SOFTBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Softball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Waterford South (D10)
Sunday, July 26
Game 1: Milford International 4, Jewett City 3 (9)
Monday, July 27
Game 2: Milford 9, Jewett City 4
Milford 9, Jewett CIty 4
WATERFORD, July 27 -- For the second straight game, Milford International erased a 3-run deficit to beat Jewett City, 9-4, on Monday and win the Major Division state championship. Milford's Jenna Zacarelli had a 2-RBI single and Page Raucci had a 2-RBI double.
Jewett City (11-2) led 4-1 after three innings but Milford used timely hitting and took advantage of three errors and several wild pitches to score six runs in the fourth inning. Milford relief pitcher Jenna Zacarelli didn’t allow a run and struck out three in 3.1 innings. "These are unbelievable girls," Milford manager Colleen Zacarelli told the New Haven Register. "We used good hitting and good base-running sense to come from behind two days in a row.
Most of the Milford team (12-1) won the state title in the Minor Division a year ago. For Jewett City, Kirsten Drobiak had an RBI single and Kaitlyn Niles had an RBI double.
Milford 4, Jewett City 1 (9)
WATERFORD, July 26 -- Milford’s Danielle Kemp singled, stole second base and scored on a pair of passed balls in the ninth inning to lift Milford to a 4-3 win over Jewett City. Milford threatened in the seventh when Kemp singled, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and took third when no one covered third base. Jamie Healy bunted for a single but Jewett City P Kirsten Drobiak got a strikeout and fly out to end the inning.
Milford had a runner on third base in the eighth but Drobiak got Milford to ground out to her to end the inning.
Section II Tournament
At District 7 sites
Thursday, July 16
East Hartford (D7) 10, Old Saybrook (D9) 3
Vernon (D8) 2, Jewett City (D11) 1
Canton (D6) vs. Waterford South (D10), ppd., rain
Friday, July 17
Waterford South 10, Old Saybrook 0 (4)
Jewett City 15, East Hartford 11
Vernon 13, Canton 2 (5)
Saturday, July 18
Canton 4, Old Saybrook 3
East Hartford 8, Vernon 1
Jewett City 5, Waterford South 4
Sunday, July 19
At Newington
Jewett City 13, Old Saybrook 1 (4)
East Hartford 11, Canton 1 (4)
Vernon 6, Waterford South 3
Monday, July 20
Vernon 9, Old Saybrook 0
Waterford South 8, East Hartford 1
Jewett City 10, Canton 2
Thursday, July 23
Canton vs. Waterford South
Friday, July 24
Championship: Jewett City 7, Vernon 3
Section I Tournament
At Berlin/Wallingford (D5)
Thursday, July 16
Berlin (D5) 11, Darien (D1) 3
Seymour vs. Black Rock, suspended, rain
Friday, July 17
Seymour (D3) 11, Berlin 0
Milford (D4) 21, Darien 0 (4)
Saturday, July 18
Seymour 8, Darien 0
Milford 4, Black Rock-Bridgeport (D2) 3
Sunday, July 19
Seymour 1, Milford 0
Berlin 6, Black Rock 1
Monday, July 20
Black Rock 10, Darien 0 (5)
Milford 7, Berlin 1
Wednesday, July 22
Seymour 8, Black Rock 3
Thursday, July 23
At Centurelli Field, Berlin
Championship: Milford 6, Seymour 1
Connecticut Junior Division
Softball (ages 13-14)
State championship (best-of-3)
At West Haven (D4)
Saturday, August 1
Game 1: Waterford 11, Bristol 0
Monday, August 3
Game 2: Waterford 11, Bristol 1 (5)
Waterford 11, Bristol 1 (5)
WEST HAVEN, Aug. 3 – Waterford outscored Bristol by a 22-1 margin to sweep the Junior Division championship series and win the state championship for the second straight year and fourth time in the last six years. ”This is a great bunch of kids,” Waterford coach Rob Austin told the New London Day. “We'll keep playing until somebody beats us.” Many of the players on this team played on the Waterford South team that went to the Little League World Series in the Major Division in 2007.
In game two, Waterford had 15 hits, led by Kelli Connors with three hits and an RBI single. Alyssa Hancock had two hits and a 3-RBI double. Christine Hadfield had two hits and three RBI, Katelyn Haff had three hits and Megan O'Malley singled and scored twice. Hancock, the team's catcher, threw two runners out at second base in the fourth inning.
Section II Tournament
At Windsor Locks (D8)
Tuesday, July 14
Putnam/Woodstock (D11) 7, Tolland (D8) 6
Rocky Hill (D7) 9, Coginchaug (D9) 1
Wednesday, July 15
Rocky HIll 7, Tolland 0
Waterford (D10) 15, Putnam/Woodstock 1
Thursday, July 16
Coginchaug 10, Tolland 0
Waterford 4, Rocky Hill 3
Friday, July 17
Waterford 11, Tolland 1
Putnam/Woodstock 16, Coginchaug 4 (6)
Monday, July 20
Putnam/Woodstock vs. Rocky Hill
Coginchaug vs. Waterford
Wednesday, July 22
Championship: Waterford 4, Rocky Hill 0
Section I Tournament
At Unity Park -- Trumbull (D2)
Tuesday, July 14
Bristol (D5) 5, Trumbull (D2) 2
Ridgefield (D1) 5, Oxford (D3) 2
Wednesday, July 15
Trumbull def. Ridgefield
Bristol def. Oxford
Thursday, July 16
Trumbull 18, Oxford 8
Bristol 7, Ridgefield 0
Wednesday, July 22
Championship: Bristol 6, Trumbull 3 (8)
Connecticut Senior League
Softball (ages 14-16)
At Orange (D4)
Monday, July 13
Wallingford (D5) 7, Union City (D3) 1
District 4 4, Coginchaug (D9) 0
Tuesday, July 14
Union City 3, Brooklyn/Moosup/Plainfield (D11) 1
Coginchaug 17, South Windsor (D8) 0 (5)
Wallingford 6, Waterford (D10) 5
Wednesday, July 15
Wallingford 15, South Windsor 0 (4)
Waterford 6, Union City 4
District 4 11, Brooklyn/M/P 1
Thursday, July 16
Brooklyn/M/P 25, South Windsor 6
Coginchaug 7, Waterford 1
District 4 12, Union City 2
Monday, July 20
Waterford 23, Brooklyn/M/P 2 (4)
Coginchaug 4, Wallingford 3
D4 19, South Windsor 1 (5)
District 4 is Milford/West Haven and Bethany/Orange
Wednesday, July 22
Best of 3 final
Game 1: District Four 2, Coginchaug 0
Game 2: District Four 4, Coginchaug 2
Connecticut Big League
Softball (ages 14-18)
The Bristol and Wallingford teams will both represent Connecticut at the Eastern Regional Tournament in Maryland
Connecticut Minor Division
Softball (age 11)
State tournament
At Nelligan Field, Ansonia (D3)
Wednesday, July 22
Game 1: Seymour (D3) 11, Jewett City (D11) 6
Thursday, July 23
Gm 2: Fairfield (D2) 10, East Shore (D4) 0
Game 3: Berlin (D5) vs. Seymour, ppd. rain
Friday, July 24
Gm. 3: Seymour 8, Berlin (D5) 4
Saturday, July 25
Game 4: Jewett City 14, East Shore 8
Sunday, July 26
Game 5: Fairfield 8, Seymour 3
Gm. 6: Berlin 4, Jewett City 2
Monday, July 27
Gm. 7: Berlin 6, Seymour 5
Tuesday, July 28
Championship
Game 8: Fairfield 14, Berlin 2
Connecticut 9-10
Softball (ages 9-10)
State championship (best-of-3)
At East Hampton (D9)
Saturday, August 1
Game 1: Fairfield 8, Ellington 2
Sunday, August 2
Game 2: Ellington 9, Fairfield 1
Monday, August 3
Game 3: Fairfield 2, Ellington 1
Fairfield 2, Ellington 1
EAST HAMPTON, Aug. 3 – Alice Nelson had an inside-the-park HR and scored another run on an error as Fairfield topped Ellington in game three to win its first 9-10 state championship. P Brittany Romero allowed four hits and struck out 10 for Fairfield. For Ellington, P Ariana DiCiacio was just as impressive with 12 strikeouts and allowing just two hits.
Section II Tournament
At Simsbury (District 6)
Thursday, July 23
Simsbury (D6) 2, Rocky Hill (D7) 1
Ellington (D8) 15, Waterford South (D10) 4
Friday, July 24
Ellington 17, Simsbury 1 (5)
Brooklyn (D11) 7, Waterford South 3
East Hampton (D9) 3, Rocky Hill 1
Saturday, July 25
Brooklyn 12, East Hampton 6
Sunday, July 26
Rocky Hill 4, Ellington 1
East Hampton 10, Waterford South 3
Brooklyn 3, Simsbury 1
Monday, July 27
Rocky Hill 3, Waterford South 1
Ellington 5, Brooklyn 3
Simsbury (D6) v East Hampton (D9), ppd., rain to July 29, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, July 28
Ellington 2, East Hampton 1
Waterford South 7, Simsbury 5
Rocky Hill 2, Brooklyn 0
Thursday, July 30
Championship: Ellington 4, Rocky Hill 1 (7)
Rocky Hill advances because it beat Brooklyn. If East Hampton beats Simsbury, the 3-way tie goes to Rocky Hill due to defensive runs. RH, 7 defensive runs allowed; Brooklyn 17 defensive runs, East Hampton 18 defensive runs
At Orange (D4)
Friday, July 24
Fairfield (D2) 13, Bristol (D5) 3
Orange (D4) 1, Seymour (D3) 0 (8)
Saturday, July 25
Fairfield 16, Seymour 4 (4)
Orange 13, Darien 2
Sunday, July 26
Darien 5, Bristol 3
Fairfield 9, Orange 2
Monday, July 27
Fairfield 15, Darien 0 (4)
Seymour 7, Bristol 0
Tuesday, July 28
Seymour 12, Darien 3
Orange 5, Bristol 2
Thursday, July 30
Championship: Fairfield 3, Orange 2
BASEBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Baseball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Springdale-Stamford (D1)
Saturday, Aug. 1
Game 1: Glastonbury National 11, Wallingford 10 (7)
Monday, Aug. 3
Game 2: Wallingford 16, Glastonbury National 2 (4)
Tuesday, Aug. 4
Game 3: Glastonbury National 11, Wallingford 1
Glastonbury National 11, Wallingford 1
STAMFORD, Aug. 4 – Matt Del Mastro hit a pair of home runs in a nine-run first inning to lead Glastonbury National to a big win over Wallingford and the state championship. On the mound, Del Mastro allowed just five hits. “Opening (the game) like that was a statement,” Glastonbury coach Chris Murphy told the Hartford Courant. “The kids are starting to really believe in what they’ve been working on for most of their youth lives.” Nate Mandell also hit a HR for Glastonbury in the first inning. It's the second state title for Glastonbury and the first since 2006 when Glastonbury Americans won the championship.
Wallingford 16, Glastonbury Nat'l 2 (4)
STAMFORD, Aug. 3 – John Amendola, Jr. and Danny Russell each had a three-run home run to lead Wallingford to a big win in game two to force a deciding contest in the best-of-3 state final. Amendola allowed only two Glastonbury hits and struck out four in four innings of work.
Glastonbury Nat'l 11, Wallingford 10 (7)
STAMFORD, Aug. 1 -- Alec Graham scored on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the seventh to lift Glastonbury National to a game one victory in extra innings. Nate Mandell hit a grand slam for Glastonbury and pitched three innings of relief for the win. Teammate Josh Herlants added a solo home run for Glastonbury.
Section II Tournament
Hosted by Manchester (D8)
Northwest Park (Manchestrer)
Friday, July 24
Avon (D6) 11, Norwich (D11) 0
Glastonbury Natl (D7) 5, Guilford (D9) 2
East Lyme (D10) 1, Ellington (D8) 0
Saturday, July 25
Glastonbury National 5, Avon 4
Ellington 10, Norwich 7
East Lyme 3, Guilford 1
Sunday, July 26
Avon 16, Guilford 1
East Lyme 12, Norwich 1
Ellington 9, Glastonbury 1
Monday, July 27
Avon (D6) v Ellington (D8), rain
Norwich (D11) v Guilford (D9), rain
Glastonbury (D7) v East Lyme (D10), rain
Tuesday, July 28
Avon 10, East Lyme 7 (7)
Glastonbury National 10, Norwich 4
Ellington 4, Guilford 0
Wednesday, July 29
Ellington 1, Avon 0
Glastonbury National 10, East Lyme 5
Guilford 7, Norwich 2
Thursday, July 30
Championship: Glastonbury National 7, Ellington 6 (9)
Section I Tournament
Hosted by North End-Bridgeport (D2)
Blackham School, Bridgeport
Friday, July 24
Wallingford (D5) 7, North Stamford (D1) 0
Hamden (D4) 10, Seymour (D3) 0 (5)
Saturday, July 25
Wallingford 3, Seymour 1
Trumbull Amer. 9, North Stamford 7
Sunday, July 26
North Stamford 10, Seymour 0
Hamden 7, Trumbull American 0
Monday, July 27
Hamden 14, North Stamford 4
Wallingford 11, Trumbull American 1 (4)
Tuesday, July 28
Trumbull American 4, Seymour 3 (8)
Hamden 10, Wallingford 0
Thursday, July 30
Championship: Wallingford 6, Hamden 5 (7)
Connecticut Junior Division
Baseball (ages 13-14)
State championship
At Memorial Field, Bridgeport (D2)
Saturday, Aug. 1
Game 1: North End 18, Killingly 1
Sunday, Aug. 2
Game 3: North End 4, Killingly 3
North End 4, Killingly 3
BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 2 – P Ryan Moran went the distance and struck out eight to lift North End-Bridgeport to a 4-3 victory over Killingly and a sweep of the best-of-3 championship series to win the Connecticut Junior Division title. Andrew Marerro hit a two-RBI single with two outs in the third to score the winning runs for North End. The game was tied 2-2 in the third. Frank Zumbo had a leadoff single and Moran doubled. Nick Moriera loaded the bases with a bunt single. Marerro’s single to right field scored two runs. Killingly cut the lead to one in the fifth but Moran retired the final nine batters to clinch the title - its first since 2006.
Section II Tournament
At Pawcatuck and Moosup
Thursday, July 23
Gm. 1: Killingly (D11) 5, Newington (D7) 4
G2: Pawcatuck (D10) 10, Portland (D9) 2
Saturday, July 25
Game 3: Pawcatuck 6, Ellington (D8) 5
Game 4: Portland 10, Newington 0
Sunday, July 26
Game 6: Ellington 13, Portland 2
Monday, July 27
Game 5: Killingly 8, Pawcatuck 3
Tuesday, July 28
Game 7: Ellington 8, Pawcatuck 3
Wednesday, July 29
Game 8: Championship: Ellington 6, Killingly 1
Thursday, July 30
Game 9: Killingly 11, Ellington 4
Section I Tournament
At Bridgeport (D2)
Wednesday, July 22
Gm 1: Plainville (D5) 9, East Granby (D6) 2
Thursday, July 23
Game 2: North End (D2) 10, Max Sinoway-North Haven (D4) 1
Saturday, July 25
Game 3: North End 13, Plainville 2
Game 4: East Granby 9, Max Sinoway-North Haven 4
Sunday, July 26
Game 5: Plainville def. East Granby
Tuesday, July 28
Game 6, championship: North End 8, Plainville 2
Connecticut Big League
Baseball (ages 16-18)
State Tournament
At Bristol (D5)
Sunday, July 12
Yalesville (D5) 10, Somers (D8) 5
Monday, July 13
Somers 9, Yalesville 6
Wednesday, July 14
Yalesville 9, Somers 2
Game 3: Yalesville 9, Somers 2
BRISTOL – A six-run outburst in the first inning lifted the Wallingford-based squad to a 10-3 win over Somers in the decisive game 3 to win the state championship at Barnes Field. Jody Brint had a three-run home run for Yalesville while Pat Read earned the win on the mount.
Game 1: Yalesville 10, Somers 5
BRISTOL – P Pat Read and Mason Bush handcuffed Somers in the opening contest of this best-of-3 final. Ryan Kell was 3-for-4 with a home run while teammate Joe DeMaio was 3-for-3 with two RBI. Copy Ripa was 2-for-2 with 2 RBI for the winners.
Connecticut Senior Division
Baseball (ages 14-16)
State Tournament
Best of 3 final
Thursday, July 30
Game 1: Brooklyn/Killingly 3, Meriden 2
Saturday, Aug. 1
Game 2: Brooklyn/Killingly 13, Meriden 3
Brooklyn/Killingly 13, Meriden 3
KILLINGLY, Aug. 1 – Brooklyn/Killingly won its second straight state championship with a dominating victory over Meriden. “This is awesome,” Killingly-Brooklyn manager Jack Weaver told the Norwich Bulletin. “You don't see it (a repeat state championship) at this level too often. I have a great group of kids.” The last team to defend its title was North Haven in 2002-03.
Brooklyn/Killingly OF Wyatt Gibeault told the Bulletin, “I'm enjoying this even more. I felt more pressure this year — seeing how we won it last year and everyone expected us to win it again — I didn’t know if we would make it, but I’m so glad we did.”
Winning pitcher Kevin Bonitz didn’t give up a hit until the sixth inning. He went the distance, striking out eight and walking four. Meriden took a 1-0 lead in the first thanks to tweo errors and a wild pitch. Brooklyn/Killingly tied the game in the third when pinch runner Chris Nelson went from first to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a throwing error. Bonitz singled, stole second, took third on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly. Brooklyn added another run in the fourth on a RBI double from Connor Flanagan. In a 10-run sixth inning, Gibeault had a three-RBI double.
Brooklyn/Killingly 3, Meriden 2
SOUTHINGTON, July 30 -- Pitcher Jack Weaver went the disance, giving up just four hits and striking out five to lead Brooklyn/Killingly to a victory in game one. Weaver also had an RBI to help his cause. Brooklyn/Killingly scored twice in the bottom of the seventh to earn the win.
Kevin Bonitz scored the winning run when he came home on a Mike Farguharson RBI groundout. Bryen Desjardin had a double and a run for the winners.
Section II
Friday, July 24
Game 1: Brooklyn/Killingly (D11) 13, Somers (D8) 1 (5)
Saturday, July 25
Game 2: Brooklyn/Killingly 11, Portland (D9) 1
Sunday, July 26
Game 3: Somers 9, Portland 3
Tuesday, July 28
Game 4, championship: Brooklyn/Killingly 12, Somers 6
Section I
Sunday, July 26
Game 1: Meriden (D5) 4, North End-Bridgeport (D2) 2
Tuesday, July 28
Game 2: Meriden 17, North End 0
Connecticut Minor Division
Baseball (age 11)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Jewett City (D11)
Monday, August 3
Game 1: Fairfield American 7, Burlington 0
Tuesday, August 4
Game 2: Fairfield American 9, Burlington 7
Fairfield American 9, Burlington 7
JEWETT CITY, Aug. 4 – Fairfield American completed an undefeated summer (13-0) scoring five runs in the fifth inning to break a 3-3 tie and beat Burlington, 9-7 to win the Minor Division state championship. In the fifth, Connor Daley had an RBI single and Billy McGrath laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to drive in another run. Owen Mockler and Tom Ryan followed with RBI singles.
Down by six runs, Burlington rallied in the sixth, sending 10 men to the plate. But with one out and the bases loaded, CF Nick Nardone made a leaping grab to protect the lead. Instead of three runs scoring, only one crossed the plate. P Chris Howell struck out the final two batters to secure the win.
Fairfield American 7, Burlington 0
JEWETT CITY, Aug. 3 – P Eddie Magi scattered four hits and struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings to lead Fairfield to a victory in game one. Chris Howell had a two-run HR for Fairfield while Nate Klein had a delayed steal of home. Billy McGrath had a triple and CF Howell teamed up with Owen Mockler with an impressive 8-3 double play.
Section II Tournament
At Great Hill Athletic Complex
Haddam (D9)
Friday, July 24
Burlington (D6) 3, Guilford (D9) 0
Rocky Hill (D7) 9, Manchester Natl (D8) 5
New London (D10) 6, Killingly (D11) 3
Saturday, July 25
Rocky Hill (D7) 14, Guilford (D9) 0
Burlington (D6) 13, Killingly (D11) 3 (4)
Manchester Natl (D8) 17, New London (D10) 8
Sunday, July 26
Guilford 8, Killingly 2
Rocky Hill 4, New London 3
Burlington 5, Manchester National 4
Monday, July 27
Manchester National 16, Guilford 0 (4)
Rocky Hill 11, Killingly 0 (4)
New London 4, Burlington 2
Tuesday, July 28
Guilford 5, New London 1
Rocky Hill 7, Burlington 3
Manchester National 8, Killingly 1
Thursday, July 30
Championship: Burlington 7, Rocky HIll 5
Section I Tournament
At Southington West (D5)
Friday, July 24
Fairfield American (D2) 13, East Haven (D4) 6
Shelton American (D3) 13, Darien (D1) 3
Saturday, July 25
Fairfield American 8, Darien Natl 1
Wallingford 5, Shelton American 3
Sunday, July 26
Fairfield Amer. 5, Shelton American 0
Wallingford 17, East Haven 12
Tuesday, July 28
Fairfield American 6, Wallingford 0
East Haven 4, Darien National 1
Wednesday, July 29
Shelton American (D3) vs. East Haven (D4), field 1, 5:45 p.m.
Darien National (D1) vs. Wallingford (D5), field 2, 5:45 p.m.
Friday, July 31
Championship: Fairfield American 7, Wallingford 5
Connecticut 9-10
Baseball (ages 9-10)
State championship (best-of-3)
At North End-Bridgeport (D2)
Blackham School
Saturday, Aug. 1
Game 1: Waterford South 8, Hamden 7
Monday, Aug. 3
Game 2: Hamden 7, Waterford South 6 (7)
Tuesday, Aug. 4
Game 3: Hamden 14, Waterford South 6
Hamden 14, Waterford South 6
BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 4 -- Hamden prevailed to win its first 9-10 state championship
Hamden 7, Waterford South 6 (7)
BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 3 – Hamden forced the decisive game three with an extra-inning victory. Chase Speller had four hits for Waterford South while teammate Adam Pinch had a single and double. Alex Petchark had a two-RBI double.
Waterford South 8, Hamden 7
BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 1 – Spencer Hoagland had three hits including a game-winning two-RBI single to lift Waterford South to a victory in game one. Adam Pinch added three hits and scored twice for Waterford while Brett Collins had two hits.
Section II Tournament
At District 7
Wednesday, July 22
Torrington American (D6) 5, Jewett City (D11) 3
Waterford South (D10) 15, Coginchaug (D9) 3
Glastonbury American (D7) 15, South Windsor National (D8) 1
Thursday, July 23
Jewett City 6, Coginchaug 3
Waterford South 7, Glastonbury Amer. 6
Friday, July 24
Torrington Amer. 6, South Windsor Natl 4
Saturday, July 25
Waterford South 11, Jewett City 10 (4)
Torrington 9, Glastonbury Amer. 6 (7)
South WIndsor Natl 8, Coginchaug 1
Sunday, July 26
South Windsor Natl 13, Jewett City 1 (5)
Waterford South 9, Torrington 2
Glastonbury 10, Coginchaug 2
Monday, July 27
Glastonbury 7, Jewett CIty 2
Torrington 11, Coginchaug 1 (4)
Waterford South 9, South Windsor Natl 4
Wednesday, July 29
Championship: Waterford South 6, Torrington American 5
Section I Tournament
Wednesday, July 22
Hamden (D4) 11, Berlin (D5) 3
Shelton National (D3) 11, Stamford American (D1) 1
Friday, July 24
Shelton National 10, Hamden 1
Trumbull American (D2) 9, Berlin 7
Saturday, July 25
Shelton National 3, Berlin 2
Trumbull American 5, Stamford Amer. 3
Sunday, July 26
Shelton National 17, Trumbull American 8
Hamden 13, Stamford American 3
Monday, July 27
Hamden 8, Trumbull American 3
Berlin 10, Stamford American 7
Wednesday, July 29
Championship: Hamden 11, Shelton National 5
