Florida’s Lake Mary wins. What to know

Meet Lake Mary Little League World Series 2024 players from Florida

Lake Mary, Florida is representing the Southeast region in the 2024 Little League World Series. Meet JJ Feliciano, DJ Mieses and the rest of the team.

Last week, “has Florida ever won the Little League World Series”? was a trending topic on Google. We have a new answer.

Yes.

The Lake Mary Little League All Stars team defeated Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipiei 2-1 with a bunt in the second extra inning to win Florida’s first-ever Little League World Series title in the championship’s 77-year history.

How did Lake Mary win the Little League World Series?

With a deadlocked tie in the championship game, the teams went into extra innings.

Lake Mary’s Lathan Norton was on second base in bottom of the 8th inning, so Hunter Alexander bunted to move him along. Chinese Taipei’s pitcher Chiu Wei-Che easily scooped it up and threw to first, but the first baseman wasn’t there due to an apparent miscommunication, and Norton made it home to win the game.

Here’s the play.

Will there be a parade for the Lake Mary Little League All-Stars team?

“The City of Lake Mary and Lake Mary Little League are thrilled to announce a special parade to celebrate the outstanding achievements of the Lake Mary Little League 12u Boys baseball team,” the City of Lake Mary Municipality announced on Facebook.

The parade will be on 4th St. in downtown Lake Mary on Saturday, Aug. 31, at 10 a.m. Along with a marching band and local professional mascots — and, of course, the champions themselves — there will be food and craft vendors and live entertainment.

What is the roster for the Lake Mary Little League All-Stars team?SS/2B/CF: Chase Anderson, 12 of SanfordP/OF: Christopher Chikodroff, 11, of OrlandoOF/P/3B: Lathan Norton, 12, of Sanford2B/3B: Hunter Alexander, 12, of SanfordSS/3B/P: JJ Feliciano, 12, LongwoodOF/P: Jacob Bibaud, 12, Lake Mary, FLCF/P: Liam Morrisey, 12, SanfordP/OF: Luis Calo, 12, SanfordC/P/3B: Landon Bono, 12, Lake MaryUTIL: Garrett Rohozen, 12, Sanford1B: DeMarcos Mieses, 11, Sanford1B/C/P: Teraj Alexander, 12, SanfordHas any Florida team ever won the Little League World Series?

Not till now.

But we’ve been the runner-up eight times. That’s more than any other state besides California (16).

1948: The St. Petersburg All Stars lost to the Lock Haven All Stars from Pennsylvania, 6-5.1949: The very next year, the Pensacola All-Stars got to the end only to be trounced 5-0 by the Hammonton All-Stars from New Jersey.1975: The Belmont Heights Little League of Tampa lost in a tight game (4-3) to the Lakewood Little League from New Jersey, but allegations of cheating caused the Series to ban non-U.S> teams and only three games were played.1980: Tampa made it again, but lost 4-3 to the Longkuang Little League of Hualien, Taiwan.1981: In Tampa’s third LLWS appearance, they were defeated by the Taiping Little League of Taichung, Taiwan 4-2.1984: This year was the National Little League of Altamonte Springs’ turn, but they lost the championship to Seoul, South Korea 6-2.2001: Apopka fought past everyone else only to lose 2-1 to the Kitasuna Little League of Tokyo, Japan.2003: The Musashi-Fuchu Little League of Tokyo, Japan, defeated the East Boynton Beach Little League 10-1.

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How many Florida teams have played in the Little League World Series?

Counting this year, a Florida team has competed in 24 Little League World Series tournaments since it began in 1947. The state’s last appearance was in 2021 when Palm City lost to Taylor, Michigan in Game 1.

Where is Lake Mary, Florida?

Lake Mary is in Seminole County, roughly 12-15 miles north of Orlando on Interstate 4. It’s often considered a suburb of Orlando.

Where was the Little League World Series?

The Little League World Series, an international baseball tournament for 12-year-old players, is played each year in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

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