SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Nothing at the Little League World Series comes cheap. Not the $5 hot dogs, the $7 sodas or the $400-per-night hotel rooms.

And definitely not the average tab for the family of a player.

Now that the LLWS has come to an end with Summerlin South’s 7-0 loss to Chinese Taipei in the championship game at Lamade Stadium, it’s finally time for families to assess the costs and benefits of the past two weeks.

The consensus among parents of Summerlin South’s players is that the experience cost most families at least $10,000. They share that estimation with a sigh, and yet no one was complaining because the reward was a U.S. championship and lifetime of memories.

Travel began in July

“This is just surreal,” said Jaime Miranda, mother of first baseman Grayson Miranda an

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