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Andy McRae is a third-generation Needville native, the son of a preacher and the grandson of a rice farmer. Other than the years he was away at Texas A&M, he has been one of the city’s three thousand or so residents for all of his 45 years, and it would be pretty much impossible to overstate his love for the place.That’s one of a long list of reasons why Needville’s run to the United States semifinals in the Little League World Series has been so special for both its coach and his hometown, forty miles southwest of Houston in Fort Bend County. Until a few months ago, the opening of Needville’s first Sonic might have been the biggest story of the year.“You wouldn’t believe the…

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