Chatham(Glenwood) captured the class 3A baseball state championship with an 11-1 six inning victory over DeKalb.
The game was scoreless for the first three innings but in the fourth and then with two outs in the top of the fourth and two on, Michael Fiaush singled in the first run of the game followed by a single by Chris Sekardi to put Chatham up 2-0. With runners on first and third, Sekardi stole second and then Jake Fulks doubled in two more to put Chatham up 4-0.
In the fifth Chatham would tack on two more with a two rbi double from Dallas Henderson. In the sixth Chatham put the game out of reach for DeKalb by scoring five more including a two run homer from Jake Lance.
DeKalb tried to keep playing but could only put one run up on the board in the bottom of the sixth with an rbi single from Ben Dallesasse.
Phil Maton (11-0) captured the win on the mound for Chatham allowing only four hits and striking out nine in the six inning win.
Chatham Glenwood finished the season 32-4 and DeKalb finished 27-11.