Willcox went 4-0 to capture the West Region championship. The team from District 8 joins District 5 teams Santa Rita (1986) and Tucson Mountain (1987) and District 12 teams San Xavier (2002) and Sunnyside (2013) as the only teams from Southern Arizona to qualify for the Little League Softball World Series. Sunnyside went on to in the World Series championship.
Willcox, representing the West, will play Pennsylvania from the Mid-Atlantic Region on Sunday, August 4 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time to start World Series play at Stallings Stadium at Elm Street Park in Greenville, North Carolina.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA LITTLE LEAGUE STATE CHAMPIONS/REGION TEAMS
LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL
1975: Amphi
1976: Randolph
1980: Sunnyside
1981: Santa Rita
1982: Santa Rita (Runner-up)
1985: Tucson (Quarterfinals)
1986: SANTA RITA (WORLD SERIES)
1987: TUCSON MOUNTAIN (WORLD SERIES)
1991: Sunnyside (Quarterfinals)
1992: San Xavier (Semifinals)
1994: Western (Semifinals)
1996: Thornydale (Quarterfinals)
1997: Thornydale (Quarterfinals)
1998: Sunnyside (Semifinals)
1999: CDO (Quarterfinals)
2002: SAN XAVIER (WORLD SERIES)
2003: San Xavier (Semifinals)
2004: Tanque Verde (Quarterfinals)
2007: Sunnyside (Quarterfinals)
2011: Sunnyside (Quarterfinals)
2012: Sunnyside (Runner-up)
2013: SUNNYSIDE (WORLD SERIES CHAMPION)
2015: Sunnyside (Quarterfinals)
2023: Willcox (Semifinals)
2024: WILLCOX (WORLD SERIES)
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
1954: Douglas (Quarterfinals)
1957: Bisbee (Quarterfinals)
1959: Tucson American (Semifinals)
1960: Cactus (Quarterfinals)
1963: Saguaro (Runner-up)
1971: Pantano (4th place)
1973: CACTUS (WORLD SERIES)
1974: Cactus (Semifinals)
1975: Douglas (Quarterfinals)
1978: Nogales (Quarterfinals)
1979: Sunnyside (Semifinals)
1980: Nogales (Opening Round)
1981: Western (Semifinals)
1983: American (Semifinals)
1984: Sunnyside (Runner-up)
1985: Nogales (Quarterfinals)
1986: INTERNATIONAL (WORLD SERIES)
1987: Nogales (Opening Round)
1988: Nogales (Opening Round)
1991: Sunnyside (Semifinals)
1992: Western (Quarterfinals)
1996: Santa Rita (Quarterfinals)
1997: American (Quarterfinals)
2000: Canyon del Oro (Semifinals)
2001: San Xavier (Semifinals)
2011: Rio Rico (Quarterfinals)
2012: Rincon (Semifinals)
2018: Sunnyside (Quarterfinals)
2019: Sunnyside (Runner-up)
2023: Canyon View (Semifinals)
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