Chatsworth Makes It 5 in a Row : Girls: Oades overcomes illness, Lancer goalie to score decisive goal in a 2-1 victory against Grant. Chancellors finish season undefeated in 10 games.

Chatsworth High girls’ soccer got its “five-peat,” winning its fifth consecutive City Section championship.

Title No. 5 came courtesy of a star forward who spent stretches of the match sitting on the bench, suffering from a cold and stressed-induced asthma, and daylight robbery.

Chatsworth’s Mary Oades scored the winning goal in the 15th minute of the second half, giving the Chancellors a 2-1 victory against Grant in front of 200 fans at Birmingham.

Oades entered the match with 23 goals, including eight in Chatsworth’s first two playoff matches, but was frustrated in the first half by Lancer goalkeeper Kristin Kiley-Boynton, who made two excellent saves on consecutive Oades shots.

“Their goalie is a marvelous athlete,” Chatsworth Coach Jack Sidwell said.

“I’ll give her credit,” Oades said. “But I knew I was eventually going to get one, and I wasn’t about to let down until I got one.”

Chatsworth (10-0), which took a 1-0 lead on Becky Andrews’ penalty shot with one minute remaining in the first half, didn’t need Oades to score until the second half.

Grant (14-1-1) tied the score in the 12th minute of the second half when Sara Levin took a perfect cross from Ankica Bilaver and buried a shot in the right corner of the net.

“I thought we had them,” Grant Coach David Oravez said.

Enter Oades, who had difficulty breathing because of a cold and what she called “stress-induced asthma,” and had been resting on the bench, using an inhaler to alleviate the breathing problem.

“It psyches us up when it’s a close game,” Oades said.

Three minutes later, Oades was pressing Grant’s Thyais Lee, who attempted to pass the ball back to goalie Kiley-Boynton.

“I don’t think she thought I was that close to her,” Oades said.

Lee miskicked the ball, Oades intercepted it and tapped a shot by Kiley-Boynton for what proved to be the winner.

“We have a tradition here,” Oades said. “When you’ve already won four, it’s hard to give up the fifth one.”