As the pouring rain turned to sunshine more than 1,000 miles away from South Williamsport, Pennsylvania, hundreds of fans Saturday tightly packed into Friendly Confines, a sports restaurant in Lake Mary, with hopes of witnessing history.

Kids sprinted and played catch outside the crammed sports bar. A wide array of teenagers and parents lived and lamented with every pitch as Lake Mary chants echoed throughout the bar. Waiters and fans could barely walk through without having to squeeze by or asking the person in front of them to move.

The Lake Mary Little League All-Stars, representing the Southeast Region, set up one more get-together at Friendly Confines when they overcame a four-run deficit to win 10-7 over the Boerne Little League All-Star team from Texas representing the Southwest Region in the U.S. title game.

Lake Mary will face Chinese Taipei today at 3 p.m. in the championship game.

Witnessing the comeback victory was special on many fronts for fans throughout the crowded Friendly Confines.

For Adam Rama, a 10-and-under coach for the Lake Mary All-Star team and had son Aiden Rama on that team, is the uncle of Chase Anderson and brother-in-law of Lake Mary manager Jonathan Anderson. Adam Rama he was beaming with pride as he saw members of his family make history.

“Just seeing them up there and what they’ve done bringing the community together, Confines was absolutely packed today,” Rama said. “Seeing everybody out there cheering for them, it’s amazing. You can’t ask for more than what you saw here.”

John Spolski, 66, has lived in Lake Mary his whole life, including before Lake Mary was even considered a city.

For him, the performance by Lake Mary was inspiring.

“Through all the years living here over 60 years, becoming a city and seeing everything that has developed over the years, to see those kids out there and never giving up ever [despite] being down like they were, it just makes you so proud,” Spolski said.

The highs and lows came and went with almost each pitch. A mundane crowd quickly became a rambunctious one when Lake Mary stormed back from down 4-0 to take the lead in the top of the fifth inning.

In the bottom of the inning, a person could hear a pin drop when Texas scored three runs to reclaim the lead.

In the top of the sixth, the crowd erupted again when a two-run double with two outs from Luis Calo broke the tie and gave Lake Mary a 9-7 lead. In the bottom half, Friendly Confines reached a fever pitch when Lake Mary turned a double play to end the game.

“I was texting my friends and they’re like ‘Oh, they’re down again,’ ” Rama said. “I’m like, ‘We’re never down; we’re just behind right now.”’

Friendly Confines is where fans have gathered throughout Lake Mary’s run to the Little League championship game and where they’ll gather one last time for that this afternoon.

Jeremy Hartley has been a manager at Friendly Confines for two years, and for him to be a part of Lake Mary’s run back home has been nothing short of amazing.

“That’s been the icing on the cake,” Hartley said. “It’s amazing to see the community come together as one and see some of the parents come in here and watch their kids because they couldn’t make it.

“It’s truly an honor.”