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Members of the Jackie Robinson West Little League meeting President Barack Obama at the White House in fall of 2014, prior to their accomplishments being vacated.. The Jackie Robinson West Little League, or JRW, based in Washington Heights, Chicago, Illinois, United States, competed in the 2014 Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The 2002 Fort Worth Westside All-Stars were a group of young boys who competed in the Little League World Series that year. The team, who represented the Southwest Region, won every game during ...
The state's runner-up, who had lost the championship game by forfeit, were awarded the title. However, they would also be disqualified later for the same reason. Little League officials, after failing to find another replacement team on such short notice, decided the regional tournament would have to take place without a team from Utah. [2]
Seoul Little League of Seoul, South Korea, defeated Jackie Robinson West Little League of Chicago, Illinois, 8–4, to win the championship. On February 11, 2015, Jackie Robinson West had all of its tournament wins forfeited after it was found that the team used ineligible players from outside the Chicago area.
A movie about the 2002 Westside Little League team that made the World Series is being filmed mostly in Canada. Finally. Fort Worth’s Westside Little League All-Stars are slated for the big screen
The film, out now, is based on the true story of the 2002 Westside team that dedicated its season to a teammate’s dying father and subsequently reached the Little League World Series. First ...
The 2002 Little League World Series took place between August 16 and August 25 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Valley Sports American Little League of Pleasure Ridge Park , a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky , defeated Sendai Higashi Little League of Sendai , Japan , in the championship game of the 56th Little League World Series (LLWS).
In Aug. of 2002 members of the Westside All-Stars Patton Eagle, 12, left, Robbby Lebus, 11, Jack Huckabay, 12, and Mark Grace, 12, returned to DFW after playing in the Little League World Series.