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Posted at 11:06 a.m., Monday, August 29, 2005

West O'ahu invited to meet Warriors before USC game

By Stephen Tsai
Advertiser Staff Writer

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The Little League world champion West O'ahu baseball team has been invited to meet with the University of Hawai'i football team before the Warriors' season-opening game against two-time defending national champion Southern California.

"I've already put a call in," UH coach June Jones said. "Hopefully, they're home by the end of the week. (Most are scheduled to come home tonight.) I'd love for them to come down and meet the guys before the game."

Most of the Warriors watched Sunday's Little League telecast.

"It was unbelievable," Jones said. "That event was one of the most exciting things I've ever watched. What great intestinal fortitude all of those kids had to never give up and never say 'never.'

"They overcame a bad call. They overcame a deficit in the last inning. They did it all. What a thrill. They'll never forget that their whole lives."