For the second straight year, Candlelite won the EBSA Pony League Championship. They entered the year-end tournament as the third seeded team in the ten-team league comprised of seven Evanston teams and three teams from the Skokie Indians Little League organization.
Candelite was trailing John Roman State Farm by three runs heading into the seventh inning. They scored six runs to complete a thrilling come-from-behind 9-6 victory.