Poland championship team due back home soon

By Vindy Staff | August 6, 2017 at 11:38p.m.

POLAND — The Poland Junior League softball team, which won the Junior League World Series, was expected to arrive back in the village at approximately 11:30 p.m. Sunday after landing at Pittsburgh International Airport at about 10 p.m.

Poland beat Kirkland, Wash., 7-1 in the title game.

Vindicator reporter Dan Hiner and photographer Nikos Frazier are on site in Poland, where the team and coaches will pick up an escort at the Methodist Chrurch, then proceed to Poland High School.

Read more about this developing story and see photos on Vindy.com and in Monday's Vindicator sports section.