Johnstown, Pennsylvania team wins Little League Softball World Series championship
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The Little League Softball World Series concluded today with Indiana and Pennsylvania competing for the title in Greenville, North Carolina.
Pennsylvania made its first championship game appearance since 2018, and the West Suburban LL squad from Johnstown did not disappoint.
Johnstown, representing the Mid-Atlantic region, recorded four consecutive shutout wins to end the tournament and capture the 2025 LLSWS championship over Floyds Knobs, Indiana, which was representing the Central region.
The victory marks the first Little League Softball World Series title for a team from Pennsylvania since 1978.
Reagan Bills was once again the star of the show for Johnstown, pitching yet another complete game shutout en route to a 1-0 victory. Bills also drove in the only run of the contest, proving vital on both sides of home plate.
Both teams earned semifinal victories on Saturday, Aug. 9 to advance to the title game.
In the consolation game earlier Sunday, the Southwest region team from Tulsa, Oklahoma edged Pitt County, North Carolina, representing the host region, 3-2 to claim third place.
USA TODAY Sports had full coverage of Sunday’s championship game. Scroll below for all the highlights, plus scores from every game of the tournament.
2025 Little League Softball World Series Day 8 scores
Third-place game: Tulsa, Oklahoma (Southwest) 3, Pitt County (North Carolina) 2
Championship game: Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Mid-Atlantic) 1, Floyds Knobs, Indiana (Central) 0
Pennsylvania wins 2025 LLSWS: Pennsylvania 1, Indiana 0
Five games. This softball team from Johnstown, Pennsylvania played five games. Through those five games, Reagan Bills and Pennsylvania pitching surrendered just one run. They ended the tournament with four straight shutouts, including 1-0 victories in two of their last three games.
Bills was certainly the standout of the tournament, and the MVP of this championship game. Not only did she pitch yet another complete game shutout, but she drove in the only run of the game. Bills was dominant from the start of the game to the very end, only ever really running into trouble once, when Indiana loaded the bases in the top of the fifth inning.
Bills ended the game with two strikeouts in the sixth, tossing over 100 pitches in the victory. It was a worthwhile effort, because for the first time in nearly half a century, the Little League Softball World Series title belongs to the state of Pennsylvania!
Bills denies Indiana their best chance
Facing a 1-0 deficit and only six outs to work with, Pennsylvania’s Reagan Bills, the star of the tournament came up clutch in the most clutch moment possible. With the bases loaded and two outs, Bills got the batter to line out right back to her, ending the inning. Her teammates were exhilarated, jumping in the air. They head to the dugout looking to extend their lead. The team from Johnstown is just three outs away from earning their state its first LLSWS title since 1978.
Pennsylvania strikes first!
Reagan Bills isn’t just doing it from the circle. Bills is helping her team’s cause on both ends, driving in the first run of the game on a single back up the middle. While it looked for a moment like the runner would get thrown out at home, the ball got past the Indiana catcher, allowing both Bills and the other runner to reach scoring position with only one out.
Adalyn Hines now steps up to the plate with the lead and a chance to make it even bigger. Pennsylvania leads 1-0.
Mercer would get out of the inning without any further damage. But the minimal damage that was done could be all Pennsylvania needs to win.
Leadoff triple called back in controversial moment
In a scoreless affair, a leadoff triple from Indiana’s Sawyer Abel looked to be the breakthrough one of these teams needed to gain momentum. However, a controversial call from the home plate umpire, labeling Abel out of the box at the moment of impact not only called the triple back, but labeled Abel out.
The video showed that Abel’s left foot was indeed out of the batter’s box, but it was still a devastating call against Indiana, which has been dying for any momentum against Reagan Bills. To make matters worse, Scarlett Renn would reach base on an error one batter later, meaning Abel would’ve almost certainly scored. It remains 0-0.
Indiana starting to find holes
Reagan Bills may be tough, but she’s not untouchable. The top of the second saw Indiana get two runners on base including a single that was arguably the hardest hit ball against Bills all tournament. Though the game remains scoreless, Indiana may have found an advantage. Pennsylvania has leaned heavily on Bills all tournament. While Indiana has leaned similarly on Riley Mercer, Pennsylvania is much more reliant, meaning if Indiana can push Bills out of the game, they may have their win condition.
Reagan Bills goes three-up, three-down to start championship game
Pennsylania’s Reagan Bills has been arguably the best pitcher in the tournament all weekend. She’s allowed zero earned runs throughout the weekend, and has been a strikeout machine. In this first inning, strikeouts were not the answer. Bills recorded the first out on just one pitch after Indiana’s Scarlett Renn tried to bunt on. Just two pitches later, a flyout to center. Only then did Bills record her first strikeout, to end the inning. We head to the bottom of the first in a scoreless affair.
Indiana, Pennsylvania history in LLSWS title games
A team from Indiana has never won the Little League Softball World Series championship. Despite the tournament beginning in 1974, no team from Indiana has even reached the championship until now. On the other side, no team from Pennsylvania has won the championship since Shippensburg, Pennsylvania won the tournament in 1978.
FINAL: Oklahoma 3, North Carolina 2
Oklahoma’s Harmoneigh White did it all. Pitching, hitting and defense. She threw a 91-pitch complete game (61 strikes) allowing just three hits, two walks and two runs while striking out five batters. At the plate, she went 1-for-2 with an RBI-double in the bottom of the first inning, which proved to be the winning play. In the field, she recorded the final out of the game on a pop up to herself. North Carolina’s Emily Mills held her own on the mound (five innings, two hits, three runs, two strikeouts) as her team tried a comeback in the consolation game.
North Carolina gets a huge defensive stop by Abby Pohlplatz
With the bases loaded with one out, Pohlpltaz snags a liner to third base and them immediately dives to tag the runner caught a little too much off third base for the double play. Pitcher Emily Mills gets a fly out to end the inning and another threat. After five innings, Oklahoma leads 3-2 over North Carolina.
North Carolina gets another base runner but can’t cut into deficit more
Avery Cash’s two-out walk got didn’t produce another base runner or another run and Oklahoma still holds a 3-2 lead over North Carolina after the top of the fifth inning.
Oklahoma goes three up, three down vs North Carolina’s Emily Mills
The changeup seems to be the pitch that is working for Mills as she get her third strikeout of the game to go along with two ground outs. Oklahoma leads 3-2 after four innings.
North Carolina starts to heat up
North Carolina Caroline Reynolds gets a one-out single and then an error puts runners at first and second. Kenzie Brown then records the biggest hit of the day for North Carolina with a two-run double. Oklahoma’s Harmoneigh White ended the threat with a strikeout and a pop out. After top of fourth inning, Oklahoma leads 3-2.
Oklahoma gets a runner in scoring position but can’t add to lead
A leadoff walk and a fielding error got runners to first and second with one out. But North Carolina’s Emily Mills works out of another jam with two consecutive groundouts. We have played three full innings, still 3-0 Oklahoma.
North Carolina strands two runners
North Carolina had something cooking with a one-out walk from Avery Cash and then a bloop single to right field by Abby Pohlplatz. But an outstanding catch by Oklahoma catcher Palmer Miner on an excuse-me swing and a ground out ended the threat. 3-0 Oklahoma after top of third inning.
North Carolina’s Emily Mills getting into a groove
Mills strikes out the first and second batter of the inning and then gets a great defensive stop at third base for the ground out. Mills up to 37 pitches but Oklahoma still leads 3-0 after bottom of the second inning.
Oklahoma’s Harmoneigh White picks up several strikeouts
White struck out two of the three batters she faced in the top of the second inning and has only 32 pitches so far in the game. Still, 3-0 Oklahoma
Oklahoma with a burst of offense
Oklahoma’s Palmer Miner had a two-run double on the 17th pitch from North Carolina’s Emily Mills and then Harmoneigh White added a near home run. The ball landed just in front of the 200-foot sign down the left field line and she settled for an RBI-double. 3-0 lead for Oklahoma after first inning.
North Carolina goes down 1-2-3 vs Oklahoma’s Harmoneigh White
White needed only 12 pitches to get two ground outs and a pop out in the top of the first inning.
It’s Oklahoma vs North Carolina in the LLSWS consolation game
The final day of the Little League Softball World Series will start with the consolation third place game between Oklahoma (Tulsa National Little League) and North Carolina (Pitt County Girls Softball Little League).
2025 Little League Softball World Series Day 7 results
Saturday, Aug. 9
All times Eastern
Orange bracket championship
- Game 19:Floyds Knobs, Indiana (Central) 2, Pitt County (North Carolina) 0
Purple bracket championship
- Game 20:Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Mid-Atlantic) 4, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Southwest) 0
2025 Little League Softball World Series Day 6 results
Friday, Aug. 8
- Game 17:Tulsa, Oklahoma (Southwest) 3, Lake Mary, Florida (Southeast) 1
- Game 18:Floyds Knobs, Indiana (Central) 1, Iwate, Japan (Asia-Pacific) 0
2025 Little League Softball World Series Day 5 results
Thursday, Aug. 7
- Game 15:Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Mid-Atlantic) 1, Tulsa, Oklahoma (Southwest) 0
- Game 16:Pitt County (North Carolina)3, Iwate, Japan (Asia-Pacific) 2
2025 Little League Softball World Series Day 4 results
Wednesday, Aug. 6
- Game 13:Floyds Knobs, Indiana (Central) 2, São Paulo, Brazil (Latin America) 0
- Game 14:Lake Mary, Florida (Southeast) 5,Mill Creek, Washington (Northwest) 3
2025 Little League Softball World Series Day 3 results
Tuesday, Aug. 5
- Game 9:Mill Creek, Washington (Northwest) 10,Westchester-Del Rey Los Angeles (West) 0
- Game 10:São Paulo, Brazil (Latin America) 10, vs.Repentigny, Quebec (Canada) 1
- Game 11:Floyds Knobs, Indiana (Central) 4, Prague, Czechia (Europe-Africa) 1
- Game 12:Lake Mary, Florida (Southeast) 9, Guilford, Connecticut (New England) 0
2025 Little League Softball World Series Day 2 results
Monday, Aug. 4
- Game 5:Pitt County (North Carolina)5, Floyds Knobs, Indiana (Central) 3
- Game 6:Tulsa, Oklahoma (Southwest) 2,Lake Mary, Florida (Southeast) 1
- Game 7:Johnstown, Pennsylvania(Mid-Atlantic)9,Westchester-Del Rey Los Angeles (West) 0
- Game 8:Iwate, Japan (Asia-Pacific)6,Repentigny, Quebec (Canada) 1
2025 Little League Softball World Series Day 1 results
Sunday, Aug. 3
- Game 1:Lake Mary, Florida (Southeast)9,Mill Creek, Washington (Northwest) 2
- Game 2:Pitt County (North Carolina) 4,São Paulo, Brazil (Latin America) 3
- Game 3:Repentigny, Quebec5(Canada),Prague, Czechia (Europe-Africa)4
- Game 4:Johnstown, Pennsylvania(Mid-Atlantic)2,Guilford, Connecticut (New England) 1
How to watch 2025 Little League Softball World Series
The 2025 Little League Softball World Series will be broadcast on ESPN platforms, with the championship game airing on ABC. Games will also be available to stream onESPN+.
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