2000)
The following table indicates the Central Region champion and its LLWS performance in each year between 1957 and 2000.
YearChampionCityLLWSRecord1957Jaycee LL Escanaba, MichiganFourth Place0–21958Jaycee LL Kankakee, IllinoisRunner-Up2–11959Hamtramck National LL Hamtramck, MichiganChampions3–01960New Boston Kiwanis LL New Boston, OhioSeventh Place1–21961American LL Terre Haute, IndianaFifth Place2–11962Central LL Kankakee, IllinoisRunner-Up2–11963Central LL Duluth, MinnesotaThird Place2–11964National LL Bartlesville, OklahomaFifth Place2–11965George Rogers Clark LL Jeffersonville, IndianaFourth Place1–21966Jaycee LL Kankakee, IllinoisFifth Place2–11967North Roseland LL Chicago, IllinoisRunner-Up2–11968American LL Terre Haute, IndianaFifth Place2–11969West LL Elyria, OhioThird Place (tie)1–11970South LL Highland, IndianaFourth Place1–21971Anderson LL Gary, IndianaRunner-Up2–11972Edison LL Hammond, IndianaRunner-Up2–11973Federal LL Birmingham, MichiganFourth Place1–21974Tallmadge LL Tallmadge, OhioFourth Place1–21975American LL Davenport, IowaThird Place1–11976Windsor LL Des Moines, IowaEighth Place0–31977Midget Boosters LL Youngstown, OhioSixth Place1–21978South LL Palatine, IllinoisSeventh Place1–21979National LL Grosse Pointe Woods, MichiganEighth Place0–31980Grandview National LL Des Moines, IowaFifth Place2–11981Barrington LL Barrington, IllinoisThird Place2–11982Pinery Park LL Wyoming, MichiganThird Place2–11983Jackie Robinson West LL Chicago, IllinoisFifth Place2–11984Southport LL Southport, IndianaThird Place2–11985East Tonka LL Minnetonka, MinnesotaSixth Place1–21986Norridge LL Norridge, IllinoisFifth Place2–11987Chesterfield LL Chesterfield, IndianaThird Place (tie)1–11988Tulsa LL Tulsa, OklahomaEighth Place0–31989East LL Davenport, IowaSeventh Place1–21990Columbia LL Brooklyn, MichiganSeventh Place (tie)0–21991Westside American LL Hamilton, OhioSeventh Place1–21992South Holland LL South Holland, IllinoisGroup Stage0–31993Westside American LL Hamilton, OhioGroup Stage1–21994American LL Brooklyn Center, MinnesotaGroup Stage1–21995Little Lakes West LL Arden Hills, MinnesotaGroup Stage1–21996National LL Marshalltown, IowaGroup Stage1–21997Dyer LL Dyer, IndianaGroup Stage0–31998Jenison LL Jenison, MichiganGroup Stage0–31999Brownsburg LL Brownsburg, IndianaGroup Stage0–32000East LL Davenport, IowaThird Place (tie)2–2
Results by State
CountryCentral RegionChampionshipsLLWSChampionshipsRecordin LLWSPCT Indiana 100 13–16 Illinois 9 15–12 Michigan 7 1 6–13 Iowa 6 0 7–11 Ohio 6–11 Minnesota 4 5–7 Oklahoma 2 2–4 Total 44 1 54–74
See also Little League World Series (Great Lakes Region) Little League World Series (Midwest Region)
References
External links Little League Online Central Region Historical Results