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.
Trailing John Roman State Farm heading into the seventh inning, Candlelite scored six runs to complete a thrilling come-from-behind 9-6 victory.