SAGINAW — The whirlwind of playing six games in six days paid off in full for the Negaunee All-Star Little League baseball team on Wednesday evening.

The last of the Upper Peninsula representatives at the LL Major Division state tournament clinched the Michigan championship by defeating Plymouth-Canton 10-5 at the Zauel Park complex in Saginaw Township.

What lies ahead could be an incredible opportunity — a berth in the Little League World Series if these Negaunee boys can win the Great Lakes Regional that is coming up in about 10 days in Whitestown, Indiana.

“I hate to say it, but I really did think we had a chance to win the state tournament,” said Negaunee manager Joe Dost, who said the core of his team are a group of 12-year-olds who have been playing together for a number of years

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