Nebraska State Tournament
Little League Baseball Division (Ages 10-12)

Toward the past

2018

Toward the present

Nebraska State Tournament

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

Area Tournament Results:

(Central Area Participants: Grover, Hillside, and Memorial)

(Northern Area Participants: Blair, Keystone, and Millard United Federal)

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

Central Area Tournament
Host - Memorial (Omaha)
At Van Metre Field; Columbus Park

Round 1 (Friday, July 13):
Memorial 16, Hillside 0

Round 2 (Saturday, July 14):
Grover 13, Hillside 2 (4 innings)

Round 3 (Sunday, July 15):
Memorial 10, Grover 2

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

Round 1 (Friday, July 13):
Keystone 14, Blair 0

Round 2 (Saturday, July 14):
Millard United Federal 18, Keystone 2

Round 3 (Sunday, July 15):
Blair d. Millard United Federal

West Area Tournament
Host - Grand Island Northwest

Round 1 (Friday, July 13):
Hastings Baseball 6, Kearney 5

Round 2 (Saturday, July 14):
Hastings Baseball 9, Grand Island Northwest 0

Round 3 (Sunday, July 15):
Kearney 14, Grand Island Northwest 1 (4 innings)

Central Area Standings	W	L
Memorial	2	0
Grover	1	1
Hillside	0	2
Northern Area Standings	W	L
Keystone	1	1
Blair	1	1
Millard United Federal	1	1
West Area Standings	W	L
Hastings Baseball	2	0
Kearney	1	1
Grand Island Northwest	0	2

The top two teams in each area tournament 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 - Blair
At Wederquist Field; Blair Youth Sports Complex

Tournament Results:

Modified Double-Elimination Tournament

Opening Round (Thursday, July 19):
Kearney 11, Grover 2
Hastings Baseball 6, Blair 2

Winner's Bracket Semifinals (Friday, July 20):
Kearney 8, Keystone 7 (7 innings)
Memorial 5, Hastings Baseball 2

Elimination Bracket Quarterfinals (six teams remain) (Saturday, July 21):
Keystone 8, Blair 2 (elim.)
Hastings Baseball 10, Grover 6 (elim.)

Elimination Bracket Semifinal (four teams remain) (Sunday, July 22):
Hastings Baseball 2, Keystone 1 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Final (Sunday, July 22):
Kearney 6, Memorial 3 (Kearney advances to championship game)

Elimination Bracket Final (three teams remain) (Monday, July 23):
Memorial 10, Hastings Baseball 3 (elim.) (Memorial advances to championship game)

Nebraska State Finals

Championship Game (Monday, July 23):
Kearney 5, Memorial 3 (TITLE)