Hawaii dominates on mound for LLWS title
It only took one pitch for Mana Lau Kong to deliver Hawaii its first Little League World Series title in a decade. Against a South Korean team that hadn’t surrendered a home run in the tournament, Kong drove the first pitch his team saw over the centre-field fence. As he rounded the bases and headed home, his teammates poured out of the dugout in a pack led by pitcher Ka’olu Holt and formed a huddle around home plate. Holt took it from there, throwing a twohitter to lead Hawaii to a 3-0 victory in the championship, the first shutout in a title game since 2002. It was Holt’s first complete game. The team from Honolulu allowed three runs over the entire tournament, shut out four of its five opponents and struck out 53 batters in 34 innings.