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Coon Rapids-Andover's Little League World Series debut postponed by rain

The team will play its first game Friday afternoon, weather permitting.

August 16, 2019 at 12:11PM
Maddy Freking, left center, and Jameson Kuznia (30) of the Midwest Region Champion Little League team from Coon Rapids, Minn., participate with their team in the opening ceremony of the 2019 Little League World Series baseball tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Maddy Freking, left center, and Jameson Kuznia (30) of the Midwest Region Champion Little League team from Coon Rapids, Minn., participate with their team in the opening ceremony of the 2019 Little League World Series baseball tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PA. — The Coon Rapids-Andover Little League team's first game at this year's Little League World Series was postponed by rain Thursday night.

The team was supposed to play Bowling Green, Ky., in its first game. That game has been rescheduled for noon Central time Friday, and it will be televised on ESPN.

Rain falls during a delay in the action at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Rain falls during a delay in the action at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. (AP Photo/) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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