Mill Creek opens Little League World Series Sunday

GREENVILLE, N.C. — Shortly after Liliana Delgado’s game-winning hit exited her bat and landed in centerfield on July 25 in San Bernardino, Calif., the Mill Creek Little League softball All-Star team and families realized they had just a few days to figure out how to get to the East Coast.

“It’s been a whirlwind,” Mill Creek manager Courtney Brown said. “It’s been crazy. Just catching your breath from that last game.”

Mill Creek, winners of its district and state tournaments, took another step last week when the team claimed the Western Regional tournament with Delgado’s walk-off single in extra innings. That presented Creek with two major challenges. Getting ready to fly from Washington to North Carolina five days after the win in California was the first.

The team got back to Mill Creek on July 26. On Monday, they learned the team’s flight would depart at around 5 a.m. Wednesday. A couple of players remained in California to participate with their select softball teams in the PGF Nationals in Huntington Beach, California, and were to arrive in Greenville on Friday. The rest of the team practiced locally on Monday and Tuesday.

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