Negaunee’s Nathan Harvala, right, chases down and tags out an Ohio runner during their Little League baseball Great Lakes Regional game played in Whitestown, Indiana, on Sunday. (Photo courtesy Little League Baseball and Softball)

WHITESTOWN, Ind. — The dream is over for the Negaunee Little League All-Star baseball team at the Major Division Great Lakes Regional being held in this Indiana city.

But it was quite a run for the western Marquette County group of 11- and 12-year-old boys, who had won their first nine tournament games before running into fellow state championship teams from much larger cities, some with past experience at this level.

“The level of pitching was really noticeable,” Negaunee manager Joe Dost said when asked what the biggest difference at the regional was compare

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