Welcome to Minnesota District 1 Little League

Minnesota District 1 would like to welcome everyone to another year of Little League baseball.
We're excited to add Lakeville Little League and St. Charles Little League softball.
Centennial Lakes and Parkway have joined District 1 for the 2026 season.
Please visit each league's website to get their information for the 2026 season.
The District 1 website will be the home for the end of season tournaments.
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District Travel Program

District 1 is excited to announce the plan to start the District Travel Program for the 2026 season.
The District Travel Program is an additional competitive baseball opportunity for leagues to participate in.
There will be more details at a later date. Contact your local league for more information.
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2026 Regular Season Team Tournaments

Classic - 1st place teams (June 16-26) - Hosted by Golden Valley
Firecracker - 2nd place teams (June 15-26) - Hosted by Coon Rapids Cardinal
Raspberry - 3rd and 4th place teams (June 15-26) - Hosted by Hopkins
Slugfest - Tier 2 Major teams (June 15-26) - Hosted by Blaine
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Additional District 1 Tournaments
Memorial Cup (July 6 - July 24) - Plymouth/New Hope
8U Jamboree (Dates TBD) - Golden Valley
9U All Stars (July 6 - July 24) - Robbinsdale/Crystal
Paul Perez 9U Tournaments (Dates TBD) - Coon Rapids Andover
Wood Bat Tournaments - (Dates and Hosts TBD)
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2026 Classic Tournament - Hosted by Golden Valley

Championship Game
Blaine defeated Golden Valley, 8-1

Third Place Game
Centennial Lakes Red defeated Centennial Lakes Black, 7-6 (7 innings)




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2026 State Softball Tournament
Host - Chatfield High School (June 19 - June 24)

Game 1 (Friday, June 19) - St. Charles South defeated St. Charles North, 2-1 
Game 2 (Friday, June 19) - St. Charles South defeated St. Charles North, 6-5
St. Charles South - Minnesota State Champions
St. Charles South advances to the Central Region Tournament (Whitestown, Indiana) July 17-22









2026 Central Region Softball Tournament
Whitestown, Indiana (July 17 -22)

St. Charles defeated Iowa, 1-0
St. Charles vs Indiana (July 19 - 6:00 PM - ESPN+) 

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2026 (10-12) State Tournament - Preliminary Round
Host - Blaine (July 7 - July 23) - updated 7/18





2026 (9-11) State Tournament - Preliminary Round
Host - Coon Rapids Cardinal (July 6 - July 23) - updated 7/18





2026 (8-10) State Tournament - Preliminary Round
Host - Coon Rapids Andover (July 6 - July 22) - updated 7/18




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2026 State Tournaments - Final Four
July 29 - August 2 (Hosted by Blaine Area Little League)

(10-12)
Wednesday, July 29  
7:00 PM - #1 seed vs #4 seed (Field 2)
7:00 PM - #2 seed vs #3 seed (Field 3) 




(9-11)
Wednesday, July 29  
5:00 PM - #1 seed vs #4 seed (Field 1)
5:00 PM - #2 seed vs #3 seed (Field 2) 




(8-10)
Wednesday, July 29
3:00 PM - #1 seed vs #4 seed (Field 1)
3:00 PM - #2 seed vs #3 seed (Field 2)




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2026 League Presidents - Website

Blaine Area - Melissa Hull - ba-littleleague.org
Centennial Lakes - Pat Mahr - centenniallakeslittleleague.org
Coon Rapids Andover - Gregg Derusha - crallbaseball.org
Coon Rapids Cardinal - Jeremy Johnson - crcll.com
Golden Valley - Pat Dale - goldenvalleylittleleague.org
Hamel - Matt Scherer - hamelbaseball.org
Hopkins Area - Joey Kerber - hopkinslittleleague.com 
Lakeville - Joel Zimmermann - Lakeville Little League
Parkway - Candice Schintz - parkwaylittleleague.com
Plymouth/New Hope - Matt Hilliard - pnhll.org
Robbinsdale/Crystal - Brian Vomhoff - rclittleleague.org
St. Charles (Softball) - Mike Buringa -  Saint Charles LL > Home
St. Louis Park - Matt Moran - slplittleleague.com
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2026 District 1 Staff

District 1 Administrator - Tournament Director - Mike Norling
ADA - Umpire Coordinator - Nathan Aadland
ADA - Tournament Consultant - Scott Latta
ADA - Tournament Consultant - Pat Mahr
ADA - District Travel Program Coordinator - Joey Kerber
Treasurer - Steve Hauck
Secretary - Sue Norling
Umpire Consultant - Tournament Consultant - Jeff Pruitt
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District 1 Contacts

Mike Norling - District 1 Administrator
763-656-7014
mnorling1961@yahoo.com
minnesotadistrict1littleleague.com

Nathan Aadland - Umpire information
763-670-7839
nathan.aadland@gmail.com