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SANTA CLARA — Riding atop Santa Clara-Ivins fire trucks, the Snow Canyon Little League all-stars returned to their hallowed ground in Santa Clara Wednesday evening, triumphant after doing something no kids from Utah had ever done: Play in the Little League World Series.
After arriving around 5:30. p.m at St. George Regional Airport, where they were greeted by family and supporters, the team made its way to Snow Canyon High School, where they boarded the trucks for a short champions parade through town en route to a celebration at Snow Canyon Little League complex.
The sirens of the engines could be heard throughout Santa Clara, announcing that the boys and girl were back in town.
"I can see them," one fan younger herself than the team for 10- to 12-year-olds yelled as the two fire engines with the members of the all-stars came down Little League Drive. Mother Nature gave her own cheer for the home team, as a faint rainbow appeared behind the approaching trucks.
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