The game ran the entire gamut of emotions for Chesterfield – from utter heartbreak to unbridled jubilation. Channahon (0-3) started with an 8-0 lead, but an 11-run fifth inning by the CBC All-Stars (2-1) dramatically altered the course of the contest, and CBC defeated the team from Illinois 14-8.

With the win, Chesterfield advances to the semifinals of the Bronco-11 World Series today at 3 p.m. at Harry G. Daniel Park at Ironbridge. 

J.T. Creed started – and finished – CBC’s fifth-inning rally. In his first at-bat of the inning, he hit a 2-run homer that made the score 8-3. After CBC batted around, he came up again later in the fifth. In his second at-bat of the inning, he hit a 3-run shot that made the score 11-8.

Both home runs went well over the fence and landed somewhere in the forest beyond left field.

Before that momentous fifth inning, nothing seemed to go right for CBC. Channahon, a team that hadn’t yet won a game, was getting every bounce and every play to go its way. It quickly built up an 8-0 lead as it got timely hits and CBC struggled with errors.

The game reached its bottommost point for CBC when Channahon took an 8-0 lead in the third by scoring three runs on no hits and three errors.

CBC secured the runner-up position in the Green division. CBC will play Torrance, Calif. today at 3 p.m. The other semifinal game will be played between Mexico and Texas also at 3.

The winners of those games will compete in the championship today at 5:30.

CBC         000 1(11)0 2 – 14 17 5
Channahon   143 0   0 0 0 – 8 3 4
Creed, Shinohara (2), Rash (4) and Ramsey, Newman; Shepherd, Butler (5), Malone (6) and Airola.
W: Rash. L: Butler.

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