Tiebreakers Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three-way tie, the initial tie is broken based on fewest runs allowed per defensive inning played. The tie between the remaining two teams is then broken based on head-to-head record. |
2001 BASEBALL Major Div. (11-12): Yalesville Junior Div. (13-14) Norwich Senior Div. (14-16) Norwich/Taftville Age 9-10 Fairfield 2001 SOFTBALL Major Div. (11-12) Seymour Junior Div. (13-14) Bristol Senior Div. (14-16) Berlin Big League (16-18) Windsor Age 9-10 Mystic |
BASEBALL Connecticut Major Division Baseball (ages 11-12) State championship (best-of-3) At Cytec Field, Wallingford Game 1, Sunday, July 28: Orange 4, Montville National 1 Game 2, Monday, July 29: Orange 9, Montville National 1 (Orange wins series, 2-0) For a history of Connecticut Little League state tournament results (Major Division baseball only) from 1957 to present, click on this link. Saturday July 20 Montville National 4, Sprague/Franklin/Canterbury 1 (8) Ellington 5, Guilford 4 Glastonbury American 6, Simsbury American 5 Sunday July 21 Montville Nationals 11, Glastonbury A. 2 Guilford 19, SFC 0 (4) Ellington 10, Simsbury American 0 (4) Monday July 22 Guilford 10, Simsbury Americans 0 Montville Nationals 1, Ellington 0 Glastonbury Americans 12, SFC 7 Wedensday July 24 SFC 5, Simsbury Americans 2 Guilford 9, Montville Nationals 0 Glastonbury Americans 6, Ellington 4 Thursday, July 25 Guilford 6, Glastonbury Amercian 3 Montville National 12, Simsbury Amer. 1 Ellington 10, SFC 0 Section II championship Friday, July 26 Montville Nationals 8, Guilford 4 For more information including time and game locations on the Section II tournament, click on the link. Section I Tournament Saturday July 20 Orange (D4) 5, Stratford National (D2) 3 Edgewood-Bristol (D5) 8, Stamford Nationals (D1) 4 Sunday, July 21 Shelton American 7, Stratford National 3 Orange def. Stamford National Monday, July 22 Shelton American 8, Stamford National 1 Edgewood 5, Orange 4 Wednesday, July 24 Orange 5, Shelton Americans 4 Stratford Nationals 3, Edgewood 0 Thursday, July 25 Stamford National 4, Stratford Nat'l 3 Edgewood 3, Shelton American 1 Friday, July 26 Section I championship Orange 12, Edgewood 2 (5) Connecticut Junior Division Baseball (ages 13-14) State Tournament At Enfield Friday, July 19 Gm 1: Cromwell (D9) 7, Burlington (D6) 2 Gm 2: Ed Walsh-Meriden (D5) def. Jewett City (D11) Gm 3: Cromwell 9, North Haven (D4) 0 Sunday, July 21 Gm 4: Windsor (D8) 4, Meriden 1 Friday, July 26 Game 5: Cromwell 5, Windsor 2 Consolation bracket Wednesday, July 24 Game 6: Meriden def. Burlington Game 7: Jewett City 3, North Haven 2 Friday, July 25 Game 8: Meriden 6, Jewett City 5 Saturday, July 27 Game 9: Windsor 7, Ed Walsh-Meriden 3 Sunday, July 28 Game 10, final: Cromwell 1, Windsor 0 (9) Connecticut Senior Division Baseball (ages 14-16) State Tournament Saturday, July 20 North Haven (D4) 7, Norwich (D11) 2 Monday, July 22 Vernon (D8) 7, North Haven 3 Thursday, July 25 North Haven 4, Norwich 1 Saturday, July 27 North Haven 3, Vernon 1 Final: North Haven 4, Vernon 1 Connecticut 9-10 Baseball (ages 9-10) State championship (best of 3) At Middletown Tuesday, July 30: Fairfield Americans 11, Simsbury 5 Wednesday, July 31: Fairfield Americans 11, Simsbury 1 (Fairfield wins series, 2-0) Section I at Bridgeport Wednesday, July 24 Stamford (D1) vs. District 2 District 3 vs. District 4 Thursday, July 25 Stamford vs. D3 D2 vs. District 5 Friday, July 26 Stamford vs. D4. D3 vs. D5 Saturday, July 27 Stamford vs. D5 D2 vs. D4 Sunday, July 28 D4 vs. D5 D2 vs. D3 Team with best record advances to state championship Section II at East Hampton Wednesday, July 24 Newington (D7) 5, Guilford (D9) 2 Simsbury (D6) 9, S. Windsor Am. (D8) 8 Mystic (D10) 9, Killingly (D11) 5 Thursday, July 25 Guilford 10, Mystic 3 Simsbury 4, Newington 2 So. Windsor American 14, Killingly 4 Friday, July 26 Newington 3, So. Windsor American 2 Simsbury 15, Mystic 9 Guilford 9, Killingly xx Saturday, July 27 Simsbury 9, Killingly 0 Newington 12, Mystic 2 So. Windsor American 11, Guilford 2 Sunday, July 28 Simsbury vs. Guilford Newington vs. Killingly So. Windsor American 13, Mystic 3 Team with best record advances to state championship If anyone has further results from the Section tournaments or the state finals, please e-mail them to ctwrestling7@yahoo.com |
SOFTBALL Connecticut Major Division Softball (ages 11-12) State championship (best-of-3) At Naugatuck (Peter Foley Stadium) Monday, July 22: Waterford South 6, Edgewood-Bristol 2 Wednesday, July 24: Waterford So. 13, Edgewood 3 (Waterford wins series, 2-0) Section II Tournament At Granby, East Granby Sunday July 14 Plainfield/Moosup 13, Simsbury 2 (4) Waterford South 9, Manchester 2 Coginchaug 6, Wethersfield 1 Monday July 15 Coginchaug 12, Waterford South 3 Plainfield/Moosup 13, Wethersfield 11 Manchester 11, Simsbury 7 (4) Tuesday' July 16 Waterford So.15, Plainfield/Moosup 1 (4) Wethersfield 6, Simsbury 4 Manchester 12, Coginchaug 4 Wednesday July 17 Waterford So. 28, Simsbury 11 (4) Coginchaug 10, Plainfield/Moosup 6 Manchester 6, Wethersfield 3 Thursday's games Waterford South 14, Wethersfield 3 (4) Manchester 8, Plainfield/Moosup 5 Coginchaug def. Simsbury Saturday's game Championship: Waterford South 7, Coginchaug 1 Section I Tournament At Naugatuck Sunday, July 14 Edgewood-Bristol 6, Orange 1 Union City-Naugatuck 19, Black Rock-Bridgeport 7 Tuesday, July 16 Black Rock 12, Orange 0 (4) Union City 10, Edgewood 9 Thursday, July 18 Black Rock 7, Edgewood 6 Union City 4, Orange, 3 Edgewood advances to championship game due to a Black Rock forfeit Saturday, July 20 Championship: Edgewood 12, Union City 3 , Connecticut Junior Division Softball (ages 13-14) State Championship Best-of-3 Series at Orange Game 1: Sunday, July 28: Bristol 6, Simsbury 5 (7) Game 2: Monday, July 29: Simsbury 6, Bristol 5 Game 3: Tuesday, July 30: Bristol 10, Simsbury 0 (Bristol wins series, 2-1) Section I at Orange Wednesday, July 24 Bristol (D5) 9, Union City-Naugatuck (D3) 8 Trumbull (D1-2) vs. West Haven (D4) Thursday, July 25 Bristol 15, Trumbull 1 Union City 14, West Haven 2 (5) Friday, July 26 Union City 10, Trumbull 2 West Haven vs. Bristol Saturday, July 27 Final: Bristol 10, Union City 3 Section II At Middletown Sunday, July 21 Windsor (D8) 15, Middletown (D9) 5 (6) Simsbury (D6) 12, Wethersfield 2 (D5) Waterford (D10) 14, Norwich (D11) 12 Monday's games Simsbury 4, Windsor 3 Wethersfield 19, Waterford 16 Norwich 16, Middletown 4 (6) Wednesday, July 24 Simsbury 8, Waterford 2 Windsor 6, Norwich 5 Wethersfield 10, Middletown 7 Thursday, July 25 Simsbury 9, Norwich 5 Waterford 14, Middletown 3 (5) Wethersfield 10, Windsor 2 Friday, July 26 Simsbury 11, Middletown 8 Norwich 22, Wethersfield 6 Waterford 12, Windsor 6 Saturday, July 27 Final: Simsbury 7, Wethersfield 5 Connecticut Senior League Softball (ages 15-16) State Championship Best-of-3 series at West Haven Monday, July 29, game 1: Bristol 5, Coginchaug 0 Tuesday, July 30, game 2: Bristol 3, Coginchaug 0 (Bristol wins series, 2-0) Section I at West Haven Wednesday, July 24 Bristol (D5) 6, Simsbury (D6) 1 East Shore (D4) def. Shelton (D3) Thursday, July 25 Bristol 9, Shelton 1 Simsbury def. East Shore. Saturday, July 27 Simsbury def. Shelton Bristol 9, East Shore 0 Sunday, July 28 Final: Bristol 8, Simsbury 1 Section II at East Lyme Monday, July 22 Coginchaug (D9) 17, Norwich (D11) 1 Wednesday, July 24 Norwich 4, Mystic/Dolcom/Groton (D10) 3 Thursday, July 25 Coginchaug 4, Mystic/Dolcom/Groton 0 Coginchaug wins section with 2-0 record Connecticut 9-10 Softball (ages 9-10) State Championship Best-of-3 series at Seymour Monday, July 29: Mystic 9, Orange 8 (7) Tuesday, July 30: Orange 6, Mystic 5 Wed. July 31: Orange 7, Mystic 6 Section I at Seymour Thursday, July 25 Seymour (D3) 20, Edgewood-Bristol (D5) 5 Orange (D4) 6, Trumbull (D2) 2 Friday, July 26 Edgewood vs. Trumbull Orange 16, Seymour 5 Saturday, July 27 Orange 11, Edgewood 3 Seymour vs. Trumbull Best record advances to the final. Section II at Middletown Wednesday, July 24 Mystic (D10) 9, Middletown (D9) 4 Wethersfield (D7) 6, South Windsor 0 (D8), forfeit Note: South Windsor actually won the game, 13-3 in 4 innings but lost on appeal when they didn't get two players into the game for the required number of innings. Thursday, July 25 Mystic 11, Norwich (D11) 1 Middletown 13, Wethersfield 3 Friday, July 26 Mystic 19, Wethersfield 6 Norwich 11, South Windsor 0 Saturday, July 27 Norwich 12, Wethersfield 4 Middletown 16, South Windsor 2 (4) Sunday, July 28 Mystic 7, South Windsor 0 Norwich 14, Middletown 8 Mystic (4-0) clinches Section II championship. |
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SOFTBALL Connecticut Major Division Softball (ages 11-12) State championship (best-of-3) At Naugatuck (Peter Foley Stadium) Monday, July 22: Waterford South 6, Edgewood-Bristol 2 Wednesday, July 24: Waterford So. 13, Edgewood 3 (Waterford wins series, 2-0) Section II Tournament At Granby, East Granby Sunday July 14 Plainfield/Moosup 13, Simsbury 2 (4) Waterford South 9, Manchester 2 Coginchaug 6, Wethersfield 1 Monday July 15 Coginchaug 12, Waterford South 3 Plainfield/Moosup 13, Wethersfield 11 Manchester 11, Simsbury 7 (4) Tuesday' July 16 Waterford So.15, Plainfield/Moosup 1 (4) Wethersfield 6, Simsbury 4 Manchester 12, Coginchaug 4 Wednesday July 17 Waterford So. 28, Simsbury 11 (4) Coginchaug 10, Plainfield/Moosup 6 Manchester 6, Wethersfield 3 Thursday's games Waterford South 14, Wethersfield 3 (4) Manchester 8, Plainfield/Moosup 5 Coginchaug def. Simsbury Saturday's game Championship: Waterford South 7, Coginchaug 1 Section I Tournament At Naugatuck Sunday, July 14 Edgewood-Bristol 6, Orange 1 Union City-Naugatuck 19, Black Rock-Bridgeport 7 Tuesday, July 16 Black Rock 12, Orange 0 (4) Union City 10, Edgewood 9 Thursday, July 18 Black Rock 7, Edgewood 6 Union City 4, Orange, 3 Edgewood advances to championship game due to a Black Rock forfeit Saturday, July 20 Championship: Edgewood 12, Union City 3 , Connecticut Junior Division Softball (ages 13-14) State Championship Best-of-3 Series at Orange Game 1: Sunday, July 28: Bristol 6, Simsbury 5 (7) Game 2: Monday, July 29: Simsbury 6, Bristol 5 Game 3: Tuesday, July 30: Bristol 10, Simsbury 0 (Bristol wins series, 2-1) Section I at Orange Wednesday, July 24 Bristol (D5) 9, Union City-Naugatuck (D3) 8 Trumbull (D1-2) vs. West Haven (D4) Thursday, July 25 Bristol 15, Trumbull 1 Union City 14, West Haven 2 (5) Friday, July 26 Union City 10, Trumbull 2 West Haven vs. Bristol Saturday, July 27 Final: Bristol 10, Union City 3 Section II At Middletown Sunday, July 21 Windsor (D8) 15, Middletown (D9) 5 (6) Simsbury (D6) 12, Wethersfield 2 (D5) Waterford (D10) 14, Norwich (D11) 12 Monday's games Simsbury 4, Windsor 3 Wethersfield 19, Waterford 16 Norwich 16, Middletown 4 (6) Wednesday, July 24 Simsbury 8, Waterford 2 Windsor 6, Norwich 5 Wethersfield 10, Middletown 7 Thursday, July 25 Simsbury 9, Norwich 5 Waterford 14, Middletown 3 (5) Wethersfield 10, Windsor 2 Friday, July 26 Simsbury 11, Middletown 8 Norwich 22, Wethersfield 6 Waterford 12, Windsor 6 Saturday, July 27 Final: Simsbury 7, Wethersfield 5 Connecticut Senior League Softball (ages 15-16) State Championship Best-of-3 series at West Haven Monday, July 29, game 1: Bristol 5, Coginchaug 0 Tuesday, July 30, game 2: Bristol 3, Coginchaug 0 (Bristol wins series, 2-0) Section I at West Haven Wednesday, July 24 Bristol (D5) 6, Simsbury (D6) 1 East Shore (D4) def. Shelton (D3) Thursday, July 25 Bristol 9, Shelton 1 Simsbury def. East Shore. Saturday, July 27 Simsbury def. Shelton Bristol 9, East Shore 0 Sunday, July 28 Final: Bristol 8, Simsbury 1 Section II at East Lyme Monday, July 22 Coginchaug (D9) 17, Norwich (D11) 1 Wednesday, July 24 Norwich 4, Mystic/Dolcom/Groton (D10) 3 Thursday, July 25 Coginchaug 4, Mystic/Dolcom/Groton 0 Coginchaug wins section with 2-0 record Connecticut 9-10 Softball (ages 9-10) State Championship Best-of-3 series at Seymour Monday, July 29: Mystic 9, Orange 8 (7) Tuesday, July 30: Orange 6, Mystic 5 Wed. July 31: Orange 7, Mystic 6 Section I at Seymour Thursday, July 25 Seymour (D3) 20, Edgewood-Bristol (D5) 5 Orange (D4) 6, Trumbull (D2) 2 Friday, July 26 Edgewood vs. Trumbull Orange 16, Seymour 5 Saturday, July 27 Orange 11, Edgewood 3 Seymour vs. Trumbull Best record advances to the final. Section II at Middletown Wednesday, July 24 Mystic (D10) 9, Middletown (D9) 4 Wethersfield (D7) 6, South Windsor 0 (D8), forfeit Note: South Windsor actually won the game, 13-3 in 4 innings but lost on appeal when they didn't get two players into the game for the required number of innings. Thursday, July 25 Mystic 11, Norwich (D11) 1 Middletown 13, Wethersfield 3 Friday, July 26 Mystic 19, Wethersfield 6 Norwich 11, South Windsor 0 Saturday, July 27 Norwich 12, Wethersfield 4 Middletown 16, South Windsor 2 (4) Sunday, July 28 Mystic 7, South Windsor 0 Norwich 14, Middletown 8 Mystic (4-0) clinches Section II championship. |
BASEBALL Connecticut Major Division Baseball (ages 11-12) State championship (best-of-3) At Cytec Field, Wallingford Game 1, Sunday, July 28: Orange 4, Montville National 1 Game 2, Monday, July 29: Orange 9, Montville National 1 (Orange wins series, 2-0) For a history of Connecticut Little League state tournament results (Major Division baseball only) from 1957 to present, click on this link. Saturday July 20 Montville National 4, Sprague/Franklin/Canterbury 1 (8) Ellington 5, Guilford 4 Glastonbury American 6, Simsbury American 5 Sunday July 21 Montville Nationals 11, Glastonbury A. 2 Guilford 19, SFC 0 (4) Ellington 10, Simsbury American 0 (4) Monday July 22 Guilford 10, Simsbury Americans 0 Montville Nationals 1, Ellington 0 Glastonbury Americans 12, SFC 7 Wedensday July 24 SFC 5, Simsbury Americans 2 Guilford 9, Montville Nationals 0 Glastonbury Americans 6, Ellington 4 Thursday, July 25 Guilford 6, Glastonbury Amercian 3 Montville National 12, Simsbury Amer. 1 Ellington 10, SFC 0 Section II championship Friday, July 26 Montville Nationals 8, Guilford 4 For more information including time and game locations on the Section II tournament, click on the link. Section I Tournament Saturday July 20 Orange (D4) 5, Stratford National (D2) 3 Edgewood-Bristol (D5) 8, Stamford Nationals (D1) 4 Sunday, July 21 Shelton American 7, Stratford National 3 Orange def. Stamford National Monday, July 22 Shelton American 8, Stamford National 1 Edgewood 5, Orange 4 Wednesday, July 24 Orange 5, Shelton Americans 4 Stratford Nationals 3, Edgewood 0 Thursday, July 25 Stamford National 4, Stratford Nat'l 3 Edgewood 3, Shelton American 1 Friday, July 26 Section I championship Orange 12, Edgewood 2 (5) Connecticut Junior Division Baseball (ages 13-14) State Tournament At Enfield Friday, July 19 Gm 1: Cromwell (D9) 7, Burlington (D6) 2 Gm 2: Ed Walsh-Meriden (D5) def. Jewett City (D11) Gm 3: Cromwell 9, North Haven (D4) 0 Sunday, July 21 Gm 4: Windsor (D8) 4, Meriden 1 Friday, July 26 Game 5: Cromwell 5, Windsor 2 Consolation bracket Wednesday, July 24 Game 6: Meriden def. Burlington Game 7: Jewett City 3, North Haven 2 Friday, July 25 Game 8: Meriden 6, Jewett City 5 Saturday, July 27 Game 9: Windsor 7, Ed Walsh-Meriden 3 Sunday, July 28 Game 10, final: Cromwell 1, Windsor 0 (9) Connecticut Senior Division Baseball (ages 14-16) State Tournament Saturday, July 20 North Haven (D4) 7, Norwich (D11) 2 Monday, July 22 Vernon (D8) 7, North Haven 3 Thursday, July 25 North Haven 4, Norwich 1 Saturday, July 27 North Haven 3, Vernon 1 Final: North Haven 4, Vernon 1 Connecticut 9-10 Baseball (ages 9-10) State championship (best of 3) At Middletown Tuesday, July 30: Fairfield Americans 11, Simsbury 5 Wednesday, July 31: Fairfield Americans 11, Simsbury 1 (Fairfield wins series, 2-0) Section I at Bridgeport Wednesday, July 24 Stamford (D1) vs. District 2 District 3 vs. District 4 Thursday, July 25 Stamford vs. D3 D2 vs. District 5 Friday, July 26 Stamford vs. D4. D3 vs. D5 Saturday, July 27 Stamford vs. D5 D2 vs. D4 Sunday, July 28 D4 vs. D5 D2 vs. D3 Team with best record advances to state championship Section II at East Hampton Wednesday, July 24 Newington (D7) 5, Guilford (D9) 2 Simsbury (D6) 9, S. Windsor Am. (D8) 8 Mystic (D10) 9, Killingly (D11) 5 Thursday, July 25 Guilford 10, Mystic 3 Simsbury 4, Newington 2 So. Windsor American 14, Killingly 4 Friday, July 26 Newington 3, So. Windsor American 2 Simsbury 15, Mystic 9 Guilford 9, Killingly xx Saturday, July 27 Simsbury 9, Killingly 0 Newington 12, Mystic 2 So. Windsor American 11, Guilford 2 Sunday, July 28 Simsbury vs. Guilford Newington vs. Killingly So. Windsor American 13, Mystic 3 Team with best record advances to state championship If anyone has further results from the Section tournaments or the state finals, please e-mail them to ctwrestling7@yahoo.com |
2001 BASEBALL Major Div. (11-12): Yalesville Junior Div. (13-14) Norwich Senior Div. (14-16) Norwich/Taftville Age 9-10 Fairfield 2001 SOFTBALL Major Div. (11-12) Seymour Junior Div. (13-14) Bristol Senior Div. (14-16) Berlin Big League (16-18) Windsor Age 9-10 Mystic |
Major Division Softball state championship Gm. 1: Waterford South 6, Edgewood 2 NAUGATUCK, July 22 -- Brittany Connors struck out 11 and limited Edgewood-Bristol to two hits as Waterford-South took a 1-0 lead in the best of three state championship series in Little League Major Division (ages 11-12) softball. Connors took a one-hit shutout into the bottom of the sixth before giving up the two runs. At the plate, she had two hits, as did Jen Brax and Danielle Abate. Anna Levesque contributed with a run-scoring triple in a four-run fifth inning. Waterford South 100 041 -- 6-10-2 Edgewood 000 002 -- 2-2-2 WP: Connors; LP: M. Bush; 2B: Danyle Abate (W); 3B: Anna Levesque (W) Gm. 2: Waterford South 13, Edgewood 3 NAUGATUCK, July 25 -- Buoyed by an eight-run fifth inning, Waterford South swept its way to the state title with a 13-3 victory over Edgewood-Bristol at Peter Foley Stadium. "Our motto this year was to play hard from the first pitch of the game until the last pitch of the game,'' Waterford coach Don Connors told the New London Day. Waterford led 4-2 after four innings and broke the game open in the fifth. Kate Murphy had a two-run double, Jen Brax and Anna Levesque each had two-run singles and Jen Ward and Danyle Abate also drove in runs. Brittany Connors led Waterford with four hits and two runs scored and Anne Levesque had three hits and scored twice. Seymour beat Waterford South in 2001, 2-1 in the best-of-3 final. Waterford South 021 181 13-13-0 Edgewood 002 010 3-6-4 WP: Danyle Abate (W), LP: S. Farber; 2B: Anna Levesque (W) |
Tiebreakers Ties are broken based on records in head-to-head competition among tied teams. In the event of a three-way tie, the initial tie is broken based on fewest runs allowed per defensive inning played. The tie between the remaining two teams is then broken based on head-to-head record. |
State champions 2002 BASEBALL Major Div. (11-12): Orange Junior Div. (13-14): Cromwell Senior Div. (14-16) North Haven Age 9-10 Fairfield American 2002 SOFTBALL Major Div. (11-12) Waterford South Junior Div. (13-14) Bristol Senior Div. (15-16) Bristol Big League (16-18) Windsor Age 9-10 Orange |
Major Division Baseball state championship Gm. 1: Orange 4, Montville Nat'l. 1 WALLINGFORD, July 28 -- Three runs in the third inning lifted Orange to a 4-1 victory past the Montville Nationals in game 1 of the Connecticut Major Division (ages 11-12) Little League baseball championship series Sunday at Cytec Field. Nick Ferris had a RBI double to give Orange a 2-0 lead in the third before cleanup hitter Chris Migani ripped a RBI triple down the right field line for to score Ferris and a 3-0 lead. "All it takes is to get my kids riled up," Dave Migani told the New Haven Register. "Then they start to pound the ball. Our top four guys are so dangerous, it's unbelievable." Orange hurler Mike Nich allowed only four hits with his heavy dose of curveballs and changeups. He struck out 10. Montville National pitcher Patrick Quinn also struck out 10 batters but he gave up 11 hits. Montville National scored in the bottom of the sixth when a fielder's choice by Kyle Orzechowski drove in Matt Forman, who singled to start the inning. Gm. 2: Orange 9, Montville Nat'l 1 WALLINGFORD, July 29 -- A seven-run surge in the sixth inning broke open a close game and helped Orange earn its first state championship in 30 years with a 9-1 win over Montville National and a sweep of the best-of-3 finals series. Hurler Nick Shanley, pitching for only the second time in All-Star competition this month, allowed only two hits and fanned six. Montville National pitcher Taylor Lewis had a no-hitter heading into the fifth inning and a 1-0 lead thanks to a home run from teammate Kyle Orzechowski. But Orange's led off the fifth with a home run that ignited the Orange attack. Chris Peterson had a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to give Orange a 2-1 lead before the winners added seven in the sixth inning thanks to three errors and four hits. "This was like a 2-1 game, and the score doesn't reflect it," Orange manager David Migani told the New London Day. "We played great defense and started to wear the other team down like we always do. It just began to unravel for them." Orange 000 027 -- 9 7 0 Montville National 000 100 -- 1 2 5 Nick Shanley (W) and Chris Peterson; Taylor Lewis (L), A.J. Hewitt (6) and Patrick Quinn. WP: Shanley; LP: Lewis; HR: Greg Mangano (O), Kyle Orzechowski (M) |
Junior Division softball state championship Gm. 1: Bristol 6, Simsbury 5 (7) ORANGE, July 28 -- Bristol hustled to score on an appeal play in the top of the seventh inning to slip past Simsbury, 6-5 in game 1 of the Junior Division (ages 13-14) Little League softball state championship series. With the score tied 5-5 in the top of the seventh, Bristol's Samantha Gourneault walked and stole second base. She advanced to third on a fly ball to right field. But when Simsbury appealed the play at second base, claiming Gourneault left early, the Bristol runner sped home to score on a close play at the plate. Heather Magnoli had a two RBI-single for Bristol and a sacrifice fly from Kelly Owsianko. Gm. 2: Simsbury 6, Bristol 5 ORANGE, July 29 -- Behind the pitching of Tori Savino and Jocelyn Dennen, Simsbury staked out a 6-1 lead and held on to beat Bristol and tie the state championship series at 1-1. Savino and Dennen combined to allow only four hits and received some outstanding defensive plays from teammates centerfielder Mandy Hyne, second baseman Cassie Hodgson, shortstop Becca Raymond and first baseman Laura Patton. Simsbury scratched out its first run. Raymond walked, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a RBI single by Patton. Simsbury snapped a 1-1 tie in the second inning with five runs on four hits and an error. Hodgson, Hyne, Savino and Raymond each had RBI singles. Bristol closed to within a run on Samathan Gorneault's two-RBI inside-the-park home run. Gm. 3: Bristol 10, Simsbury 0 ORANGE, July 30 -- Audrey Boutin tossed a one-hit shutout as Bristol took the deciding game of the state junior division softball championship. Boutin struck out eight in the win. Bristol took a 4-0 lead after one inning, helped RBI singles by Heather Magnoli, Amy Carlson and Sarah Bianchi. Bristol improves to 9-1 in post-season play. |
Age 9-10 softball state championship Gm. 1: Mystic 9, Orange 8 (7) SEYMOUR, July 29 -- Aubrey Latham had two hits and two doubles to help lead Mystic to a 9-8 win in seven innings. Bethany McGoogan had two hits and two RBI for Mystic. Gm. 2: Orange 6, Mystic 5 SEYMOUR, July 30 -- Orange topped Mystic to force a deciding third game. Gm. 3: Orange 7, Mystic 6 SEYMOUR, July 31 -- Orange won the state title by rallying for three runs in the top of the sixth inning to take a one-run lead. Mystic rallied for four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to seize a 6-4 lead but Orange score three in the top of the sixth and held off Mystic in the bottom of the inning for the title. |
Senior division softball state championship Gm. 1: Bristol 5, Coginchaug 0 WEST HAVEN, July 29 -- Stephanie Montowski and Lauren Botteon combined to throw a no-hitter and strike out 14 as Bristol took game 1. Montowski pitched four innings with Botteon throwing two innings. Courtney Watson had two hits for Bristol which also had a two-run double from Jaime Clavette. Amanda Rios and Watson each had RBI singles while Courtney Miller had a RBI sacrifice fly. Botteon added a double. Gm. 2: Bristol 3, Coginchaug 0 WEST HAVEN, July 30 -- Lauren Botteon and Steph Montowski combined to allow only one hit and strikeout nine as Bristol swept Coginchaug to claim the state senior softball (ages 15-16) championship. With the win, Bristol improves to 9-0 in tournament play. Trish Twomey's two-RBI double in the first inning was enough for Bristol, which added an insurance run on Courtney Watson's RBI single. Twomey had twohits for Bristol, which also received hits from Sarah Clavette, Krysta Voisine and Montowski. Second baseman Amanda Rios had a strong game at second base with seven putouts. |
