History
Little League® Baseball and Softball is the first organized youth sports program in the world, and was founded in 1939 by Carl E. Stotz, a resident of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. During the spring of 1939, a total of 30 players formed three teams, and Mr. Stotz along with a collection of volunteers from his neighborhood, embarked on the first season of Little League Baseball®.
On June 6, 1939, in the very first Little League game ever played, Lundy Lumber defeated Lycoming Dairy, 23-8. Lycoming Dairy came back to win the season’s first-half title, and faced second-half champ Lundy Lumber in a best-of-three series. Lycoming Dairy won the final game of the series, 3-2.
In the following years, other programs emulating the first Little League sprung up. Boundaries for each league were established to ensure each league could thrive without worrying about neighboring programs “raiding” its players.
From those humble beginnings, Little League Baseball has become the world’s largest organized youth sports program. In the space of just six decades, Little League grew from three teams to nearly 200,000 teams, in all 50 U.S. states and more than 80 countries.
And the basic goal remains the same as it did in 1939, to give the children of the world a game that provides fundamental principles (sportsmanship, fair play and teamwork) they can use later in life to become good citizens. (History of Little League, https://www.littleleague.org/who-we-are/history/)
In 1956 both the Portland and Powell Little Leagues were founded. Over the years, both leagues experienced great success (mixed in with their fair share of defeats!) until the two leagues merged in 2014 to become the Southeast Portland Little League we are today.
Timeline
1939
Little League Baseball founded in Pennsylvania
1947
Hammonton, New Jersey forms first Little League outside of Pennsylvania
1956
Portland and Powell Little Leagues Founded
1960
Sunrise Little League of Portland, Oregon wins Oregon State Championship
1963
Southeast Portland Major Baseball wins District #2 Championship
1966
Powell Major Baseball wins District #2 Championship
1969
Southeast Portland Major Baseball wins District #2 Championship
1970
Portland #1 Major Baseball wins District #2 Championship
1975
Sunrise Little League of Portland, Oregon wins Oregon State Championship
1982
Powell Major Baseball wins District #2 Championship
2003
Kirk M. Huffstetler Memorial Scholarship Fund established
2013
Portland/Powell Intermediate (50/70) wins District #2 Championship
Powell/Mt. Hood/Clackamas Junior Softball wins District #2 Championship
Powell/Portland/Taborvilla Major Softball wins District #2 and Oregon State Championships (State Champs!)
2014
Powell and Portland join to play as Southeast Portland Little League
SEPLL Minor Baseball wins District #2 Honors Championship
2015
SEPLL 9-10 Softball wins District #2 Championship
SEPLL 10-11 Softball wins District #2 and Oregon State Championships (State Champs!)
SEPLL 9-10 Baseball places third in District #2
SEPLL Major Baseball places second in District #2
SEPLL Intermediate (50-70) Baseball wins District #2 Championship
2016
Little League Charter Committee approves merger of Portland and Powell as Southeast Portland Little League
SEPLL Major Softball wins District #2 Championship
SEPLL Intermediate (50-70) wins District #2 Championship
2017
SEPLL Major Softball wins District #2 Championship
2018
SEPLL 8-10 Softball wins District #2 Championship
SEPLL Major Baseball wins District #2 Championship
Clackamas/SEPLL Intermediate (50-70) Baseball wins District #2 and Oregon State Championships (State Champs!)
2019
SEPLL 8-10 Softball wins District #2 Championship
SEPLL 9-11 Baseball wins District #2 Championship