The Pinto 8u World Championship was held in Marion over the weekend. Bonaire won the Gold Bracket championship beating Carterville in the finals 8-1. Royalton won the Gold Consolation bracket beating Mattoon 4-2 in the trophy game. Mt Vernon was in this bracket as well and lost in their opener to Royalton 17-7. Centralia 1 was also in this bracket and was eliminated by Marion 1-0.
The Red championship bracket was won by Raleigh, North Carolina who beat Aruba 9-4. Kankakee won the Red consolation bracket beating Centralia 2 in the finals 5-3. Centralia had eliminated Carrier Miolls 8-3 and Frankfort 3-2 before the loss.
