The Niles 11-12 All-Stars claimed the Little League Michigan District 15 championship Sunday afternoon with an 11-1 victory over Vicksburg.

It was the second time these two All-Star teams had faced each other. Niles defeated Vicksburg 8-1 in the opening round of the district tournament.

On Sunday, despite Vicksburg having the home field advantage, Niles got off to a quick start, scoring three times in the first inning.

A pair of runs in the second increased Niles’ advantage to 5-0. Josh Renner hit a solo home run for the All-Stars, who also plated four additional runs in the inning to increase their lead to 10-0.

In the top half of the fourth inning, Renner hit his second solo home run to complete the scoring for Niles. Vicksburg picked up a solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning to make it 11-1.

Besides Renner’s two home runs, while Niles also got a 3-for-3 performance with a double from Austin Curran. Drew Huffman was 3-for-4 and Tayton Stevens 2-for-4.

Niles will play in the state tournament later this week.

13-14 All-Stars

The Niles 13-14 All-Stars advanced to the Michigan Little League District 15 championship game on Thursday with an extra inning victory over Constantine on Saturday.

Niles defeated Constantine 8-7 in eight innings.

The All-Stars scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning. Zach Plummer opened the inning with a walk. Austin Lintz came on to pinch run. With two outs, a pitch hit Billy Walters and Jason Hoida was intentionally walked.

With Noah Hall at the plate, an errant through from the catcher back to the pitcher allowed Lintz to score the winning run on a close plate at the plate.

Walters earned the victory in relief of starter Hoida. The pair combined to scatter nine hits and strike out nine.

Plummer finished with a double and a single, while Samuel Hill had a pair of hits.

Wyatt Nichols and Hall also had hits for Niles, which will play the winner of the Mattawan-Constantine game Thursday at Swan Park in Schoolcraft at 6 p.m.