Little League World Series Regionals 2016: Updated Bracket Results and Scores

After several days of regional action, Saturday marked the biggest day in the lives of many young baseball players, as six spots at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, were on the line.

All six United States regional championship games were winner-take-all in nature, meaning the losing team would fall just short of its goal of reaching the biggest stage in Little League baseball.

Here is a look at Saturday's results, along with a recap of how every remaining spot in the Little League World Series was filled.

Saturday Scores

Region	Winning Team	Losing Team	Score
New England	Rhode Island	Connecticut	5-1
Midwest	Iowa	Kansas	3-0
Northwest	Oregon	Washington	5-1
Mid-Atlantc	New York	Pennsylvania	6-2
West	Southern California	Nevada	1-0

New England

Rhode Island (Warwick North Little League) ended regional play undefeated and punched its ticket to Williamsport on Saturday by defeating Connecticut (Fairfield American Little League) 5-1 in the title game.

A remarkable individual performance by Colin Lemieux was the biggest key to victory for Rhode Island. He went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI. In addition, he pitched five innings of six-hit, one-run ball while striking out six.

Connecticut entered the game having scored 36 runs in its previous three contests, but the bats went silent, including that of star Richie Kerstetter, who went just 1-for-2 with no runs or RBI after dominating en route to the title game.

While California is the winningest state in LLWS history with seven titles, Connecticut is tied with Pennsylvania and New Jersey for second with four. But it won't have an opportunity to add to its tally.

Rhode Island will have a chance to make history, though, as the smallest state in the union has never captured a Little League World Series championship.

It figures to be a contender if Lemieux continues to get the job done at the plate and on the mound, especially considering how good it looked throughout regional play.

Midwest

Iowa (Johnston Little League) continued its dominance on the mound Saturday, as it shut out Kansas (Frontenac Little League) 3-0 to advance to the Little League World Series.

After allowing just one run in its first two games during regional play, Iowa stymied the opposing hitters once again in the championship game. Kaiden Dinh led the way in that regard, allowing just two hits and one walk, while striking out eight in five innings.

Josh Larson shut the door in relief to earn the save by working around one hit and striking out two in the sixth inning.

Iowa also generated just enough offense with leadoff hitter Miles Risley going 2-for-3 with two runs and two RBI, including a home run. Michael Siemer also starred by going 3-for-3 and adding the team's other RBI.

Kansas was only able to muster three hits, and it is fair to wonder if fatigue played a factor since it played six games in regionals, which was two more than any other team in the group.

Much like Rhode Island, Iowa will go to Williamsport with a unique opportunity in front of it, having never before won the Little League World Series.

Great pitching tends to be the biggest equalizer at any level of baseball, and based on the way Iowa played in the Midwest Regional, it may have a better group of arms than any American team that is heading to the LLWS.

Northwest

Oregon (Bend North Little League) bounced back from an earlier defeat in the Northwest Regionals to take down Washington (Lynnwood Pacific Little League) 5-1 Saturday to earn a berth in the 2016 Little League World Series.

Oregon lost to 8-2 to Washington in its first game, but things were much different Saturday, as Zack Reynolds allowed just three hits and no runs to go along with nine strikeouts in 5.1 innings for the victorious squad.

Washington actually out-hit Oregon by a 6-3 margin, but Oregon was opportunistic in taking advantage of three Washington errors.

Reynolds was chief among the Oregon players in that regard, as he drove in a pair of runs with a double and a sacrifice fly.

Oregon may have benefited from momentum being on its side thanks to victories over Montana and Idaho by a combined 27-0 score Wednesday and Friday.

Washington was undefeated in three games prior to Saturday, and it scored a ridiculous 41 runs before going cold against Oregon.

Oregon has never won the Little League World Series, but it could end that drought this year as it is sending perhaps its best team ever to Williamsport.

Washington had all the makings of a team capable of making a deep LLWS, and the fact that Oregon was able to defeat it should give it a ton of confidence entering the event.

Mid-Atlantic

The scoring during Saturday night's matchup against New York (Maine-Endwell Little League) and Pennsylvania (Keystone Little League) started early, but not often. 

New York used two three-run innings in the first and third to fuel their 6-2 victory over Pennsylvania. 

Ryan Harlost provided the lone multi-RBI performance for New York with two runs batted in which came in the form of a double for his team's first two runs of the game. 

New York's offense provided plenty of offense for starter Michael Mancini, who went five innings while allowing two runs on three hits and striking out 12 batters. 

This is a team that is absolutely rolling on its way to Williamsport. According to Maine-Endwell Sports, the New York team that will be representing the Mid-Atlantic region has won its last 19 games.

West

With such an impressive pitcher's duel to cap off regional action on Saturday, it was a shame that either Southern California or Nevada had to go home. 

It was Southern California that won the West in a 1-0 victory as Victor Lizarraga was able to outlast Nevada's Chase Ditmar on the hil.

Lizarraga spun an absolute gem, going all six innings while allowing just one hit while striking out 13.

On the opposite side, Ditmar went five innings, allowing just one run on three and striking out five.

Southern California's lone run came in the fourth inning thanks to a fielder's choice. Ju Ju Padilla's grounder was just enough to drive in Adriel Colmenero from third. 

If they're able to get the kind of pitching that Lizarraga provided on Saturday, then Southern California will go plenty far in Williamsport. 

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