Willcox’s now long-postponed elimination game at the Little League Softball World Series was postponed again Thursday morning due to Tropical Storm Debby, which led to the cancellation of all day games in Greenville, North Carolina.
Willcox’s 12U team, representing the West region, is 1-1 so far in the 12-team final series that is expected to crown the 2024 Little League Softball World Champion this month. Willcox was originally scheduled to play late Tuesday, but weather pushed the game back to Wednesday and then Thursday and now to an unspecified date and time in the future.
Little League posted on its X account (Twitter) Thursday morning that “there will be no games today” and the “series will be postponed for an extended period of time due to weather events” as Tropical Storm Debby continues to impact the Carolina coastal region.
Little League has yet to update its schedule.
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The shortest distance is about 70 miles from North Carolina’s Atlantic coast. The Star will continue to provide updates on Tucson.com/Wildcats as a new schedule is finalized or other news becomes available.
On the field, Willcox is 1-1 in the LLSWS, winning 3-1 on Sunday and losing 3-0 on Monday. Pitcher Hattie Macumber recorded an LLSWS-record 15 strikeouts in the series-opening win.
Willcox has managed that 1-1 mark despite a difficult offensive effort so far. Willcox has only allowed six hits in the two games, and they’ve come from six different players: Julie Larson, Josey Benavides and Genesis Quezada on Monday after Jayleen Aguirre, Macumber and Navaeh Reyes fought their way onto base in Sunday’s win.
Negros Occidental Little League, Willcox’s possible next opponent from Bacolod City, Philippines, is 0-1 after a 10-0 loss in a run-rule no-hitter to the North Carolina regional representative, Pitt County Girls Softball Little League from Winterville, North Carolina.
Contact Star Sports Editor Brett Fera at [email protected]. On X (Twitter): @brettfera