Eight teams chasing redemption will take to the diamond in Williamsport, Pennsylvania Saturday with an opportunity to evade elimination and earn their first victory of the 2025 Little League World Series.

Eight teams began their quest to win it all in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday in the annual summer tournament. A new winner will be crowned in 2025, too, after last year's champion, Lake Mary, Florida, was eliminated in the regional round. Which teams will prevail and remain in the winner's bracket? Catch up on all of the action below.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA— Volunteer and Lamade Stadiums have already hosted three full days of play at the 2025 Little League World Series, and the action has more than lived up to the hype.

This article was originally published on www.si.com as Reason Why the Little League World Series Is Played in Williamsport Is Fascinating. The 78th Little League World Series has begun in Williamsport, Pa., as 20 teams from around the globe will battle to determine the best Little League team in the world.

Fairfield took advantage of its opportunity to stay in the winner’s bracket of the Little League World Series. Trailing by a run with two outs in the top of the fifth inning, Fairfield took advantage of a bases-loaded walk and an error to score five runs and rally past Honolulu,

The 2025 Little League World Series will be in Williamsport, Pennsylvania from August 13-24 with 20 teams vying for the title.

The road to Williamsport was filled with more drama than usual for a couple Little League World Series participants this year, including a Venezuelan team that needed visa exemptions to make the trip and an American club that narrowly knocked off a defending champ.

Each of the 20 teams participating in the 2025 Little League World Series has had to overcome adversity on the way to South Williamsport. Chief among those is El Segundo Perfecto Little League of Chihuahua,

A social media post referencing a "mass casualty event" that included a timer resulted in the Williamsport man's arrest.

South Carolina celebrated its win at the ESPN Big Bracket that sits just outside Lamade Stadium. Sutton Gravelle climbed the ladder to move the Southeast team one spot closer to the championship. Everyone was cheering and singing Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA.”