http://community.active.com/blogs/llws-southeast Join us on the road to Williamsport! Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:13:24 GMT Clearspace 1.7.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2007-08-10T20:13:24Z http://community.active.com/blogs/llws-southeast/2007/08/10/georgia-has-world-series-on-its-mind Warner Robins (Ga.) American Little League advanced to the 2007 Little League Baseball World Series Thursday night behind the bat--and pitching arm--of Kendall Scott en route to a 10-9 win over Westside (Ala.) Little League in the Southeast Region Championship game in St. Petersburg, Florida.<br /> <br /> The victory ensured that for the second straight year a team from Georgia would be represented at the Little League World Series. Last year Columbus Northern Little League won the world championship with a win over Kawaguchi Little League from Kawaguchi City, Japan in the Little League World Series final.<br /> <p /> For awhile it looked like Warner Robins could book their tickets to Williamsport before the third inning had been completed. After jumping out to an early 7-1 lead behind two homeruns from Scott, Westside Little League rebounded with two four-run innings to reclaim the lead. Warner Robins centerfielder David Umphreyville scored the go-ahead run on a Westside throwing error in the top of the fifth, and Scott pitched the last three innings to seal the win.<br /> <p /> No one may have been happier with the result than Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, who handled catching duties for the Warner Robins American Little League team some 50 years ago. <br /> <p /> "I was honored to wear the Warner Robins jersey years ago, and these boys have made us proud with the way they have represented their community and our state," said Perdue.<br /> <p /> At stake wasn't just Gulf Coast bragging rights--but a "gallon of North Georgia's finest, 100 percent locally mountain-grown headwaters" to be sent to Alabama Governor Bob Riley if Westside would have been able to pull off the upset.<br /> <p /> Warner Robins American Little League enjoys a brief moment of celebration before traveling Monday to Williamsport, Pennsylvania to begin the state of Georgia's defense of the Little League World Series title. Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:15:00 GMT LLWS_Active http://community.active.com/blogs/llws-southeast/2007/08/10/georgia-has-world-series-on-its-mind 2007-08-10T20:15:00Z 1 year, 2 months ago 4 http://community.active.com/blogs/llws-southeast/comment/georgia-has-world-series-on-its-mind http://community.active.com/blogs/llws-southeast/feeds/comments?blogPostID=2520