SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — It was an extra-inning thriller which got the Jeff/GRC All-Stars out of regional play and here to the Little League World Series.

It was another overtime contest Tuesday against Mill Creek, Wash., that sent the team home with an 0-3 record, but with great memories.

Washington catcher Alex Jondal hit a fly-ball, walk-off single to the left-field wall to score Jason Todd, giving the Northwest region representative a 3-2 win over Jeff/GRC in seven innings.

Jeff/GRC manager Derek Ellis said the opportunity at the biggest stage for 11- to 13-year-old baseballers easily trumps the losses, two of which came by one run.

“I’m extremely proud of those guys,” he said in a press conference following the game. “They played hard all the way up to this point. Today they battled hard.

“Words can’t describe the experience. These 11 kids have worked so hard since they were 10 years old, and this is a dream come true.”

In an interview Monday, Ellis promised the Jeff/GRC hitters would come out more aggressive than in the first two losses — 3-2 on Saturday to Hagerstown, Md., and 9-0 on Sunday to Lake Charles, La. — and the boys complied.

Center fielder Austin Hines led off the game with a single between first and second base. After a fielder’s choice groundout by Drew Ellis, which forced Hines out at second, an error by Washington third baseman Joakim Soderqvist allowed Chandler Dale to reach first and sent Ellis to second.

Third baseman Hayden Robb singled in Ellis with two outs and Dale moved to third. Josh Burke grounded out to end the inning.

“That was the game plan — to jump on the pitch down the middle,” Derek Ellis said. “Earlier in the series, we wanted to be more patient, but this was do or die and we wanted to go out and swing the bats. They did that for the most part.”

After a home run by 6-foot-2 Washington pitcher Jason Todd tied the score in the bottom of the frame, Hines contributed again for Jeff/GRC.

Todd hit Jeff/GRC first baseman Dalton Duley with a pitch to start the second, and a wild pitch sent the lanky first baseman to second base. After Nick Thompson pinch ran for Duley and Christopher Wenger struck out, Hines worked a tough at-bat, fouling off several pitches.

He finally got one he liked, tripling to the wall in right and scoring Thompson. It completed the tallies for Jeff/GRC.

The team nearly had a run in the top of the third, but Hayden Robb was thrown out at home on a double to the left-field wall by catcher Josh Burke. Jondal came in front of the plate to take the relay throw from shortstop Derrick Mahlum, and Robb tumbled over Jondal.

Derek Ellis discussed the call with home plate umpire Frank Germino, but it stood.