SOFTBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Softball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At East Hampton (D9)
Friday, July 18
Game 1: Waterford South 5, Bristol 0
Saturday, July 19
Game 2: Bristol 5, Waterford South 1
Sunday, July 20
Game 3: Waterford South 1, Bristol 0
Waterford South 1, Bristol 0
EAST HAMPTON, July 20 – Katelyn Huff’s RBI double in the fifth inning lifted Waterford South to its third straight state championship with a 1-0 win over Bristol in game 3. Kelley Dugan scored from second base.
Bristol rallied in the fifth, loading the bases with no outs on a pair of infield singles and a walk. But Waterford P Megan Spellman struck out the side to end the threat. She struck out 12 and allowed just three hits. “(Assistant coach) Gregg (Swanson) and I were talking before the game and we knew it would be one run,” Waterford manager Denise Spellman told the New London Day. “We just hoped it would be ours. ... How about Megan getting out of bases loaded, no outs? Are you kidding me? That was great. Megan pitched a great game.”
Waterford South 5, Bristol 0
EAST HAMPTON, July 18 -- Waterford South’s Megan Spellman struck out 12 and allowed just two hits as Waterford took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-3 championship series with a 5-0 win over previously undefeated Bristol (10-1). "She's been doing a great job. She goes out there every day and does the best she can do," Waterford South manager Denise Spellman told the Bristol Press. "They all work very hard, and we actually have a lot of fun doing it, too."
Waterford South scored one run in the second inning when Elaina Sullivan walked and later came home on a groundout by Kelsey Matthews. They added a second run in the third inning when Marisa Boch bunted for a leadoff single and came around on an RBI single by Spellman. Megan Elphick was 2-for-2 with two runs scored. Four errors hurt Bristol, which never advanced a runner past second base.
Section II Tournament
At Simsbury (D6)
Thursday, July 10
Simsbury (D6) 7, Rocky Hill (D7) 5
Ellington (D8) 8, Middletown (D9) 0
Waterford South (D10) 10, Jewett City (D11) 0
Friday, July 11
Ellington (D8) 7, Simsbury 3
Rocky Hill (D7) 12, Jewett CIty 9
Waterford South 13, Middletown 0
Saturday, July 12
Simsbury 4, Middletown 3
Waterford South 6, Rocky Hill 5
Ellington (D8) 10, Jewett City 4
Sunday, July 13
Waterford South 6, Simsbury 2
Ellington 7, Rocky Hill 3
Jewett City 15, Middletown 5
Monday, July 14
Jewett City def. Simsbury
Rocky Hill 12, Middletown 2 (4)
Ellington 9, Waterford South 6
Wednesday, July 16
Championship: Waterford South 4, Ellington 0
Thursday, July 10
Bristol (D5) 9, Seymour (D3) 0
North Branford (D4) 11, Redding (D1) 6
Friday, July 11
Seymour (D3) 3, Monroe (D2) 1
Bristol (D5) 9, North Branford (D4) 4
Saturday, July 12
Bristol 12, Redding 1 (4)
North Branford 8, Monroe 1
Sunday, July 13
Bristol 6, Monroe 3
Seymour 4, Redding 3
Monday, July 14
Seymour 10, North Branford 1
Monroe 14, Redding 6
Wednesday, July 16
Championship: Bristol 3, Seymour 0
Connecticut Junior Division
Softball (ages 13-14)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Wilton Middlebrook, Darien HS
Tuesday, July 15
Game 1: Waterford 10, Oxford 3
Wednesday, July 16
Game 2: Oxford 2, Waterford 1
Thursday, July 17
Game 3: Waterford 2, Oxford 0
Waterford 2, Oxford 0
DARIEN, July 17 -- Sage Bagwell had a single and RBI while Megan Duplice added an RBI single as Waterford beat Oxford, 2-0 in the decisive game 3 to win their third state title in five years. Erin Miller picked up the win on the mound. Waterford also won in 2006 and 2004.
Section II Tournament
At Rocky Hill and Newington (D7)
Sunday, July 6
Waterford 10, Haddam (D9) 8
Rocky Hill (D7) def. Ellington (D8)
Monday, July 7
Waterford 26, Ellington 6
Rocky Hill (D7) 4, Moosup/Plainfield (D11) 1
Tuesday, July 8
Ellington 9, Haddam 8
Waterford 12, Moosup/Plainfield 2
Wednesday, July 9
Rocky Hill 11, Waterford 1 (5)
Ellington 6, Moosup/Plainfield 5
Thursday, July 10
Rocky Hill (D7) def. Haddam
Saturday, July 12
Championship: Waterford 7, Rocky Hill 5
Section I Tournament
At Wilton and Darien (D1)
Sunday, July 6
Black Rock (D2) 11, Bristol (D5) 8
Oxford (D3) 13, Ridgefield (D1) 3
Monday, July 7
Ridgefield 25, Black Rock 8
West Haven (D4) 9, Oxford 7
Tuesday, July 8
Oxford 13, Bristol 6
West Haven 14, Ridgefield 2
Wednesday, July 9
West Haven 11, Bristol 2
Oxford 8, Black Rock 2
Thursday, July 10
Ridgefield 11, Bristol 3
West Haven 22, Black Rock 3
Monday, July 14
Championship: Oxford 10, West Haven 4
Connecticut Senior League
Softball (ages 14-16)
State Tournament
At Waterford South (D10)
Monday, July 7
Game 1: Rocky Hill (D7) 9, Middletown (D9) 6
Game 2: Waterford (D10) 3, Wallingford (D5) 1
Tuesday, July 8
Game 3: Wallingford 10, Middletown (D9) 2
Game 4: Waterford 14, Rocky Hill 2 (5)
Wednesday, July 9
Game 5: Waterford 7, Middletown 3
Game 6: Wallingford def. Rocky Hill
Wednesday, July 16
Best of 3 championship
Game 1: Wallingford 7, Waterford 1
Game 2: Wallingford 12, Waterford 2
Wallingford 7-12, Waterford 1-2
WATERFORD, July 16 -- Wallingford (4-1) avenged an earlier two-run loss to host Waterford and swept a doubleheader Wednesday to win its first Senior League state championship with wins of 7-1 and 12-2.
Connecticut Big League
Softball (ages 16-18)
District 3 and District 4 will represent Connecticut at New England regional at West Haven
Connecticut Minor Division
Softball (age 11)
Tuesday, July 15
Milford (D4) 21, Redding (D1) 4 (5)
Seymour (D3) 19, Bristol (D5) 18
East Hartford (D7) 5, Fairfield (D2) 4
Wednesday, July 16
Milford 14, Seymour 5
East Hartford 9, Jewett City (D11) 0
Bristol 11, Fairfield 10
Thursday, July 17
Seymour 19, Redding 1 (4)
Fairfield 29, Jewett City 1 (4)
East Hartford 10, Bristol 8
Friday, July 18
Milford 9, Fairfield 5
Bristol 12, Redding 2
Seymour 6, Jewett City 3
Saturday, July 19
East Hartford 10, Milford 4
Fairfield 20, Redding 0 (4)
Bristol 25, Jewett City 5 (4)
Sunday, July 20
Milford 11, Jewett City 1
East Hartford 35, Redding 7 (4)
Seymour 17, Fairfield 16 (7)
Monday, July 21
Bristol 5, Milford 2
Jewett City 21, Redding 4
East Hartford 16, Seymour 5
Best of 3 championship
Friday, July 25
Game 1: Milford 5, East Hartford 4
Saturday, July 26
Game 2: East Hartford 5, Milford 4
Monday, July 28
Game 3: Milford 5, East Hartford 0
Connecticut 9-10
Softball (ages 9-10)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Windsor Locks (D8)
Saturday, July 26
Game 1: Wallingford 7, Waterford South 5
Monday, July 28
Game 2: Wallingford 9, Waterford South 2
Section II Tournament
At Norwich/Taftville and Moosup (D11)
Thursday, July 17
Rocky Hill (D7) 12, Granby (D6) 3
Manchester (D8) 13, Clinton (D9) 3
Waterford South (D10) 9, Killingly (D11) 3
Friday, July 18
Manchester 7, Granby 6
Waterford South 17, Clinton 11
Rocky Hill 5, Killingly 3
Saturday, July 19
Waterford South 8, Rocky Hill 2
Killingly 6, Manchester 5
Clinton 18, Granby 2 (4)
Sunday, July 20
Granby 8, Waterford South 7
Manchester 12, Rocky Hill 2
Killingly 9, Clinton 8
Monday, July 21
Clinton 9, Rocky Hill 8
Killingly 7, Granby 3
Waterford South 10, Manchester 9
Wednesday, July 23
Championship: Waterford South 15, Killingly 4
Section I Tournament
At Pragemann Park, Wallingford (D5)
Thursday, July 17
Shelton (D3) 10, Darien (D1) 3
Wallingford (D5) 12, East Haven (D4) 5
Friday, July 18
East Haven (D4) 7, Darien (D1) 6
Black Rock (D2) 18, Shelton (D3) 4 (4)
Sunday, July 20
Black Rock 7, Darien 6
Wallingford 2, Shelton 1
Monday, July 21
Black Rock 12, East Haven 1
Wallingford 4, Daren 3
Tuesday, July 22
Wallingford (D5) 14, Black Rock (D2) 12
East Haven (D4) 6, Shelton (D3) 5
Friday, July 25
Championship: Wallingford 3, Black Rock 1
BASEBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Baseball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Thompson (D11)
Saturday, July 26
Game 1: Shelton National 7, Ellington 0
Sunday, July 27
Game 2: Shelton National 10, Ellington 0
Shelton National 7, Ellington 0
THOMPSON, July 26 – Eddie Kochkiss hit pair of two-run homers and drove in 5 runs to lead Shelton National to a 7-0 win over Ellington in game 1 of the best-of-3 state final. P Tyler Tice struck out 9 and scattered two hits over six innings for Shelton. Ellington had a chance to take the early lead when P Justin Oliver singled and Drew Cohen reached on an error but a Shelton double ended the inning.
Shelton took a 2-0 lead in the third when Marcelo Ursini (2-3) singled and Kochkiss homered. In the third, Kochiss (3-3) and Bobby Moretti each had RBI singles while Pat Murphy had an RBI groundout for a 5-0 lead. In the fifth, Moretti hit a double and Kochiss hit his second HR.
Shelton National is looking to be the first team to win back-to-back state titles since Stamford Federal League in 1981 and 1982. Connecticut didn't have a state champion from 1987-92 when they sent two teams to the New England regionals.
Section II Tournament
Hosted by District 7
Tuesday, July 15
Cromwell (D9) 8, Ellington (D8) 7
Burlington (D6) 3, Glastonbury National (D7) 1 (8)
Mansfield (D11) 9, Colchester (D10) 8
Wednesday, July 16
Glastonbury 2, Mansfield 0
Cromwell 4, Colchester 0
Ellington 7, Burlington 1
Friday, July 18
Glastonbury National 5, Colchester 1
Ellington 8, Mansfield 4
Cromwell 9, Burlington 4
Saturday, July 19
Cromwell 2, Mansfield 0
Glastonbury National 5, Ellington 3
Colchester def. Burlington
Sunday, July 20
Ellington 9, Colchester 4
Burlington def. Mansfield
Cromwell def. Glastonbury National
Tuesday, July 22
Championship: Ellington 3, Glastonbury National 2
Section I Tournament
Hosted by District 1
Tuesday, July 15
at Stamford National-Lione
Springdale (D1) 5, North Branford (D4) 0
Shelton National (D3) 16, Fairfield American (D2) 0 (4)
Wednesday, July 16 at Springdale
Bristol's McCabe-Waters (D5) 3, Springdale 2
Fairfield Amer. (D2) 7, No. Branford (D4) 6
Friday, July 18 at Wilton
McCabe-Waters 13, Fairfield American 5
Shelton National 7, North Branford 1
Saturday, July 19 at Stamford Federal
Springdale 4, Fairfield American 1
Shelton National 4, McCabe-Waters 1
Sunday, July 20 at Darien
Springdale 8, Shelton National 5
McCabe-Waters 13, North Branford 3 (5)
Tuesday, July 22 at North Stamford
Championship: Shelton National 3, Springdale 0
Connecticut Junior Division
Baseball (ages 13-14)
State Tournament
At Tolland (D8)
Saturday, July 19
Game 1: Plainville (D5) 5, Pawcatuck (D10) 1
Game 2: Haddam (D9) 9, Max Sinoway-North Haven (D4) 8
Sunday, July 20
Game 3: Plainville (D5) 8, Ellington (D8) 6
Game 4: Haddam 8, Killingly (D11) 7
Tuesday, July 22
Game 5: Killingly (D11) 4, Pawcatuck 2
Game 6: Ellington 29, Max Sinoway 7
Wednesday, July 23
Game 7: Plainville 13, Haddam 2
Friday, July 25
Game 8: Ellington 10, Killingly 0
Saturday, July 26
Game 9: Ellington 15, Haddam 3
Monday, July 28
Game 10: Championship: Ellington 9, Plainville 2
Tuesday, July 29
Game 11: Championship, Plainville 5, Ellington 3
Plainville 5, Ellington 3
TOLLAND, July 29 – After having its seven-game winning streak stopped on Monday night, Plainville (8-1) scored five runs in the first two innings and held on to beat Ellington to win the state title. Ellington left 11 men on base, leaving the bases loaded once and leaving two men on base on four other occasions. “You can’t score three runs and expect to win a state tournament game,” Ellington manager Brian Janiga told the Journal Inquirer. “We were averaging nine or 10 runs a game up to this game. We just didn’t make the most of our opportunities.”
Plainville led 2-0 after one inning and 5-0 after two. Pitchers Tom Dinda and Branden Dalena combined to limit Ellington just five hits. For Plainville, Nick Moshier had three hits and scored two runs. Ellington’s Mike Cleary came into the game in the second inning in relief of starter Jake Gagne and pitched well. He allowed three hits, no runs, and didn’t walk a batter. Cleary had two of Ellington’s five hits.
Connecticut Senior Division
Baseball (ages 14-16)
State Tournament
At Somers
Friday, July 25
Game 1: Tolland (D8) 9, Pawcatuck (D10) 7
Saturday, July 26
Game 2: Brooklyn/Killingly (D11) 6, Jack Berry-Meriden (D5) 4
Monday, July 28
At Cross Farms Field, Tolland
Game 3: Brooklyn/Killingly 3, Tolland 1
Game 4: Jack Berry 4, Pawcatuck 1
Tuesday, July 29
Game 5: Jack Berry 10, Tolland 2
Wednesday, July 30
Game 6: Championship: Jack Berry-Meriden 10, Brooklyn-Killingly 9
Thursday, July 31
Game 7: Championship: Brooklyn-Killingly 6, Jack Berry 4
Jack Berry 10, Killingly/Brookyn 9
SOMERS, July 30 – Meriden’s Jack Berry built a nine-run lead in the second inning and held off a furious rally by Killingly-Brooklyn to win 10-9 and force a decisive championship game in the Senior League state tournament. Jack Berry scored nine times in the second inning, sparked by home runs from Mickey Serrano, Eddie Media and Trever Rivera along with an RBI double from Tony Rosado.
Killingly/Brooklyn got on the scoreboard in the third with a pair of runs and scored five times in the fifth inning. Mike Farquharson had a two-run double, Dan Jones added an RBI single, and both Dan Pontrelli and Tom Burkart drew bases-loaded walks. Jack Berry survived despite giving up 14 walks. Killingly/Brooklyn had two runners walk to lead off the seventh but they were stranded at second and third base.
Brooklyn/Killingly 6, Jack Berry 3
SOMERS, July 31 – Brooklyn/Killingly won the Senior Division state championship with a 6-3 win over Meriden, in a game called after six innings due to darkness. The winners took advantage of 13 walks. Brooklyn took a 2-1 lead in the second on a pair of walks to Connor Flannagan and Kevin Bonitz. Meriden took a 3-2 lead after Mickey Serrano singled and Alex Adorno hit a two-run home run.
Brooklyn opened the fourth with a pair of walks after an out, Flannagan walked to load the bases. One run scored when a fly ball was dropped in the outfield. Brooklyn extended the lead to 4-3 when a Meriden infielder threw home trying to cut down the runner but he was safe. Brooklyn scored two more in the sixth due to three walks and two passed balls along with two singles. Brooklyn P Jack Weaver shut down Meriden the rest of the way.
Connecticut Minor Division
Baseball (age 11)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Stamford Springdale (D1)
Saturday, July 26
Game 1: Trumbull American 8, Guilford 7
Sunday, July 27
Game 2: Guilford 12, Trumbull American 8
Monday, July 28
Game 3: Guilford 11, Trumbull American 5
Section II Tournament
East Hampton & Haddam (D9)
Thursday, July 17
Avon (D6) 5, Glastonbury National (D7) 4 Lyme-Old Lyme (D10) 12, Norwich/Taftville (D11) 6
Guilford (D9) 18, Tolland (D8) 4
Friday, July 18
Glastonbury Nat'l 11, Norwich/Taftville 6
Guilford 12, Lyme-Old Lyme 4
Avon 10, Tolland 0
Sunday, July 20
Avon 9, Guilford 2
Tolland 7, Norwich/Taftville 6
Glastonbury National 12, Lyme-Old Lyme 10
Monday, July 21
Avon 7, Lyme-Old Lyme 5
Tolland 12, Glastonbury National 7
Guilford 19, Norwich/Taftville 5
Tuesday, July 22
Glastonbury National 9, Guilford 7
Tolland 4, Lyme-Old Lyme 3
Avon 5, Norwich/Taftville 2
Friday, July 25
Championship: Guilford 5, Avon 1
Thursday, July 17
Wallingford (D5) 10, North Stamford (D1) 0 Shelton National (D3) 11, E. Haven (D4) 9
Friday, July 18
Trumbull American (D2) 15, Wallingford (D5) 11
North Stamford 8, East Haven 6
Sunday, July 20
North Stamford 6, Trumbull American 2
Wallingford 8, Shelton National 3
Monday, July 21
Trumbull Amer. 6, Shelton National 4
Wallingford 12, East Haven 4
Tuesday, July 22
No. Stamford 6, Shelton National 4
Trumbull American 12, East Haven 1
Friday, July 25
Championship: Trumbull American 3, North Stamford 0
Connecticut 9-10
Baseball (ages 9-10)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Shelton National (D3)
Saturday, July 26
Game 1: Burlington 7, Fairfield National 3
Sunday, July 27
Game 2: Burlington 11, Fairfield National 3
Game 1: Burlington 7, Fairfield Nat'l 3
SHELTON, July 25 – Trent Kowalec had an RBI single, a double and scored 3 runs as Burlington beat Fairfield National, 7-3 in game 1 of the state finals. Burlington took a quick 2-0 lead in the first on a RBI single from Ben Lewis and a wild pitch.
Fairfield threatened in the first and loaded the bases with one out after a pair of walks. But P Chris Davis struck out the next two batters to escape the jam. "I think that really got the whole team fired up,” Burlington coach Ray Kowalec told the Bristol Press. We were a little nervous when we came out so for him to do that really settled us down." Davis went 3 2/3 innings, striking out five and scattering five hits.
In the fourth, Burlington send 10 men to the plate and scored four runs to extend its lead to 7-0. Davis ripped a two-RBI single to centerfield to extend the lead to 5-0. Davis scored on a sacrifice fly from Justin Gallicchio and Trent Kowalec scored on a RBI single from Jacob Roberts. "Our hitters are really patient at the plate. That's what we've been trying to teach them," coach Kowalec said. "That usually allows us to have a big inning."
Burlington 11, Fairfield National 3
SHELTON, July 26 – P Justin Gallicchio struck out six and walked none over five innings to lead Burlington an 11-3 win over Fairfield National and the state championship. He scattered seven runs and allowed three runs over five innings.
Burlington took a 3-0 lead in the second inning with a two-out rally.After a walk to Gallicchio, Ben Czamecki, Evan Sokol, Jordon Sokol and Shea Tracy each had consecutive singles.
Burlington led 5-2 after three innings and blew the game open in the fourth. A walk, an error and a single by Zac Stefanski loaded the bases with one out. After a strikeout and a wild pitch that allowed one run to score, Trent Kowalec ripped a two-RBI single for a 8-2 lead. Gallicchio had a RBI double to extend the lead to 9-2.
"I've never seen a team with this much desire and determination," Burlington Ray Kowalec told the Bristol Press. "They started on a mission to win, not just for the sake of winning but because they knew that they had to continue to win to keep playing baseball. These kids just love playing baseball."
Section II Tournament
At Jewett City & Killingly (D11)
Wednesday, July 16
Burlington (D6) 7, Rocky Hill (D7) 2
Madison (D9) 9, South Windsor Nat'l (D8) 6
Moosup (D11) 13, No. Stonington (D10) 3
Thursday, July 17
South Windsor National 10, Burlington 1
Madison (D9) 9, North Stonington (D10) 6
Rocky Hill (D7) 5, Moosup (D11) 1
Friday, July 18
Rocky Hill (D7) 6, North Stonington (D10) 5
South Windsor (D8) 9, Moosup (D11) 3
Burlington (D6) 10, Madison (D9) 5
Saturday, July 19
Burlington 14, North Stonington 0
South Windsor 13, Rocky Hill 3
Madison 12, Moosup 0
Sunday, July 20
Rocky Hill 5, Madison 1
Burlington 9, Moosup 1
South Windsor 10, North Stonington 5
Tuesday, July 22
Championship: Burlington 7, South Windsor National 3
Section I Tournament
At Ed Walsh-Meriden (D5)
Wednesday, July 16
E. Haven (D4) 10, Shelton American (D3) 4
Fairfield National (D2) 21, Stamford National-Lione (D1) 3
Thursday, July 17
Southington South (D5) 10, Shelton American (D3) 3
Fairfield National (D2) 14, E. Haven (D4) 7
Saturday, July 19
Southington South (D5) 12, East Haven (D4) 4
Stamford National (D1) 16, Shelton American (D3) 14
Sunday, July 20
Fairfield National (D2) 14, Shelton American (D3) 1 (5)
Southington South (D5) 17, Stamford National-Lione (D1) 1
Monday, July 21
Southington South 12, Fairfield National 2
East Haven 11, Stamford National 4
Wednesday, July 23
Championship: Fairfield National 12, Southington South 2
