Lake Mary Little League’s Southeast Area championship recreation in Warner Robins, Georgia, initially scheduled for 3 p.m. Tuesday, was postponed because of climate and is now set for Wednesday at 11 a.m.
The Lake Mary 12-and-under all-star staff will play a staff from Irmo, South Carolina, that edged Entrance Royal Little League of Virginia 4-3 in a Tuesday afternoon recreation.
Due to rain and saturated fields, Monday video games had been postponed and the ultimate was pushed again a day.
Lake Mary, in search of to repeat its 2024 Little League World Sequence championship, is 3-0 in area play, together with a 14-0 five-inning win towards Irmo (3-1) on Sunday.
“We’re within the driver’s seat proper now,” Lake Mary supervisor Jonathan Anderson mentioned early within the day Tuesday. “We get to relaxation whereas these different groups have to fret about their pitchers.
Anderson was supervisor of Lake Mary’s Little League World Sequence title staff final yr.
Lake Mary women and boys contend for Little League World Sequence championships
Ten U.S. area champions advance to the World Sequence, to be performed in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Aug. 13-24.
What does the remaining entail for Lake Mary?
After a late morning observe, Anderson mentioned they’ll get lunch courtesy of Little League, after which they hope to look at some baseball.
If the video games are rained out, he mentioned they do have a PlayStation for the children.
Lake Mary’s women fastpitch softball squad gained district, part, state and area tournaments to qualify for the fastpitch softball World Sequence in Greenville, North Carolina. The staff opened their bid for a world title with a lopsided victory Sunday towards Northwest Area champ Mill Creek of Washington, however then misplaced 2-1 Monday to a Tulsa, Oklahoma, staff that gained the Southwest Area match
The Lake Mary softball women defeated a Connecticut staff representing New England 9-0 in an elimination recreation on Tuesday evening.
Lake Mary faces Washington at 1 p.m. Wednesday. The sport may be seen on ESPN2.
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