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Greenville’s North State Little League pitcher Matthew Matthijs (15) reacts as he lays on the red carpet at the Legislative Building in Raleigh as the team gets ready to pose for photographs after being honored in the Senate chambers, Wednesday, August 30, 2017. The North State team finished fourth in the world at the Little League World Series this summer and made Little League World Series history becoming the only U.S. team to throw consecutive no-hitters. (Eamon Queeney / North State Journal)