The Bowling Green East 11- and 12-year-old Little League All-Stars team pose for a photo with their mothers as the the team is welcomed home to Kereiakes Park on Thursday evening, July 25, 2024, after they won the Kentucky Little League State Tournament championship with a 1-0 win against North Oldham in Corbin. BG East advances to the Little League Baseball Great Lakes Region Tournament in Whitestown, Ind., and will face the Michigan state champion in game 1 of the double-elimination tournament. (Grace Ramey McDowell/grace.ramey@bgdailynews.com)

Asa Buchanan’s RBI single in the fifth inning was the difference as the Bowling Green East 10-12 Little League All-Stars picked up a 1-0 win over West Side Little League from Hamilton, Ohio in the Great Lakes Region Tournament on Sunday in Whitestown, Indiana.

BG East improves to 2-0 and is now one win away from advancing to the championship game.

Jake Young and Henry Phillips combined on the shutout, with Phillips earning the win. Young allowed one hit and three walks with one strikeout in 3 2/3 innings. Phillips allowed one hit and struck out four in 2 1/3 innings.

Easton Crawford has the other hit for BG East, scoring the game-winning run.

Bowling Green East advances to face Hinsdale, Illinois, on Monday at 6 p.m. CDT in a game that will be broadcast on ESPN. Hinsdale advanced after beating Indiana 3-0 on Saturday.