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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


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