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Florida reacts to Lake Mary’s Little League World Series win

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COUNTY TRAVEL TIMES IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. MEAGHAN. TODAY THE WORLD CHAMPION LAKE MARY ALL-STARS ARE COMING BACK TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THEY WON THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES WITH A DRAMATIC FINAL GAME. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN IS LIVE AT THE LAKE MARY SPORTS COMPLEX AND BOB THE BOYS ARE FLYING HOME THIS AFTERNOON AFTER SUCH AN EXCITING WEEKEND. YEAH, SANIKA YOU REALLY COULD NOT ASK FOR A MORE EXCITING FINAL TO THAT SERIES. AND RIGHT HERE IS WHERE IT ALL STARTED FOR THESE GUYS. WHERE THEY HONED THEIR SKILLS AT THE LAKE MARY SPORTS COMPLEX. AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT FINAL MOMENT THAT SEALED THE WIN FOR THE LAKE MARY ALL-STARS TEXAS. CHECK THIS OUT. THIS IS WHERE HUNTER ALEXANDER, HE LAYS DOWN A BUNT IN EXTRA INNINGS. AND THEN THE PITCHER FOR CHINESE TAIPEI THROWS IT INTO THE OUTFIELD, AND LAYTON NORTON COMES AROUND FROM SECOND TO WIN THE GAME. 2 TO 1. FINAL SCORE. THIS WAS A HEART POUNDING GAME ALL THE WAY THROUGH. LAKE MARY HAD SOME AWESOME PITCHING. THE DEFENSE WAS SOLID AS WELL. AFTER THE GAME, THE KIDS CELEBRATED THERE IN WILLIAMSPORT AND WE HEARD FROM THE PLAYERS AND THE COACH ABOUT THIS HISTORIC WIN. I TOLD THEM THE STORY IS BEING WRITTEN RIGHT NOW. LET’S FINISH THE STORY. WE’RE IN THE FINAL CHAPTER. FINISH WRITING THE STORY AND OH, WHAT AN ENDING TO A STORY. IT IS. HOLY COW, WE KNEW WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE LINEUP. 12 PEOPLE THAT CAN ALL HIT THE BALL. AND WE KNEW THAT ONE OF THEM WAS GOING TO TIE IT UP AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO WIN THIS. WE KNEW FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE GAME, EVEN IF IT WAS ONE ZERO IN THE FIFTH INNING, GOING INTO THE SIXTH, THAT WE WERE GOING TO WIN IT. I WAS JUST THINKING, JUST STAY FAIR, STAY FAIR. AND THEN I LOOKED UP, KNOWING AT FIRST I’M LIKE, AND THEN AFTER THAT BALL GOES PAST ME, I SAY, LET’S GO. AND THEN ONCE THAT WHEN I SEE HIM SLIDE, I LOOK BEHIND ME. HE SLIDES. I’M LIKE, YEAH. AND THEN EVERYONE STARTS COMING OUT AND I GET THEM ALL. IT’S JUST GREAT. NOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A TEAM FROM FLORIDA HAS EVER WON THE ENTIRE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES. WE ARE EXPECTING THE LITTLE LEAGUE. LAKE MARY ALL-STARS TO FLY BACK TO ORLANDO THIS AFTERNOON. WE’RE EXPECTING THAT TOUCHDOWN AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL TO BE RIGHT AROUND 4:00. REPORTING LIVE IN LAKE MARY BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT. BOB AND THIS TEAM CERTAINLY HAS MADE ALL CENTRAL FLORIDA SO VERY PROUD. AND IT’S A JOURNEY I FEEL LIKE WE’VE ALL BEEN A PART OF BRINGING THE COMMUNITY CLOSER WITH EVERY GAME. SPENCER TRACY IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN LAKE MARY, WHERE THE CITY IS GETTING TO WORK, PLANNING A CELEBRATION FIT FOR THESE CHAMPS. THEY DEFINITELY ARE THE PARTY IS LITERALLY JUST BEGINNING AND YOU ALREADY CAN SEE THE SIGNS UP BECAUSE THE FANS ARE SO EXCITED. WE ACTUALLY JUST SAW THE MAYOR AND HE TOLD ME HE CAN’T BELIEVE THAT THEY WON. IT’S JUST AMAZING THE FANS HAVE STOOD BEHIND THEM SINCE THE BEGINNING AND HE SAID THIS TEAM BEAT THE ODDS AND NOW A PARADE IS COMING THIS SATURDAY, FANS WERE OUT AND ABOUT SUNDAY NIGHT TO CHEER ON THE TEAM AT NUMEROUS WATCH PARTIES. THE GAME WAS A NAIL BITER, BUT THE JOURNEY WAS WELL WORTH IT. THOSE WATCH PARTIES TURNED INTO VICTORY PARTIES FROM CHEERING TO CRYING. FANS HAD A MIX OF EMOTIONS AS THE BOYS PULLED THROUGH WITH THE WIN, INCLUDING THE FAMILY OF ALL STAR CATCHER LANDON BONO. IT WAS INCREDIBLE. THESE BOYS HAVE WORKED SO, SO HARD. I’M TALKING TWO A DAYS WORKOUTS, TRAINING NONSTOP ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THEY DO AND EVERYTHING ELSE THEY MANAGE. THEY WORKED SO HARD AND I, I MEAN, I MIGHT BE BIASED, BUT I TRULY FEEL LIKE THEY THEY DESERVE THIS MORE THAN ANYBODY. AND THE CELEBRATIONS ARE OF COURSE, NOT OVER THE TOWN IS PREPARING FOR THEIR FIRST EVER PARADE FOR THIS LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES TEAM, AND ALSO IT WILL BE HELD DOWNTOWN ON FOURTH STREET. THERE’S GOING TO BE EVERYTHING FROM BIG CROWDS TO BANDS AND OF COURSE, THE TEAM THEMSELVES. IT’S VERY EXCITING. WE WILL ALL BE THERE TO HONOR THE TEAM AND THE TOWN IS ALREADY GETTING READY. THERE’S ALREADY BEEN SIGNS UP AND LIKE I SAID, THERE’S SIGNS UP BEHIND ME. THIS TOWN IS ECSTATIC FOR THE TEAM TO COME HOME AND WE COULDN’T BE MORE EXCITED FOR THEM. REPORTING LIVE IN LAKE MARY. THIS MORNING. SPENCER TRACY, WESH TWO NEWS AND OUR VERY OWN MEREDITH MCDONOUGH IS GOING TO BE EMCEEING THAT BIG EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND. AND THERE’S A PROUD LAKE MARY BASEBALL MOM HERSELF. WE KNOW SHE CAN’T WAIT TO CELEBRATE THESE BOYS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS SATURDAY AT TEN IN THE MORNING. LET’S GO! MAYOR AND LAKE MARY LITTLE LEAGUE. OF COURSE, THESE YOUNG ATHLETES ARE GETTING ATTENTION FROM ALL THE PROS. THE ORLANDO MAGIC CONGRATULATING THEM ON THEIR WIN ON X, ALONG WITH ORLANDO CITY SC SENATOR RICK SCOTT ALSO GAVE THE TEAM A SHOUT OUT, WRITING IN PART, IT WAS A HARD FOUGHT GAME, BUT YOU CAME OUT VICTORIOUS. YOU HAVE MADE FLORIDA PROUD. FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHLEY MOODY SAYING NOT ONLY A GREAT WIN FOR LAKE MARY AND FLORIDA, BUT ALSO FOR THE USA AND FLORIDA’S CFO, JIMMY PATRONIS, WRITING IN HIS CONGRATULATORY POST, TAKE THIS AS A FORMAL INVITATION TO THE STATE CAPITOL TO RECOGNIZE THIS AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT. ACCOLADES FROM ALL AROUND. COMING UP HERE IN ABOUT TEN MINUTES, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE BEST MOMENTS OF THE WORLD SERIES THAT HAVE CAUGHT THE EYES OF MILLIONS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, SOME OF THEM EVEN GOING VIR

Florida reacts to Lake Mary’s Little League World Series win

The Lake Mary All-Stars are the Little League World Series champs after defeating Chinese Taipei on Sunday. It’s the first time a Florida team has won the championship. Central Florida has rallied behind the team’s run with congratulations posts pouring out on social media after the team’s win:

LAKE MARY, Fla. —

The Lake Mary All-Stars are the Little League World Series champs after defeating Chinese Taipei on Sunday.

It’s the first time a Florida team has won the championship.

Central Florida has rallied behind the team’s run with congratulations posts pouring out on social media after the team’s win: