After losing their opening game despite pitching a no-hitter, the Great Lakes champion Jeffersonville Little League, lost to the Southwest team, Lake Charles, La. 9-0. Unfortunatly for Jeffersonville, this time it was a no-hitter by Trey Quinn from South Lake Charles Little League.

Jeffersonville now drops to 0-2 in pool play and will be eliminated from further World Series play if Hagerstowne, Md., (Mid-Atlantic) beats Mill Creek, Wash. (Northwest) today at noon. A loss to Hagerstown will guarantee a spot in the semi-finals for both Lake Charles and Hagerstown. There is a small ray of hope for Jeff if Mill Creek, which is 0-1, beats Hagerstown (1-0) today and then knockout Mill Creek in their final game tomorrow. Finally, Lake Charles would then need to beat Hagerstown tomorrow night and this would cause a three-way tiebreaker at 1-2. According to Little League rules, the three-way tiebreaker would be decided by the fewest runs allowed divided by the number of defensive innings played. As I said, it's a small ray of hope. But in Little League play, sometimes things just happen.

However, it will be much easier for Lake Charles for locking down a spot in the semi-finals by beating Hagerstown tomorrow night. Quinn who struck out 12 Jeff batters on his way to the no-hitter did so even after being hit on the wrist from a batted ball from Jeff's pitching ace, Dalton Duely. "I knocked it around like five times on the ground and grabbed the ball and made a nice throw," said Quinn whose wrist was still red after the game.

Quinn struck out twelve and allowed only two base runners (a walk and a hit batsman) in front of a crowd of 11,300 at Howard J. Lamade Stadium. Quinn said this was the first no-hitter he's ever had in Little League and his team's pitching coach, who also just happens to be his dad, said it was the best game his son has ever thrown. "Those guys were great hitters," said a proud dad, Dave Quinn. "The Washington kids the other night, they scared the death out of me. You treat opponents with respect, trying to compete and not get caught in the hype, but it gets emotional." “Our strength is playing hard,” Lake Charles Manager Charlie Phillips said. “We look to play hard the whole game.” Jeffersonville manager Derek Ellis declined to be interviewed after the game

This was the first of the four no-hitters thrown this Series where the pitcher's team won and the game lasted a full six innings. Jeffersonville's Drew Ellis suffered a 3-2 loss to Hagerstown on Saturday despite throwing a no-hitter.