Proudly wearing team T-shirts, locals gathered at an eatery in Bonita Friday to root for Chula Vista’s Park View Little League as the boys competed in the Little League World Series.
The team is all the way in Williamsport, Pennsylvania but Salucita Bar & Grill on Bonita Road hosted a viewing party during Friday's game to cheer on the team from San Diego's South Bay.
The match-up pitted the winners of the West against the champs from the Midwest as Park View took on Iowa.
With every play, the crowd back home chanted and cheered.
Arturo Maldonado, owner of Salucita Bar & Grill, told NBC 7 he enjoys watching the local Little Leaguers give it their all on the field.
Maldonado was once the first base coach of the Sweetwater Valley Little League, another homegrown team that made it to the Little League World Series last year.
"It's giving me a lot of goose bumps [to watch Park View] that's for sure. We wish them the best and hope they bring home the championship," he told NBC 7.
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In the end, Park View lost 5-1 to the team from Iowa, dropping their ranking to a lower bracket, making it tougher for them to reach the LLWS Championship. But not all hope is lost.
Park View Little League will play an elimination game Saturday at 5 p.m. PT against a team from San Antonio, Texas. A watch party for that game will be held at Buffalo Wild Wings in Eastlake.
