Chicago team in Little League Series Thursday

By Washington Examiner

Published August 11, 2014 4:49pm ET

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Chicago team in Little League Series Thursday — Jackie Robinson West Little League first baseman Trey Hondras, left, and winning pitcher Marquis Jackson start the celebration after the final out of the Chicago team's 12-7 win over New Albany, Ind., in the Little League Central Regional championship baseball game in Lawrence, Ind., on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. New Albany's Cooper Biven, right, who was the starting pitcher, runs toward first after grounding out. (AP Photo/The Indianapolis Star, Charlie Nye) | Charlie Nye

CHICAGO (AP) — An all-black team from Chicago is headed to the Little League World Series for the first time in three decades.

Jackie Robinson West will be in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, to take on the Pacific Little League from Lynnwood, Washington, on Thursday at 2 p.m. Cameron Bufford’s fifth-inning grand slam helped the Chicago team to a 12-7 victory Saturday in the Great Lakes Regional championship game in Indianapolis.

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