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First time for either the Buckeye state boys or girls to hoist the LL World Series championship trophy By Arnie Leshin  It took awhile, but the state of Ohio can now proclaim itself the International Little League Softball World Series champion. It was the first time Ohio, in boys or …

Softball semis on TV has Louisiana’s Southwest champions playing Ohio, winner of the Central Region, and Pennsylvania’s s East champions meeting up with the host team from Oregon                               By Arnie Leshin  Thursday is a big …

The never-quit team from Conventry LL now lines up against Southwest Regional champion Texas East on Thursday’s opening day in South Williamsport, Pa. By Arnie Leshin  Rhode Island is going to the 75th annual International Little League Baseball World Series after winning the Mid-Atlantic Regional Sunday that was questionable on …

Major Leaguer Todd Frazier, the star of that team, gets a double treat when his New York Mets play the Philadelphia Phillies that day at the downtown ballpark By Arnie Leshin  It was an amazing experience. The star, Todd Frazier, became perhaps the  most recognizable person from the Jersey shore outside …

From the borough of Richmond, Mid-Island LL plays its opener Tuesday against Idaho’s Northwest champion in South Williamsport, Pa By Arnie Leshin  Welcome to Staten Island, the “fifth borough”. It doesn’t get anywhere near the attention of the other four. While the other boroughs can boast of major league baseball, …

It’s an impressive lineup of USA Regional winners that will be out to dethrone Japan By Arnie Leshin  All is well in Bristol, Conn., where the last two USA Regional championships will wind up with the final two teams from the Little League Baseball Regional that was rained out Saturday. …

Australia plays in its initial LL World Series after a long trip from Melbourne, lining up with a field of 16 teams By Arnie Leshin More is always known when checking out the USA teams that will play in the International Baseball World Series. It’s the biggest and best Youth …

New Mexico lost in the semifinals after a good run, while Oklahoma made the Regional final for the first time By Arnie Leshin  Nothing new in the Little League Baseball Southwest Regional. Once again, the championship belonged to Texas East for the 25thtime, and again it was  only East, Texas …

By NM Game and Fish  Catches of the week Abiquiu Lake: Mike Brousseau of Regina caught a 28-inch, 12-pound catfish Aug. 2. He was using night crawlers. Cowles Ponds: Skylar Bowen, age 3, of Rio Rancho, caught her first fish, a 10-inch rainbow trout July 29. She was using worms. …

Couldn’t make it in Cleveland in the NFL, and in his recent CFL start with the Montreal Alouettes, he threw four interceptions in the first half and played only three  series in the third quarter of the 40-11 rout.   By Arnie Leshin  Johnny be good? Well he was, now …