Tokyo, Japan's Rintaro Hirano catches a pop out by Willemstad, Curacao's Ceddanne Rafaela in the fifth inning of a pool play baseball game at the Little League World Series, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in South Williamsport, Pa. Japan won 7-0. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Tokyo, Japan's Rintaro Hirano catches a pop out by Willemstad, Curacao's Ceddanne Rafaela in the fifth inning of a pool play baseball game at the Little League World Series, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in South Williamsport, Pa. Japan won 7-0. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Tokyo, Japan's Noriatsu Osaka, left, is tagged out at third base by Willemstad, Curacao's Jaeir Janzen after trying to stretch a two-run double in the second inning of a pool play baseball game at the Little League World Series, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, in South Williamsport, Pa. Japan won 7-0. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) ? Football is king in Nebraska, though a squad of 13 boys is threatening to unseat the Cornhuskers as the state's most popular team.
The mashers from the Midwest make their historic debut Thursday night at the Little League World Series when Kearney, Neb., plays Goodlettsville, Tenn.
The Kearney kids are the first team from Nebraska to ever play in the tournament. Catcher Cole Staab said his team is getting emails and text messages from family, friends and new-found baseball fans from all over Nebraska.
Some players have been wearing red Nebraska Cornhusker T-shirts in practice. Coach Monte Dakan said that while Huskers football is a "religion" back home, the Kearney boys are becoming household names, too.
Japan and California won the early games on the opening day of the tournament.
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