For the first time in a long time a Detroit area Little League team made it to Williamsport when 13 Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores boys captured the attention of Detroiters, Michiganders and people from all over the Great Lakes Region.
The 2013 Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Little League team is the first Michigan squad to make the Little League World Series since Jenison, Michigan in 1998. This is the second appearance of Grosse-Pointe Woods-Shores in the Little League World Series in Williamsport. Before the 2013 team, the 1979 team participated advanced to Williamsport.
The Road to Williamsport:
District 6 Tournament in Clinton Township, MI
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 17, Clintondale Fraser 2
Grosse Pointe Woods- Shores 12, Grosse Pointe Farms City 11
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 6, Grosse Pointe Park 5
Grosse Pointe Woods- Shores 12, Grosse Pointe Park 2
Michigan State Tournament in Ishpeming, MI
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 12, Iron Mountain 2
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 3, Traverse City 2
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 3, Taylor Northwest 2
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 6, Sault Ste. Marie 0
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 2, Birmingham 1
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 1, Bay City Northwest 0
Great Lakes Regional Tournament, Indianapolis
Burlington, WI 3, Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 2
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 6, Hagerstown, IN 1
Knox County, KY 2, Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 1
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 7, Hamilton, OH 6
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 5, Hamilton, OH 4
Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores 10, Jackie Robinson West, IL 3