ON SUNDAY AUGUST 30, 2015, THE WEST SHORE REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH OTHER LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES WILL WELCOME HOME THE RED LAND LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM. THE TEAM IS THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES U.S. CHAMPIONS AND TAKE ON JAPAN TODAY IN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES WILL ESCORT THE TEAM HOME STARTING AT CEDAR CLIFF HIGH SCHOOL AND TRAVELING THROUGH JURISDICTIONS WHERE THE TEAM LIVES AND PLAYS.
POLICE, FIRE AND EMS AGENCIES WILL LEAD THE TEAM TO BRIDGE STREET AND THROUGH THE BOROUGH OF NEW CUMBERLAND, CONTINUE DOWN OLD YORK ROAD THROUGH FAIRVIEW TOWNSHIP AND INTO NEWBERRY TOWNSHIP. THE TEAM WILL THEN TURN ONTO LEWISBERRY ROAD NEAR THE TEAM'S HOME FIELD AND THEN UP ROUTE 177 INTO THE BOROUGH OF LEWISBERRY. THE ESCORT WILL END AT RED LAND HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THE TEAM WILL BE WELCOMED BY LOCAL OFFICIALS.
ALL RESIDENTS AND FANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO COME OUT AND CHEER FOR THE TEAM ALONG THE ROUTE. THE EXACT TIME OF THE ESCORT IS YET TO BE DETERMINED BUT WILL LIKELY BE SUNDAY EVENING BETWEEN 8PM AND 11PM. IF RESIDENTS, AND FANS, WANT TO BE AT RED LAND HIGH SCHOOL TO WELCOME THE TEAM HOME, BE AWARE THAT PARKING MAY BE LIMITED. YOU ARE ASKED TO PARK IN THE LOWER PARKING LOT OR DIRECTLY BEHIND THE SCHOOL. OVERFLOW PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE STONE LOT SOUTH OF THE SCHOOL OFF OF PLEASANT VIEW ROAD.