Little League World Series Regionals 2021: Scores and Bracket Results from Day 8

With 10 teams having already clinched a berth in the 2021 Little League World Series, the final six spots will be determined by the end of Saturday's games.

Friday's schedule features four games in the Midwest, New England, West and Great Lakes regions. 

The top seed in each of those four regions has already been determined. Michigan (Great Lakes), South Dakota (Midwest), Connecticut (New England) and Hawaii (West) have gone undefeated to this point. 

They will play the winners of Friday's games tomorrow to determine the regional champion and seeding for the Little League World Series. 

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2021 Little League World Series Teams

Great Lakes: Michigan (3-0), Ohio (3-1)

Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania (3-0)

Midwest: South Dakota (3-0), Nebraska (3-1)

New England: Connecticut (2-0), New Hampshire (3-1)

Northwest: Washington (3-0)

Southeast: Tennessee (5-1; regional champion), Florida (3-1; runner-up)

Southwest: Louisiana (4-0; regional champion), Texas West (4-2; runner-up)

West: Hawaii (3-0), Southern California (3-1)

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2021 Little League World Series Regional Results, Aug. 13

Midwest: Nebraska 2, Iowa 1

New England: New Hampshire 5, Massachusetts 0

West: Southern California 6, Northern California 0 (F/7)

Great Lakes: Ohio 12, Illinois 0 (F/5)

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Ohio 12, Illinois 0 (F/5)

A 10-run fifth inning catapulted Ohio to a 12-0 victory over Illinois in the Great Lakes Region.  

Jonathon Vogel got the scoring started in the top of the first with a two-run homer. He finished the game 2-for-3 with three RBI and three runs scored. 

On the mound, Vogel did a great job of holding Illinois' bats at bay. He struck out 13 and didn't allow a hit in five innings. 

Levi Smith also had a great day at the plate. The Ohio slugger went 3-for-3 with three RBI and one run scored. A total of seven Ohio players drove in at least one run in the win. 

In the decisive fifth inning, Ohio racked up seven hits and seven walks against Illinois pitching. Four of those walks came with the bases loaded. 

The win sends Ohio to the Great Lakes title game against Michigan on Saturday. Ohio has won three straight games since losing the opening game in the regional to Kentucky. 

Southern California 6, Northern California 0 (F/7)

After six innings of scoreless baseball, Southern California finally broke through in the seventh to score a 6-0 victory over Northern California. 

Southern California pushed six runs across the plate thanks to four singles, two walks, two hit by pitches and an error. Brandon Perez scored the first run when Gibson Turner was walked with the bases loaded. 

The Torrance Little Leaguers broke the game open when Xavier Navarro scored on a steal of home and Grant Hays followed that with a two-run single for a 5-0 lead. 

The starting pitching for both teams was fantastic. Giovanni Castaing allowed one hit with nine strikeouts in 5.1 innings for Northern California. 

Turner, in addition to driving in one run and scoring one run, was dominant on the mound. He recorded 17 outs in the game, with 15 coming via strikeout. Northern California's only hit against him was Castaing's one-out single in the bottom of the sixth. 

The win sends Southern California to the West Region title game against Hawaii. 

New Hampshire 5, Massachusetts 0

Thanks to a brilliant all-around effort from Mason DeVall, New Hampshire earned a 5-0 win over Massachusetts and will play for the New England Region championship on Saturday. 

DeVall allowed five singles with 10 strikeouts and two walks in a complete-game win. He also went 1-for-3 and drove in two runs as a hitter.

Hew Hampshire got three insurance runs in the bottom of the fourth. Calen Lucier drove in two runs with a triple off Massachusetts starting pitcher Stephen Saggese. Lucier came around to score on a wild pitch by Gabriel Casiano. 

Massachusetts only had three hits through the first five innings. Ryan Skerry and Jackson Taylor had back-to-back two-out singles in the sixth, but DeVall struck out Casiano to end the game and preserve the shutout. 

The championship game will pit New Hampshire against Connecticut. The Manchester Little League team from Connecticut is the only undefeated team in the New England Region to this point (2-0). 

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Nebraska 2, Iowa 1

The little league squad from Hastings, Nebraska clinched its first-ever trip to Williamsport on Friday with a 2-1 victory over Iowa in a Midwest Region elimination game. 

Pitching was fantastic for both teams. Hunter Nepple tossed a complete game for Nebraska. The right-hander allowed just six hits, all singles with eight strikeouts and one walk. 

Iowa starter Nick Schaich matched Nepple pitch for pitch with 11 strikeouts in 5.2 innings. 

Nebraska got on the board first when Jude Johnson scored on a wild pitch by Schaich in the top of the fifth. Iowa responded in the bottom half of the frame. Luke Martin came around to score the tying run from first on Sean Hendricks' single. 

Nepple led off the top of the sixth with a single. He was replaced at first base by special pinch runner Caleb Reiners with one out. 

After Reiners got to second on a groundout, he came around to score the go-ahead run on Benjamin Wibbels' two-out RBI single. 

Iowa did get the tying run on base in the bottom of the sixth with Jonah Whitson's one-out single. Nepple got Owen Everhart and Cale Shovlain to fly out to end the game. 

Nebraska secured its spot in the Little League World Series with this win, but there is still one more game remaining in the Midwest Region. 

The Hastings squad will get a rematch against South Dakota tomorrow. Gavin Weir pitched a perfect game with 17 strikeouts in South Dakota's 3-0 win over Nebraska on Thursday.