Utah State Tournament
Little League Baseball Division (Ages 10-12)

Toward the past

2003

Toward the present

Utah State Tournament
Host - Cedar American and Cedar National (Cedar City)
At Veterans Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Park is located at 200 N. 200 E. in Cedar City.

Tournament Results:

NOTE: The results that appear below are the actual game results from the 2003 Utah state tournament. The top two finishers in the state tournament, Taylorsville Little League and Snow Canyon Little League, were both disqualified from the tournament after its completion.

Opening Round (Thursday, July 10):
Dixie 4, Cedar American 0
Taylorsville 5, Snow Canyon 4
Kearns International 8, West Zion 0
Cedar National 13, Parowan 3

Winner's Bracket Quarterfinals (Friday, July 11):
Cedar National 1, Washington 0
Kearns International 8, Enterprise 3
Taylorsville 4, Milford 0
Dixie 3, Tri-City 2

Loser's Bracket - Round 1 (twelve teams remain) (Saturday, July 12):
Tri-City 8, Parowan 7 (elim.)
Snow Canyon 9, Enterprise 4 (elim.)
Cedar American 9, Washington 1 (elim.)
West Zion 13, Milford 3 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Semifinals (Saturday, July 12):
Taylorsville 3, Cedar National 2
Dixie 11, Kearns International 2

Loser's Bracket - Round 2 (eight teams remain) (Monday, July 14):
Cedar American 12, West Zion 4 (elim.)
Snow Canyon 9, Tri-City 1 (elim.)

Winner's Bracket Final (Monday, July 14):
Taylorsville 8, Dixie 4

Loser's Bracket Quarterfinals (six teams remain) (Tuesday, July 15):
Cedar American 5, Cedar National 2 (elim.)
Snow Canyon 6, Kearns International 1 (elim.)

Loser's Bracket Semifinal (four teams remain) (Wednesday, July 16):
Snow Canyon d. Cedar American (elim.)

Loser's Bracket Final (three teams remain) (Thursday, July 17):
Snow Canyon d. Dixie (elim.)

Championship Series (Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19):
Snow Canyon 5, Taylorsville 2
Taylorsville 6, Snow Canyon 0 (forfeit; TITLE)

NOTE: In the second championship series game, Snow Canyon changed pitchers while holding a 5-3 lead in the fourth inning. Taylorsville coaches waited until the new pitcher had thrown his first pitch, and then protested that the pitcher was ineligible based on Little League Baseball's rest requirements for the international tournament. The protest was upheld, and Taylorsville was awarded a 6-0 forfeit victory.

Following the completion of the tournament, Western Region officials reviewing paperwork submitted by Taylorsville officials noted that the team had played in a non-sanctioned tournament in Kearns after forming as an all-star team. This violated a longstanding international tournament rule, and Little League officials disqualified Taylorsville from the tournament for the violation. As the state tournament runner-up, Snow Canyon was invited to replace Taylorsville as the state's representative at the region tournament.

Taylorsville supporters then pointed out that Snow Canyon had violated the same rule by competing with the same players under a different name as a club team in a non-sanctioned tournament in Heber City over the July 4 weekend. On July 30, three days before the start of the region tournament, Snow Canyon was disqualified.

Little League officials invited Dixie Little League, the state's third-place team, to compete in the region tournament. However, many of Dixie's players had departed for summer vacations, and the league declined the invitation because it could not re-form its all-star team in time for the region tournament. Because of the short timeframe, Little League officials then decided to hold the region tournament without a Utah representative.