Photo: #A Coon Rapids Little League baseball player runs the bases during a recent practice.
Photo: #Tanner Lowe is a pitcher and infielder for the Coon Rapids Little League team heading for the Little League World Series.
Photo: #The Coon Rapids Little League team got some practice time in this week, before heading off to the Little League World Series this weekend in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

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Minnesota Little Leaguers head to the World Series

by Jim Bickal, Minnesota Public Radio

Coon Rapids, Minn. — The Little League World Series gets underway Friday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and one of the 16 teams competing in the tournament is from Coon Rapids, Minnesota.

Those 9- to-12-year-old boys will be competing on a big stage. The event draws thousands of fans and the games will also be seen by a national television audience on ESPN.

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Heading to the World Series

The team's first game in the round robin phase of the Little League World Series is scheduled for Saturday at 5 p.m. against a squad from Lubbock, Texas.

MPR's Jim Bickal visited with the team this week before they left for Williamsport.

He talked with Tanner Lowe, a pitcher and infielder for the team, and coach Mark Lowe.

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