SOFTBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Softball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Simsbury, Memorial Field
Friday, July 22
Middletown vs. Orange, suspended, rain
Saturday, July 23
Game 1: Orange 5, Middletown 1
Game 2: Orange 13, Middletown 1
Orange 5, Middletown 1
SIMSBURY, July 23 – A thunderstorm that took down a tree close to Memorial Field on Friday night just delayed the inevitable. The game was suspended after three innings and completed on Saturday with Orange taking the opening game in the best-of-3 final.
Orange 13, Middletown 1
SIMSBURY, July 23 – Orange pitcher Lorie Borelli pitched a no-hitter, striking out six and walking one as Orange swept Middletown, 13-1, to win the state championship for the second straight year. "Lorie’s been doing this now for four years," Orange manager Ken Slowik told the New Haven Register. "She’s been the horse." A nine-run first inning separated Orange from Middletown. Jennifer Post, Cassie Slowik and Katie Winkle each had two-RBI singles. "We got off to a quick start,” Ken Slowik said. “To be honest with you, I was waiting for our team to have some innings like that. We’re capable of having innings like that.” Middletown didn’t help by walking three batters, hitting two and committing two errors.
Section II Tournament
At Middletown (Snow School)
and Firemen's Field, Old Saybrook
Thursday, July 14
Waterford So. (D10) 10, Jewett City (D11) 0
South Windsor (D8) 15, Middletown (D9) 10
Granby (D6) 5, Wethersfield (D7) 3
Friday, July 15
Middletown 4, Waterford South 0
South Windsor 16, Granby 5
Jewett City 16, Wethersfield 6
Saturday, July 16
Waterford South 11, Wethersfield 1
Middletown 15, Granby 8
South Windsor 5, Jewett City 3
Sunday, July 17
Waterford South 2, Granby 0
Middletown 12, Jewett City 3
South Windsor 19, Wethersfield 7
Monday, July 18
South Windsor 8, Waterford South 7
Middletown 7, Wethersfield 6
Jewett City 7, Granby 1
Wednesday, July 20
Championship: Middletown 7, South Windsor 3
Section I Tournament
At Orange
Friday, July 15
Seymour (D3) 6, Fairfield (D 1-2) 5
Orange (D4) 2, Bristol (D5) 0
Saturday, July 16
Bristol 10, Seymour 0 (5)
Orange 13, Fairfield 3 (5)
Sunday, July 17
Bristol 6, Fairfield 4
Orange 4, Seymour 2
Wednesday, July 20
Championship: Orange 4, Bristol 3
Connecticut Junior Division
Softball (ages 13-14)
State Championship
Best-of-3 Series
At Middletown, Snow School
Monday, August 1
Game 1: West Shore 10, Vernon 0
Tuesday, August 2
Game 2: West Shore 9, Vernon 1
Section I
At Nelligan Field, Ansonia
Sunday, July 24
Seymour (D3) 11, Fairfield (D1-2) 1
West Shore (D4) 4, Bristol (D5) 1
Tuesday, July 26
West Shore 11, Fairfield 0
Seymour 4, Bristol 2
Wednesday, July 27
Milford 17, Seymour 0
West Shore vs. Bristol, cancelled
Saturday, July 30
Championship: West Shore 10, Seymour 0 (5)
Section II
Sunday, July 24
At Lisa Detrick Field, Waterford
Plainfield/Moosup/Jewett City (D11) 5, Wethersfield (D7) 4
Waterford (D10) 5, Vernon (D8) 2
Monday, July 25
At Veterans Field, East Lyme
Plainfield/Moosup/Jewett City 3, Middletown (D9) 1
Waterford 11, Wethersfield 1
Tuesday, July 26
At Veterans Field, East Lyme
Vernon 10, Plainfield/Moosup/Jewett 0 (5)
Middletown 6, Wethersfield 3
Wednesday, July 27
At Veterans Field, East Lyme
Waterford 4, Middletown 3
Vernon 10, Wethersfield 0
Thursday, July 28
At Veterans Field, East Lyme
Waterford 6, Plainfield/Moosup/Jewett City 1 Vernon 17, Middletown 6
Saturday, July 29
At Lisa Detrick Field, Waterford
Championship: Vernon 8, Waterford 6
Connecticut Senior League
Softball (ages 14-16)
State Championship
At Orange, Stankeye Field
Monday, July 11
Waterford (D10) 14, Middletown (D9) 4, (5)
Seymour (D3) 6, East Shore (D4) 1 (7)
Tuesday, July 12
Bristol (D5) 10, Seymour 3 (7)
Middletown 6, Killingly/Brooklyn (D11) 1
Wednesday, July 13
Waterford (D10) 2, Killingly/Brooklyn 1
Bristol (D5) 11, East Shore (D4) 1
Friday, July 15
Best of 3 championship
Game 1: Bristol 6, Waterford 0
Saturday, July 16
Game 2: Bristol 10, Waterford 0
Bristol 10, Waterford 0
ORANGE, July 16 -- Sara Plourde pitched a perfect game to lead Bristol to a sweep of Waterford and the state championship. Plourde retired all 15 batters she faced and fanned 10. Bristol didn’t allow a run in the finals.
Bristol 6, Waterford 0
ORANGE, July 15 – Hard-hitting Bristol blanked Waterford to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 state championship series. Bristol took a three-run lead in the fourth inning on an RBI double from Plourde and RBI singles from Kim Currry and Marissa Sesto. An RBI double from Plourde and Tracy Burkhardt added two more runs for Bristol. Plourde combined with Mary Bush to allow just three hits and strike out 13. In earlier state tournament games, Bush allowed just three hits and fanned three in a 10-3 win over Seymour while Plourde had 21 strikeouts and tossed a no-hitter in an 11-1 win over East Shore in eight innings.
Connecticut Big League
Softball (ages 16-18)
State Championship
At Wallingford
Tuesday, July 12
Game 1: District Ten 4, Simsbury (D6) 2
Wednesday, July 13
Game 2: Bristol (D5) 1, District Ten 0 (10)
Thursday, July 14
Game 3: District Ten 3, Simsbury (D6) 2
Championship, Best of 3
Monday, July 19
Game 1: Bristol 7, District Ten 0
Tuesday, July 19
Game 2: District Ten 7, Bristol 4
Wednesday, July 20
Game 3: Bristol 10, District Ten 0
Connecticut Minor Division
Softball (age 11)
State Championship
At Orange
Tuesday, July 19
Bristol (D5) 18, Fairfield (D2) 3
Rocky Hill (D7) 12, Orange (D4) 1
Thursday, July 21
Rocky Hill 14, Bristol 1 (4)
Waterford South (D10) 19, Orange 9
Friday, July 22
Rocky Hill 8, Waterford South 5
Orange 16, Fairfield 11
Saturday, July 23
Fairfield 13, Waterford South 12
Bristol 39, Orange 9
Sunday, July 24
Rocky Hill 25, Fairfield 3
Bristol 13, Waterford South 5
Championship series
Thursday, July 28
At Newington, Volunteer Field
Game 1: Bristol 13, Rocky Hill 10
Friday, July 29
At Newington, Volunteer Field
Game 2: Rocky Hill 17, Bristol 10
Saturday, July 30
At Newington, Volunteer Field
Game 3: Bristol 11, Rocky Hill 9
Bristol 11, Rocky Hill 9
NEWINGTON, July 30 – An RBI triple from Liz Burrell in the top of the sixth inning drove in two runs to lift Bristol past Rocky Hill, 11-9 in game 3 of the softball Minor Division (age 11) state championship series. Burrell score on a sacrifice bunt. Emily Cintorino pitched a strong game for Bristoll, including a scoreless sixth to win the game.
Rocky Hill led 3-1 but Bristol scored seven runs in the top of the 3rd, sparked by key hits from Nicole Solleck, Kristi Benvenuto (2-for-4, 2 RBI) and Burell (4-4, 2 RBI). Rocky Hill battled back to tie the game at 9-9. In the sixth, Vanessa Cotton (2-4) drew a leadoff walk and scored on Burrell’s triple. Burell scored on a sacrifice bunt.
Rocky HIll 17, Bristol 10
NEWINGTON, July 30 – Rocky Hill P Christie Fiori struck out nine and had two hits and 3 RBI to help Rocky Hill even the series at 1-1 with a 17-10 victory. She allowed just one hit and one earned run over the final three innings. Erin Weber scored four times and had 3 hits for Rocky Hill while SS Emily Thompson had a two-RBI double. Nicole Solleck was 2-for-5 for Bristol while Alyssa Rivera scored three runs.
Bristol 13, Rocky Hill 10
NEWINGTON, July 29 – Bristol rallied from an early 6-1 deficit to win game one. In the fourth, Kaleigh Paccioretti had a 1-out single and Jessica Morelli walked. Paige Summer’s RBI single to center and Casey Bayne’s two-RBI single up the middle but Bristol in front for good. Emily Cintorino had 11 strikeouts on the mound for Bristol. Nicole Solleck (2-5, 3 RBI) and Vanessa Cotton (2-3, 2 RBI) also played well for Bristol.
Connecticut 9-10
Softball (ages 9-10)
State Championship
Best-of-3 series
At Pragmann Park, Wallingford
Friday, July 29
Game 1: Orange 20, Waterford South 2 (4)
Saturday, July 30
Game 2: Orange 14, Waterford South 8
Orange 14, Waterford South 8
WALLINGFORD, July 30 – Orange won its third 9-10 state championship in the last four years with a 14-8 victory over Waterford South Saturday to sweep the best-of-3 championship series. Strong hitting from Rebecca Denny, Nicole Gherlone and Amanda Meade, Jacqui Ferraiolo and Kristin Post added to Orange's offense with key hits to keep Orange ahead. P Kristin Post went the distance for Orange, improving to 6-0 this summer. Kate Haff singled and scored twice for Waterford South while Jamie Dahl scored twice.
Orange 20, Waterford South 2 (4)
WALLINGFORD, July 29 – Orange scored 14 runs in the top of the first inning and went through the batting order three times in a 20-2 win in 4 innings over Waterford South in game 1 of the state championship. Amanda Meade had four hits for Orange while Kristin Post, Alli Mauer and Jacqui Ferraiolo each had multiple hits. Ferraiolo struck out 11 on the mound for Orange and improved to 5-1 this summer. Orange won its fourth straight game. Kelsey Matthews and Alyssa Hancock had singles for Waterford South. The series is a rematch of last year's final won by Waterford South in three games.
Section I
At Naugatuck High
Thursday, July 21
Trumbull (D2) 11, Union City (D3) 7
Wallingford (D5) 5, Orange (D4) 1
Friday, July 22
Orange 8, Trumbull 5
Union City 14, Wallingford 7
Sunday, July 24
Trumbull 8, Wallingford 7
Orange 8, Union City 5
Tuesday, July 26
Championship: Orange 3, Trumbull 2
Section II
At Rocky Hill
Thursday, July 21
Simsbury (D6) 6, Rocky Hill (D7) 5
East Haddam (D9) 6, Windsor (D8) 3
Waterford South (D10) 13, SFC (D11) 4
Friday, July 22
East Haddam 11, Simsbury 1
Waterford South 24, Rocky Hill 10
Windsor 14, SFC 13
Saturday, July 23
East Haddam 17, SFC 1
Rocky Hill 16, Windsor 6
Waterford South 13, Simsbury 3
Sunday, July 24
Windsor 23, Simsbury 18
Waterford South 26, East Haddam 10
Rocky Hill 12, SFC 2
Tuesday, July 26
Waterford South 22, East Haddam 7
Simsbury 10, SFC 8
Rocky Hill 16, Windsor 6
Wednesday, July 27
Championship: Waterford South 4, East Haddam 3 (7)
District 11: SFC (Sprague/Franklin/Canterbury)
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BASEBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Baseball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Dettore Field
Northwest Park, Manchester
Friday, July 29
Game 1: Farmington 2, Glastonbury National 1
Saturday, July 30
Game 2: Farmington 3, Glastonbury National 2
Farmington 3, Glastonbury Nationals 2
MANCHESTER, July 30 – A hit batter, wild pitch and sacrifice fly from Carlson Helms in the fifth gave Farmington enough to slip past Glastonbury Nationals, 3-2 and capture its first-ever Little League Major Division (ages 11-12) baseball state championship. Pitcher Brian Cohan went the distance for Farmington, allowing five hits. Farmington (13-2) erased a 2-0 lead with a 3-run fifth inning. "Our defense was unbelievable," Farmington coach Bill Spracklin told The Herald Press. "Everybody ..played great. The shortstops were unbelievable ..We said all year that pitching and defense were the most important thing. We’re going to score enough runs if we pitch and play defense." Christian Dubay was 3-for-3 at the plate for Farmington, including a hustling single in the fifth to start the winning rally. Jason Sutkowski had a two-run HR for Glastonbury (12-2) in the third.
Farmington 2, Glastonbury Nationals 1
MANCHESTER, July 29 – David Wiegard struck out six and allowed only two hits as Farmington topped Glastonbury Nationals, 2-1 in game 1 of the best-of-3 finals. Glastonbury (12-1) took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning on a solo home run from Jason Sutkowski.
But Farmington (12-2) quickly responded in the bottom of the fourth. Christian Dubay led off with a double and took third with a wild pitch. With one out, Sean Haggerty walked and stole second. Both runners scored on a two-RBI single from Anthony Perri. Wiegard didn’t allow a baserunner in the final two innings.
"Our motto this year is pitching and defense," Farmington coach Bill Spracklin told The New Britain Herald. "We’re a good hitting club, but when we lost the game (in the sectional tournament) to Shelton, we didn’t play defense. If you pitch and play defense, you’ll win most of the time."
Section II Tournament
Tuesday, July 19
Glastonbury Natl (D7) 10, Waterford North (D10) 3
Avon (D6) 11, Thompson (D11) 1
Vernon (D8) 6, Coginchaug (D9) 0
Wednesday, July 20
Avon 1, Coginchaug (D9) 0
Vernon (D8) 13, Waterford North (D10) 4
Glastonbury Natl (D7) 7, Thompson 1
Friday, July 22
Glastonbury National 9, Vermon 1
Thompson 6, Coginchaug 1
Waterford North 6, Avon 2
Saturday, July 23
Thompson 2, Waterford North 1
Glastonbury National 9, Coginchaug 5
Vernon 4, Avon 3
Sunday, July 24
Thompson 6, Vernon 3
Glastonbury National 6, Avon 5 (7)
Waterford North 9, Coginchaug 0
Standings: Glastonbury National 5-0, Vernon 3-2, Thompson 3-2, Avon 2-3, Waterford North 2-3, Coginchaug 0-5
Tuesday, July 26
Championship: Glastonbury National 8, Thompson 0
Section I Tournament
At Sunnyside School, Shelton
Tuesday, July 19
Milford Natl (D4) 10, Ridgefield Natl (D1) 1 Shelton Natl (D3) 1, Fairfield Amer. (D2) 0
Wednesday, July 20
Farmington (D5) 11, Ridgefield Natl (D1) 5
Milford Natl (D4) 13, Fairfield Amer. (D2) 5
Friday, July 22
Farmington 12, Fairfield American 2
Milford National 5, Shelton National 3
Saturday, July 23
At Nike Site, Shelton
Fairfield Amer. 5, Ridgefield Natl 4 (14)
Shelton National 8, Farmington 0
Sunday, July 24
At Nike Site, Shelton
Farmington 3, Milford National 0
Ridgefield National vs. Shelton National, 8
Tuesday, July 26
At Sunnyside School, Shelton
Championship: Farmington 3, Shelton National 2
Connecticut Junior Division
Baseball (ages 13-14)
State Tournament
At Max Sinoway LL, North Haven
Friday, July 22
Game 1: Plainville (D5) 3, Granby (D6) 0
Game 2: West Haven (D4) 6, Bridgeport West End (D2) 0
Saturday, July 23
Game 3: Killingly (D10/D11) 6, Tolland (D8) 2
Game 4: Plainville 4, Middletown (D9) 3
Sunday, July 24
Game 5: West Haven 11, Killingly 1
Game 6: Tolland 1, Bridgeport NE 0
Monday, July 25
Game 7: Killingly 15, Granby 5
Game 8: Tolland 6, Middletown 5
Tuesday, July 26
Game 9: West Haven 8, Plainville 2
Game 10: Killingly 7, Tolland 2
Thursday, July 28
Game 11: Killingly 2, Plainville 1 (9)
Friday, July 29
Championship: West Haven 3, Killingly 2 (8)
West Haven 3, Killingly 2 (8)
NORTH HAVEN – West Haven won the state championship with a 3-2 win over defending champion Killingly in eight innings. Sean Brackett and Ryan Lefevre each had RBI singles for Killingly. Lefevre allowed two runs on three hits and walked two in seven innings of relief. He had two hits.
Killingly 2, Plainville 1 (9)
NORTH HAVEN, July 28 -- Defending champion Killingly received a two-out RBI single from Randy Ortiz in the top of the 9th to eliminate Plainville, 2-1 and earn a spot in the final. Drew Wilcox had a single and RBI double. P Randy Waterman fanned six and allowed just four hits. In the ninth, Connor Rochefort walked, moved to second on a Sean Brackett single and scored on Ortiz’s hit.
Connecticut Senior Division
Baseball (ages 14-16)
State Tournament
At South Windsor, Rotary Field
Monday, July 25
Game 1: Max Sinoway-North Haven (D4) 9, North End-Bridgeport (D2) 0
Game 2: Pawcatuck/North Stonington (D10) 12, Ed Walsh-Meriden (D5) 11
Tuesday, July 26
Game 3: Max Sinoway 7, Stafford (D8) 0
Game 4: North End 7, Ed Walsh 6
Wednesday, July 27
Game 5: Max Sinoway def. Pawcatuck
Game 6: North End 7, Stafford 6
Thursday, July 28
Game 7: Pawcatuck 12, North End 6
Saturday, July 30
Game 8, championship: Max Sinoway def. Pawcatuck
Connecticut Minor Division
Baseball (age 11)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Orange
Saturday, July 30
Game 1: Hamden 2, Glastonbury Americans 1
Sunday, July 31
Game 2: Glastonbury Americans 5, Hamden 4 (7)
Monday, August 1
Game 3: Hamden 4, Glastonbury 1
Hamden 4, Glastonbury American 1
ORANGE, Aug. 1 -- Matt Elia pitched a complete game as Hamden Fathers beat Glastonbury American, 4-1 in the decisive game 3. Elia had a single and 1 RBI while Mike Franco had a double. Glastonbury forced game 3 with a 5-4 win in 7 innings in game 2. C.J. Carignan had a single and scored a run in game 3. SS Brian Rhone and 3B Erin Moskal played well for Hamden.
Hamden went 17-3 this summer in just 26 days. They outscored their opponents, 167-40. Carignan (P/2B) led the team in hitting with a .614 average. Other top hitters included SS Rhone (.483), 1B/P Elia (.466) and CF/C Brandon Dadio (.451). On the mound, Moskal was 8-0, Carignan was 6-2 and Elia was 3-1.
Section II Tournament
At Avon
Thursday, July 21
Glastonbury American (D7) 4, Avon (D6) 1
Ellington (D8) 5 , Madison Amer. (D9) 2
Pawcatuck (D10) 13, Jewett City (D11) 9
Friday, July 22
Ellington 11, Avon 0
Glastonbury Amer. 10, Jewett City 0
Saturday, July 23
Madison American 16, Pawcatuck 11
Sunday, July 24
Madison American 2, Avon 1
Glastonbury Amer. 11, Pawcatuck 2
Ellington 14, Jewett City 2
Monday, July 25
Avon 7, Pawcatuck 1
Ellington 10, Glastonbury American 7
Madison American 8, Jewett City 4
Tuesday, July 26
Avon 19, Jewett City 5
Glastonbury American 19, Madison American 1
Ellington 8, Pawcatuck 0
Thursday, July 28
Championship: Glastonbury American 6, Ellington 1
Section I Tournament
Thursday, July 21
Shelton American (D3) 12, Trumbull National (D2) 4
Hamden (D4) 6, North Stamford (D1) 3
Friday, July 22
Trumbull National 7, Hamden 3
Southington North (D5) 4, No. Stamford 3
Sunday, July 24
Hamden 16, Southington North 2
Shelton American 3, North Stamford 2
Monday, July 25
Trumbull National 5, North Stamford 2
Shelton American 7, Southington North 3
Tuesday, July 26
Southington North 10, Trumbull National 2
Hamden 7, Shelton American 1
Thursday, July 28
Championship: Hamden 16, Shelton American 6 (4)
Connecticut 9-10
Baseball (ages 9-10)
State Championship
At Burlington
Friday, July 29
Game 1: Shelton National 6, Guilford 1
Saturday, July 30
Game 2: Shelton National 7, Guilford 3
Shelton Nationals 7, Guilford 3
BURLINGTON, July 30 -- Shelton National rode the hitting of Bryan Kondor, Vinny Backert and Matt Batten and the solid pitching of Ryan Gless and Backert to win the 9-10 state championship for the first time.
Shelton Nationals 6, Guilford 1
BURLINGTON, July 29 -- Bryan Kondor had two hits, Matt Batten scored twice and Jacob Lennertz pitched four strong innings as Shelton National beat Guilford 6-1in game one of the best-of-3 state finals.
Section I
At Unity Park, Trumbull
District 1: North Stamford
District 2: Fairfield American
District 3: Shelton National
District 4: Branford
District 5: Southington West
Wednesday, July 20
Branford 10, North Stamford 1
Shelton National 3, Fairfield American 2
Thursday, July 21
Southington West 11, No. Stamford 1 (4)
Fairfield American 7, Branford 2
Saturday, July 23
Branford 2, Southington West 1
Shelton National 4, North Stamford 3
Sunday, July 24
North Stamford vs. Fairfield American
Shelton National vs. Southington West
Monday, July 25
Southington West 11, Fairfield Amer. 1 (5)
Shelton National 6, Branford 4
Thursday, July 28
Championship: Shelton National 11, . Southington West 1
Section II
At Windsor Locks, Pesci Field
At East Windsor, Osborne Field
Wednesday, July 20
Simsbury American (D6) 8, Glastonbury National (D7) 7
Ellington (D8) 5, Guilford (D9) 4
New London American (D10) 7, Mansfield (D11) 6
Thursday, July 21
Guilford 11, New London American 1 (4)
Simsbury American 8, Ellington 5
Mansfield 8, Glastonbury National 5
Saturday, July 23
Guilford 5, Simsbury American 3
Ellington 10, Mansfield 0
New London American 6, Glastonbury National 2
Sunday, July 24
Simsbury American 6, New London American 2
Guilford 14, Mansfield 2 (5)
Ellington 9, Glastonbury National 1
Monday, July 25
Guilford 9, Glastonbury National 4
Ellington 8, New London American 6
Mansfield 10, Simsbury American 7
Thursday, July 28
Championship: Guilford 5, Ellington 0
If anyone has further results from the Section tournaments or the state finals, please
e-mail them to ctwrestling7@yahoo.com
