“I was just thinking get it in play any way you can”, Rush said. Panama lost to South Korea in the worldwide championship Saturday.
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New York’s Maine-Endwell team defeated Tennessee for the U.S. Championship.
The team received a champion’s welcome with a parade attended by thousands.
He went the full six innings, giving up just one run on five hits while recording eight strikeouts. And its been 52 years since the last time a NY team won the LLWS (Staten Island in 1964).
“They have done more for New York State than the politicians have spending millions of millions of dollars”, 89-year-old John Bruce of Endwell said. Harlost pitched the complete game, striking out the final batter with an outside pitch before the team threw up gloves in celebration on the first-base side.
His performance left opposing manager Joey Hale with praise. Taiwan leads all teams with 17 Little League titles, though 34 different teams from the United States have won championships.
Thompson says he had to come and see NY play.
South Korea’s Yoomin (16) Lee rounds second past Endwell, N.Y.’s Michael Mancini, rear, after hitting a solo home in the fifth inning of the Little League World Series Championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016.
The team received a phone call from President Obama on Saturday after their Championship win. Over half of the roster returned for this year’s team.
“From there on, I pretty much knew we were going to go a long way”, Hopko said.
Check out the photo gallery at top for photos of the day, and play some of the videos below. “It was a long road and we made it where we wanted to”. “So it’s just awesome to know that we all came together to be the best team in the world”.
Maine-Endwell Little League was named the 2016 Jack Losch Little League Baseball World Series Team Sportsmanship Award victor.
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The team paraded through the town before reaching their home field, where they took a picture.
