Each summer Little League International holds a series of "World Series" events starting at Majors (12u). You will see the Little League World Series played in Williamsport, PA on ESPN. There is also Intermediate (50/70) held in California, Junior held in Taylor, Michigan, and Senior held in South Carolina. Little League World Series
Commerce Little League is part of District 4 in the State of Michigan. Michigan Little League
Earlier each summer District 4 holds a tournament of all eligible Little Leagues in its boundaries (up to 16 total). Each League is able to enter teams of an All-Star nature to compete in this tournament. These players must meet eligibility requirements (age, residency or school within league boundaries, registration, and minimum play in house division). These teams are formed in a tryout for each league in an effort to play their their best players against the best players from other leagues. This double elimination tournament determines the District Champion. District Champions receive pins/medals, and the team earns a District Banner.
District 4 holds tournaments at 7/8, 9u, 10u, 11u, 12u, 13u, and 14u.
District Champions get the opportunity to move on to a State Tournament at 10u, 11u, 12u, 13u, and 14u. This State Tournament location rotates and has each of the 16 different Districts within Michigan playing to determine a State Champion.
Starting at Majors (12u), teams are able to move on to Regionals. Michigan is one of 6 teams in the Great Lakes Region.
The winner of the Great Lakes Region would move on to the World Series.
It all starts right here, at the local, community based level. There is no other road to Williamsport Pennsylvania, Irvine California, Taylor Michigan, or Easley South Carolina.
2023 TRYOUT INFORMATION (Subject to Change)
7u/8u [9/01/2014 - 8/31/2016]: TRYOUTS SUNDAY MAY 21st @ 4:00 pm - Maple Glen Comisky
9u [9/01/2013 - 8/31/2015]: TRYOUTS SUNDAY MAY 21st @ 12:00 pm - Maple Glen Wrigley
10u [9/01/2012 - 8/31/2015]: TRYOUTS SUNDAY MAY 21st @ 2:00 pm - Maple Glen Fogle
11u [9/01/2011 - 8/31/2014]: TRYOUTS SUNDAY MAY 21st @ 12:00 pm - Maple Glen Dodger
12u [9/01/2010 - 8/31/2013]: TRYOUTS TUESDAY MAY 23rd @ 7:00 pm - Maple Glen Comisky (Meet @ Batting Cages)
13u [9/01/2009 - 8/31/2012]: TRYOUTS SUNDAY MAY 21st @ 3:00 pm - Maple Glen Henderson
14u [9/01/2008 - 8/31/2010]: TRYOUTS - TO BE DETERMINED
Note: Age on August 31, 2023 is the team your player should try out for; however, in some instances your player can also try out for older teams. Please reference the above age ranges for eligibility.
2023 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE INFORMATION (Subject to Change)
Tournament Start Dates should be accurate. Length of tournament or number of games is dependent upon the number of Leagues who send teams at that age group. Weekday games will start at approximately 6:00 pm, with weekend games TBD.
7u/8u Districts 9u Districts
Begin: 7/14 (approx.) Begin: 7/10
End: Within 1 week End: By 7/16
Location: Linden, MI Location: TBD
10u Districts 10u States
Begin: 7/14 (approx.) Begin: 7/28
End: By 7/21 End: By 8/2
Location: Commerce Location: Birmingham, MI
11u Districts 11u States
Begin: 7/10 Begin: 7/21
End: By 7/16 End: By 7/26
Location: Commerce Location: Richmond, MI
Majors Districts Majors States
Begin: 7/10 Begin: 7/21
End: By 7/16 End: By 7/26
Location: Birmingham Location: Petosky, MI
Intermediate Districts Intermediate States
Begin: 6/16 Begin: 7/5
End: By 6/18 End: By 7/9
Location: TBD Location: Taylor, MI
For the State Tournaments, District Winners compete in a round robin pool play. The top 2 seeds from each Division move on to Bracket Play. Typically, pool play is during the weekend, bracket play is during the week (during the day). The District Coach will go over all this information with you at tryouts.