As the night began to roll on at Chelsea High School, the Chelsea Hornets took the field in the bottom of the seventh inning of their second game of the day needing only to handle business, just as they had done all game long.Â
With a comfortable lead on their team's side, and Jackson Price still dealing on the pitcher's mound, every person wearing blue, white and black sat eagerly, feeling confident in the Hornets to get the job done.
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