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<< Previous   of   Next >> Mark Mulligan / The Herald  (click to enlarge) Members of the Mill Creek Little League All-Stars — (from left to right) Alek Baumgartner, Jake Black, Duncan Bartok, Daniel Jang, Casey Dawes, Derrick Mahlum, K.J. Neaville, Joakim Soderqvist and Jason Todd — laugh along the third-base line as teammate J.D. Wiggins throws an honorary first pitch before the Everett AquaSox’s game against Vancouver on Wednesday night at Everett Memorial Stadium. Each member of the Mill Ctreek team, which played last week in the Little Little World Series, took a turn on the mound for the first pitch. Not pictured are Alec Kisena, Alex Jondal and Dan Kingma. Mark Mulligan / The Herald  (click to enlarge) Duncan Bartok (left) and K.J. Neaville autograph a baseball before taking part in the honorary first pitch ceremony at the Aquasox game.   ADVERTISEMENT   Related Stories • 'Thrill of a lifetime' for Mill Creek Little League 8/22/08 • Dream ends for Mill Creek 8/21/08 • Title dreams dashed, but Little Leaguers still No. 1 to Mill Creek 8/21/08 • Hawaii ends Mill Creek's run in Little League World Series 8/20/08 • Mill Creek powers past Maryland 8/19/08 • LLWS roundup: Homers keep Tampa playing 8/19/08 • Mill Creek survives, advances to semis 8/19/08 • Mill Creek pounds Hagerstown, 15-5 8/18/08 • Mexico pitcher perfect 8/18/08 • Indiana pitcher tosses no-no -- and loses 8/17/08 • Mill Creek loses LLWS opener 8/17/08 • LL World Series Roundup: Florida no-hits South Dakota in opener 8/16/08 • 2008 Little League World Series Schedule 8/15/08 • Little League World Series: Mill Creek steps onto national stage 8/15/08 • Little League World Series: Juggling act for Mill Creek parents 8/15/08   CONTACT THE HERALD Report scores and results to 425-339-3470 or 1-866-6-SCORES (Call after 4:30 p.m.) E-mail information including items for Tuesday's Communities Sports Roundup and Thursday's Outdoor Calendar, to sports@heraldnet.com Kevin Brown, Sports Editor kbrown@heraldnet.com   Published: Thursday, August 28, 2008 Take a bow Mill Creek All-Stars Herald staff EVERETT -- The Mill Creek Little All-Stars were honored at Wednesday's Everett AquaSox game against the Vancouver Canadians. Players on the team, which last week participated in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa., each got to throw out an honorary first pitch in a pregame ceremony.

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