LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — It was a heat welcome at Harry Reid Worldwide Airport Monday as household and buddies waited for the Summerlin South Little Leaguers to return residence.
The group performed by means of native and regional tournaments earlier than profitable the nationwide title U.S. Championship in Pennsylvania.
Whereas they did not win the World Championship towards Chinese language Taipei, there are nonetheless loads of causes to rejoice, because the group stays primary within the U.S.
“Our whole team has worked really hard, for months and it’s really good to know that we are the best all-star league in the USA,” participant Cache Malan stated.
Malan stated the group has created a powerful bond, and their arduous work has paid off.
“It feels really good to know that we have a backbone and it was really sad to lose in the championship but we’re still U.S. champions,” Malan added. “My favorite part was probably meeting friends from different countries and playing wiffleball l with them and ping pong with them in the rec room, it was just really fun.”
Meet the U.S. champion Summerlin South Little League group
Coach TJ Fechser stated he’s pleased with the boys’ dedication to the sport, citing their effort and focus.
“We put this team together in late May and they really came together in June, practiced hard, battled in competitions,” Fechser defined. “These guys have no sense of quit in them. We’ve been down eight to nothing and came back, down to four to nothing and came back. We don’t get frazzled by the scoreboard.”
Brittaney Robertson is the mom of shortstop Ethan Robertson, and she or he stated it has been a protracted stretch of touring, nevertheless it was all price it.
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“The magnitude of support is finally starting to hit us and we’ve seen the watch parties and we’ve gotten a lot of messages from the community offering their support to the boys and to us while we’ve been out there is wonderful and to come back here in person and to have people stopping you and congratulating us and telling the boys how good they did while they were there is really meaningful,” Robertson stated.
There will probably be a parade at Downtown Summerlin celebrating the group’s victory on Wednesday, August twenty seventh, 2025, beginning at 6 p.m.
