{"id":161843,"date":"2025-08-24T18:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nevada-beat-connecticut-at-little-league-world-series-us-championship-highlights-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T18:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T18:18:11","slug":"nevada-beat-connecticut-at-little-league-world-series-us-championship-highlights-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nevada-beat-connecticut-at-little-league-world-series-us-championship-highlights-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada beat Connecticut at Little League World Series: US championship highlights – USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S.<\/span> champion of the\u00a0Little League World Series\u00a0has been crowned in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and Nevada will advance to play the International bracket champion, Chinese Taipei, in the 2025 title game.
Connecticut, the top team in the 2025 tournament with a perfect 4-0 record in U.S. bracket play, faced off against Nevada, which had a record of 4-1. In a fiercely competitive United States championship game, Connecticut fought hard for six innings, but ultimately, Nevada proved to be too strong, defeating Connecticut 6-2 to win the United States Championship.
Now, the winners of today’s games will move on and play in the Little League World Series Championship game on Sunday, August 25.
USA TODAY Sports<\/a> provided extensive coverage of the U.S. bracket championship, ensuring you didn’t miss a moment. Here are the scores, updates and highlights.
Nevada defeated Connecticut 8-2 in the United States Championship game, advancing to the Little League World Series championship game on Sunday, where they will face Chinese Taipei.
Nevada finds their rhythm in the sixth and final inning of the game, extending the lead to 8-2. Connecticut is now up to bat for the last time.
After Nevada’s pitcher Garrett Gallegos walked two batters, he got into a rundown with Connecticut’s Ben Herbst and tagged him out at third base. Gallegos then struck out the final batter, preventing Connecticut from adding runs to the scoreboard.
Connecticut’s aggressive base-running has helped them secure another run and now narrow Nevada’s lead 4-2.
Garrett Gallegos hits it out of the park for the first home run of the game for Nevada to extend the lead 4-1 against Connecticut.
Connecticut is closing the gap, scoring a run at the bottom of the first inning to narrow Nevada’s lead. Nevada now leads 3-1 against Connecticut.
Nevada capitalizes on a bases-loaded situation, getting the action moving and scoring three runs to take the lead in the first inning. Connecticut is now up to bat in the bottom of the first inning.
The Little League World Series United States championship game between Nevada and Connecticut has begun.
The 2025 Little League World Series will be broadcast on ESPN platforms, with the championship game airing on ABC. Games will also be available to stream on\u00a0ESPN+<\/a> and Fubo<\/a>, which is offering a free trial to new subscribers.
All times Eastern. For a full list of results,\u00a0click here<\/a>.
International bracket championship<\/strong>
United States bracket championship<\/strong>
Third-place game<\/strong>
Championship game<\/strong>
Saturday’s action in the Litttle League World Series begins at 12:30 p.m. ET with the International championship game between Aruba and Chinese Taipei. That game will be followed by the United States championship game between Connecticut and Nevada at 3:30 p.m. ET.
The International bracket championship game and the United States bracket championship will be played in Howard J. Lamade Stadium at the Little League World Series Complex in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
For a full list of results,\u00a0click here<\/a>.
Wednesday, Aug. 20<\/strong>
Thursday, Aug. 21<\/strong>
Saturday, Aug. 23<\/strong>
Wednesday, Aug. 20<\/strong>
Thursday, Aug. 21<\/strong>
Saturday, Aug. 23<\/strong>
The championship and third-place games are scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 24 in Howard J. Lamade Stadium at the Little League World Series complex in Wiliamsport, Pennsylvania. The game follows the third-place game at Lamade Stadium.
LLWS third-place game \u2014 Sunday. Aug. 24<\/strong>
LLWS championship game \u2014 Sunday. Aug. 24<\/strong>
For the second time since 2017, a team from Connecticut will go to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, but this time from the Metro region bracket. Prior to 2022, Connecticut was a member of the New England region, but the Little League World Series expanded from 16 teams to its current format of 20 in 2022. This year, Fairfield National Little League (Fairfield, Connecticut) edged St. James-Smithtown Little League (Smithtown, New York), 12-1, to guarantee its spot at the LLWS. Connecticut has won four LLWS titles with the last coming in 1989 from Trumbull National Little League (Trumbull, Connecticut).\u00a0\u2014 Sherlon Christie<\/em>
The Las Vegas area appears to be a hot spot for Little League baseball talent and\u00a0Summerlin South Little League<\/a>\u00a0(Las Vegas) is just the latest example. Summerlin South LL defeated Lone Peak Little League (Alpine, Utah), 6-3, in the Mountain championship game to earn a spot this year.\u00a0According to Fox 5 Las Vegas<\/a>, Summerlin South is the third straight team from Southern Nevada to represent the region at the LLWS. If Summerlin South can win the 2025 Little League World Series title, it will be the first team from Nevada to do it.\u00a0\u2014 Sherlon Christie<\/em>
The 2024 LLWS finished with a thriller, as Florida claimed a\u00a02-1 extra-innings victory<\/a>\u00a0over Taiwan.
The Lake Mary Little League team made history beyond lifting the Little League World Series trophy. In winning the game, they became the first Florida-based team to ever win the tournament, ending a run that saw eight previous LLWS finalists lose in the title game.\u00a0\u2014 Sherlon Christie<\/em>
Here is a list of the most recent champions of the event.
Since 1947,\u00a0the Little League World Series<\/a>\u00a0has made summertime youth baseball a must-watch event.
When 20 teams (10 from the United States regions<\/a>\u00a0and 10 representing other regions of the world) descend upon on Williamsport, Pennsylvania from Aug. 13-24, all eyes will be on the 12-U baseball All-Stars on the various teams.
USA TODAY Sports’ Sherlon Christie has\u00a0information on all of the Little League World Series teams<\/a>.
Our team of savvy editors independently handpicks all recommendations. If you purchase through our links, the USA Today Network may earn a commission. Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The U.S. champion of the\u00a0Little League World Series\u00a0has been crowned in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and Nevada will advance to play the International bracket champion, Chinese Taipei, in the 2025 title game.Connecticut, the top team in the 2025 tournament with a perfect 4-0 record in U.S. bracket play, faced off against Nevada, which had a record of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}