Nebraska State Tournament

Format: Pool play, with leagues divided into three area tournaments for round-robin competition. The top two finishers in each pool advance to the state finals.

Tournament Results:

Area Tournament Results:

(Central/South Area Participants: Gretna and Hillside)

(Midwest Area Participants: Grand Island Northwest, Hastings Baseball, and Kearney)

(Northern Area Participants: Blair, Hillside, and South Sioux City)

Central/South Area Tournament
Host - Hillside (Omaha)
At Hillside Little League Field

Best 2-of-3 Series (Thursday, July 7 and Friday, July 8):
Gretna 14, Hillside 1 (4 innings)
Gretna 10, Hillside 0 (5 innings)

Midwest Area Tournament
Host - Grand Island Northwest
At George Park

Round 1 (Friday, July 8):
Kearney 6, Hastings Baseball 3

Round 2 (Saturday, July 9):
Kearney 14, Grand Island Northwest 1 (4 innings)

Round 3 (Sunday, July 10):
Hastings Baseball 12, Grand Island Northwest 11

Northern Area Tournament
Host - Blair
At Wederquist Field; Blair Youth Sports Complex

Round 1 (Friday, July 8):
Keystone 10, Blair 4

Round 2 (Saturday, July 9):
South Sioux City 12, Keystone 9

Round 3 (Sunday, July 10):
South Sioux City 8, Blair 3

Central/South Area Standings	W	L
Gretna	2	0
Hillside	0	2
Midwest Area Standings	W	L
Kearney	2	0
Hastings Baseball	1	1
Grand Island Northwest	0	2
Northern Area Standings	W	L
South Sioux City	2	0
Keystone	1	1
Blair	0	2

The top two teams in each area advance to the state finals.

Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. If a clear winner cannot be determined from head-to-head results, the tie is broken by calculating the runs allowed ratio for all teams involved in the tie. Runs allowed ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of runs allowed in all games by six. (The runs allowed are divided by six irrespective of the actual number of defensive innings a team played.) The team with the lowest runs allowed ratio advances. If the tied teams are competing for multiple spots in the tournament's next phase, all ties are broken based on runs allowed ratio.

Nebraska State Finals
Host - Kearney
At Patriot Park

Patriot Park is located at 4511 East 56th Street in Kearney.

Opening Round (Friday, July 15):
Kearney 11, Hastings Baseball 3
Gretna 11, Hillside 0 (4 innings)

Winner's Bracket Semifinals (Saturday, July 16):
Kearney 10, South Sioux City 2
Gretna 10, Keystone 0 (5 innings)

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (six teams remain) (Sunday, July 17):
Hastings Baseball 6, Keystone 4 (elim.)
South Sioux City 10, Hillside 0 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Final (Friday, July 22):
Kearney 2, Gretna 1 (8 innings)

Elimination Bracket Semifinal (four teams remain) (Friday, July 22):
South Sioux City 8, Hastings Baseball 7 (7 innings; elim.)

Elimination Bracket Final (three teams remain) (Saturday, July 23):
Gretna 11, South Sioux City (4 innings; elim.)

Championship Game (Sunday, July 24):
Kearney 8, Gretna 2 (TITLE)