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Petaluma Nationals Due To Arrive 1 p.m. at Sonoma Fairgrounds

A parade for the "world's third-best Little League team" will be held Sunday.

The third-best Little League team in the world is returning home today.

The Petaluma National team lost a thrilling game for the U.S. championship to a team from Tennessee on Saturday, after an amazing 10-run comeback at the Little League World Series in Pennsylvania. The boys are scheduled to land at San Francisco International Airport today.
        
Petaluma Little League president Andrew Lackey said they plan to head to a celebratory gathering at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds at 175 Fairgrounds Drive in Petaluma around 1 p.m.

He said team manager Eric Smith might briefly address the crowd, but that the real celebration of the team's achievement in South Williamsport, Pa., will be a parade in Petaluma this weekend.

The parade is scheduled for 1 p.m. Sunday, Lackey said.

Petaluma National rallied from a 15-5 deficit on Saturday to tie the game in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the undefeated Goodletsville, Tenn., team responded with nine runs in the top of the seventh inning and won
24-16.

In a consolation game before the world championship on Sunday, Petaluma National defeated a team from Panama -- the runner-up to the Japanese team -- 12-4.

"They have nothing to be ashamed about. They're the third-best
team in the world and second-best in the United States. I'm OK with that,"
Petaluma Little League board member Andre Davis said this morning.

The Tennessee team lost 12-2 to the Kitasuna Little League team of Tokyo, Japan, in the world championship game on Sunday. The Japanese team was
undefeated in its five Little League World Series games.

-Bay City News

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