SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — A towel draped around his neck, Jason Todd flashed a smile from ear to ear.

Faced with elimination from the Little League World Series for the second straight game, Mill Creek, Wash., came through in the clutch. Alex Jondal drove home Todd on a deep single to left field with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to give Washington a 3-2 win over Jeffersonville, Ind., yesterday to advance to the U.S. semifinals, where it will face Waipi'o.

"I was just ecstatic, going on off a walk-off at the Little League World Series," the 12-year-old Todd said about scoring the winning run.

Willemstad, Curacao, shut out Yona, Guam, 3-0 to advance to the international semifinals. Curacao's opponent today will be Tokyo, which won a wild 5-4 game in seven innings over Maracaibo, Venezuela. Mexico and Venezuela will play in the other international semi tomorrow.

Hagerstown, Md., beat Lake Charles, La., 6-4, but was eliminated. Louisiana and Washington advanced on tiebreakers after matching Maryland with 2-1 records in Pool A. Louisiana and Florida play the other semifinal tomorrow.