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Northwood marches onto Heritage Park Field at Taylor, Mich., for the opening ceremonies for the Junior League World Series.
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First responders unfurl the United States flag.
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Northwood players participate in the opening ceremonies.
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Steve Avery, former Atlanta Braves pitcher and native of Taylor, Mich., home of the Junior League World Series, throws out the ceremonial first pitch Saturday.
Weather forced a smaller opening ceremony but officials said the fireworks display may be rescheduled this week.
Steve Avery, former major league pitcher, notably of the Atlanta Braves, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Avery is a native of Taylor, Mich.
Northwood of Taylors is among 11 teams – five U.S. and six international – competing for the 13-14 year-old championship. It’s the biggest field of teams in the tournament’s history.
Northwood will play Midland, Mich., Sunday at 5 p.m. in Game 3 of opening day.
United States champions
Northwood Little League from Taylors, (Southeast region)
Midland, Michigan (Central)
Corpus Christi, Texas (Southwest)
Salisbury, Maryland (East)
Kapaa Kauai, Hawaii (West)
International teams
Alberta, Canada
Brno, Czech Republic
Chinese Taipei
Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Panama
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Teams play a double-elimination schedule to determine the finalists for the International (3 p.m. Friday, August 20) and USA (6 p.m. Friday) championship games.
Then, the August 20 winners play in the world championship game at 1 p.m. Sunday, August 21.
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• Northwood wins Southeast region