At the end of pool play so now its elimination time between the top four teams of each bracket. Its bout to get real
65 Alaska* +330 vs Oregon .5 unit Thursday
Eagle River's first team to ever go to regionals representing Alaska, so you know this trip is special for them. They will face a hitting team with Oregon which beat them once 10-2 and their only loss is against the top team from Washington. But these are the kinds of games that make little league ball so special to watch and worth a small chip on what I still consider a live dog in this fight and aside from Alaska's loss to this Oregon squad, they have hammered out close gritty games with the rest of their competition. this is a steep task, but with a chip and a chair im not counting these kids out yet.
155 Wisconsin* +200 vs Indiana 1 unit Thursday
Wisky's two losses came to frontrunner Illinois (who is crushing everyone after losing last year in regional championship game) and Indiana (who also lost to Illinois). Wisconsin will have to play some defense in this one as indy has scored 26 and allowed 19 runs this tourney compared to wisky only tacking 18 while giving up 24. still, at 2:1, I think we have look to wisky to make some adjustments and avoid the blowout. they lost 8-3 to this team on Monday, so revenge may still be a factor here
220 Tennessee* +150 vs Virginia 1 unit Friday
In another rematch from Monday in which Virginia whitewashed the fence in 4 innings to win 13-0, this is the championship game with advancement to Williamsport on the line. in what has been a very evenly matched tourney I see no reason not to back a Tennessee team allowing 2 less runs than their opponent over the last three games. in common opponents Tennessee defeated Alabama 10-0 in four innings while Virginia had to play full game to win 10-5, so I have no doubt tennessee can score, if they don't get their can kicked in the first two innings and get blown out again.
ill have more write-ups on the Friday games if I add any extra, but that's about it for Thursday plays save a parlay or two I will post in a minute.