Everest Park will host the Junior Softball World Series on Aug. 16-22. The tournament will also be carried on the ESPN family of networks.

The tournament is held annually, one of eight World Series sponsored by Little League Baseball Inc.

Teams will come to Kirkland to represent the following areas of the world: USA East, USA West, USA Southeast, USA Southwest, USA Central, Canada, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, EMEA (Europe/Middle East/Africa) and the host team of Washington District 9.