The Portland Junior All-Star baseball team is headed to DuBois, Pennsylvania, for the East Regionals with a chance to reach the World Series on the line.
The team is made up of 13- and 14-year-old players from around the greater Portland area. Eight teams will compete in the bracket, representing areas from Maine to Washington, D.C., in a double-elimination tournament.
Portland’s first game is scheduled for Sunday at 2 p.m. against either Connecticut or D.C. The winner of the East Regional will advance to the World Series in Michigan.
This year’s roster is primarily the same group that came within one win of advancing to the Little League World Series two years ago.
A GoFundMe to help send the team to regionals can be found here.