Nov. 06--They've been honored in a parade through Chicago. They've gone to Disney World. And now the Jackie Robinson West Little League team is headed to the White House.
The team's meeting with President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama will take place Thursday, according to a White House official who declined to be identified.
"The team and their coaches are visiting Washington, D.C., and the White House at the invitation of the president following their success in the Little League World Series earlier this year," the official said.
The Far South Side team won the national championship and lost to South Korea in the world title game in August.
The team left Wednesday morning, a day after parents found out that the boys would be flying to Washington to meet the president, said Linda Sneed, mother of player Marquis Jackson.
"Lucky them," Sneed said. "I wish I was there."
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