By Thomas Grant, Jr. The Irmo Little League Majors baseball team took center stage during the Chapin Labor Day Parade this past weekend, celebrating their successful postseason which saw them win three games at the Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and finish with a remarkable 14-3 record.Continue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. A Senior League state title and winning the Southeast Region title by dethroning the defending Little League Baseball World Series champions in comeback fashion. Those were just a couple of the accomplishments of the 2025 Irmo Little League Majors this summer. Over the past eight days,Continue Reading
Irmo Little League is writing one of the most remarkable stories ever seen in Williamsport. By Thomas Grant, Jr. WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — For the second time in the post-season, Irmo Little League Majors avoided elimination with a final inning comeback. It rallied from a 4-0 deficit to defeat defending LittleContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The road to the Little League Baseball World Series champion has taken an upward climb for Irmo Little League. After winning the opening game 13-0 in four innings over Braintree American on Aug. 14, Irmo faced Summerlin South (Nevada) this past Monday. For six scoreless innings,Continue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The road to the Little League Baseball World Series champion has taken an upward climb for Irmo Little League. Summerlin South (Nevada) scored a run in the Bottom 7th to hand Irmo the 1-0 defeat. It was just the second loss in 14 post-season games forContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The Junior League World Series run for Irmo Little League ended in familiar fashion Saturday in Taylor, Ill. Team Southeast (Irmo) lost 3-2 to host team Michigan District Five in the US championship game. Max LaForest’s walk-off RBI sacrifice fly with one out in the bottomContinue Reading
Irmo Little League will play another day at the Junior League World Series in Taylor, Mich. Team Southeast (Irmo) defeated Team Southwest (Lubbock, Texas) 13-3 in five innings Wednesday in the loser’s bracket game. Cooper Derrick hit the first of two, 3-run homers by Team Southeast as part of aContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The summer of Irmo Little League Baseball continues Monday in Taylor, Mich. A week after the senior team reached the Senior League World Series in Easley, the junior program now gets its turn. The team won the Southeast Region in Bridgewater, Va., beating out seven stateContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. “It’s been surreal.” That was Irmo Little League Seniors team head coach Pete von Ahn’s description of his team’s historic season. This All-Star group of players from Lexington-Richland District Five high schools Chapin, Dutch Fork and Spring Hill reached unchartered territory for the seven-year-old program. NotContinue Reading