Clarendon Hills Little League Baseball catcher Hudson Lauerman called his first impression of arriving in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the Little League World Series “a whole different level of coolness.”

The Clarendon Hills 12 and under age group team advanced to the Aug. 13-24 tournament for the first time by winning the Great Lakes Region Aug. 6. The team arrived in Williamsport, the headquarters for Little League, the evening after claiming the Region championship.

“You see it on TV, but it really is amazing to come here and see all of this,” Hudson said Sunday. “They give you all kinds of free stuff, mostly baseball gear. It’s like a kid on Christmas experience, and it’s something I’ll remember forever.”

Teammate Christian Gernot had a similar reaction.

“And the first time I sa

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