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clinched the Junior League World Series
Championship.
For team manager Lance Foster,
the story behind that consistency is
straightforward: a tight-knit group
of kids, strong family support, and a
culture that values love for the game just
as much as the scoreboard.
"These young men, a lot of them have
been playing ball together for a long
time," Foster said in an interview with
Macon Magazine. "You can have great
players, but you've got to have great
BY JULIA MORRISON
Macon's Vine-Ingle Little League headed to the
World Series for the second straight year.
S T E P P I N G U P
T O T H E P L A T E
title in Virginia, and eventually the U.S.
Championship, the Junior League team
headed back onto the world stage this
summer.
The achievement alone is notable.
Back-to-back World Series appearances
are rare in Little League. It was the
first year playing in the Junior League
age group for the team, with several
differences in play. Yet Vine-Ingle
made it all the way to the final game,
with three wins during the weeklong
tournament, before Chinese Taipei
M
ost Little League players
only dream about
punching their ticket
to the World Series.
For Macon's own Vine-Ingle team,
a group of special young men get to
say they've hit that milestone twice,
with Central Georgians cheering on
the team on television as the players
traveled to Michigan to compete at
the highest levels.
With dominant regional play, a state
championship, winning the district
Photos courtesy
of Lance Foster.
