By Thomas Grant Jr. The Junior League World Series run for Irmo Little League ended in familiar fashion Saturday in Taylor, Ill. Team Southeast (Irmo) lost 3-2 to host team Michigan District Five in the US championship game. Max LaForest’s walk-off RBI sacrifice fly with one out in the bottomContinue Reading
Irmo Little League will play another day at the Junior League World Series in Taylor, Mich. Team Southeast (Irmo) defeated Team Southwest (Lubbock, Texas) 13-3 in five innings Wednesday in the loser’s bracket game. Cooper Derrick hit the first of two, 3-run homers by Team Southeast as part of aContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. “It’s been surreal.” That was Irmo Little League Seniors team head coach Pete von Ahn’s description of his team’s historic season. This All-Star group of players from Lexington-Richland District Five high schools Chapin, Dutch Fork and Spring Hill reached unchartered territory for the seven-year-old program. NotContinue Reading