Cherie Roberts, mother of Cronulla Little League player Koby Roberts from Sydney, Australia, said being in Williamsport was “absolutely fantastic”.

Knowing that winning the first game of the Little League World Series is critical, both managers in the Northwest-Southwest game sent out their aces to get them off to a good start.

All of Thursday’s games in Williamsport were cancelled and rescheduled for Friday after being rained out earlier in the day.

Dylan Maclean was dealing in Friday’s game against Texas.

By the time Red Land put 10 runs on the board in the second inning, perhaps the only team in the tournament that had an offense capable of rallying from that deficit had been the one that created it. The team from the South Bay community of Bonita blasted five home runs in the third inning, including a grand slam by Nick Maldonado that pushed the lead to 9-0.

Northwood is the first South Carolina team to make it to the Little League World Series since the 1950s.

Although the players are different, Pearland made it to the LLWS past year, which means there is a history of excellence to uphold. Cranston, R.I., reached the 1996 world final and Webb City, Mo. played in the 2002 series. Texas has twice won the Little League World Series title, while Oregon is still searching for its first.

AVRS Little League from Uganda could be the crowd’s global favorite.

SVLL held Bowling Green Eastern Little League (the Great Lakes Regional champions) to just three hits. The team gets to rest Saturday before taking the field again Sunday.

He paused before saying, “Obviously, we want to win it all”.

There is no doubt Bowling Green is the underdog, as it actually lost a regional matchup to Wisconsin before bouncing back to beat it 13-0 in the deciding game. “You’re that guy that throws so hard.’ He’s kind of been a little bit of a celebrity here at the park, but he’s just doing like all the other 12-year-olds, playing ping pong and going swimming and doing all of the normal kids stuff that you do up here”.