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Wayne Little League Team Is Champs, Moves On To State Tournament
The town's 12U All-Stars will play for the New Jersey State Championship next week.
WAYNE, NJ — Maybe this is their year.
The Wayne Little League 12U All-Stars are Section 1 champions and have clinched a berth in the New Jersey State Little League Championship tournament next week.
The team will compete against three other teams for the right to represent New Jersey in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament in Connecticut. Teams in that tournament come from New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C., Maryland and Delaware.
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The winner of that tournament will compete in the National Championship tournament. That winner will play against the international winner for the Little League World Series championship.
A team from Wayne won the Little Little World Series championship in 1970.
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Photo: The Wayne Little League 12U All-Stars hold up their championship banner./Courtesy of Tim Crowe
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