12-year-old powerhouse first Oregonian to take part in Little League Home Run Derby [Video]

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (KPTV) – While no teams from Oregon are in this years Little League World Series, there is a kid from Lake Oswego who earned a ticket to Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Competition is at the core of 12-year-old Charlie LeBlanc.

“Baseball has really given me a hard-working mindset and made me very competitive,” he said.

The incoming Lake Oswego Junior High 7th grader is a slugger.

“When you hit it off the barrel, there’s like barely any vibration at all so it just feels so nice coming off the bat and it just soars super-far,” LeBlanc said.

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“It feels like a very good way to end my Little League career,” said LeBlanc.

LeBlanc is off to the sixth annual Home Run Derby at the …