SOFTBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Softball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Sacred Heart Univ., Fairfield
Saturday, July 14
Fairfield 7, Mystic 4
Sunday, July 15
Fairfield 7, Mystic 6 (7)
Fairfield 7, Mystic 6 (7)
FAIRFIELD, July 16 – Megan Belinsky scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Fairfield to a 7-6 win over Mystic, enabling Fairfield to sweep the best-of-3 state championship series and win the state title for the second straight year. Belinsky singled and followed that with steals of second and third base. P Maddie Russell went the distance to earn the win. Mystic led 4-0 but found themselves down by a run in the top of the sixth inning. With two outs and two strikes on her, Mystic’s Casey Woods fouled off five pitches, then singled home Jenna Bendfledt to tie the game. In the seventh, Fairfield center fielder Michaela O’Donnell made a sprawling catch that saved an extra hit base.
Rylee McMillian’s two-out RBI single put Mystic ahead 4-0 in the first inning. Mystic C Natalie Labasi had three hits and scored a run and Emily Adams scored two runs. For Fairfield, Anna Rasmussen had an RBI double while Russell had a two-RBI single. Mary Rose Finnigan had a double in the sixth, scoring on a RBI single from Russell.
Mystic 401 001 0 -- 6 9 2
Fairfield 420 000 1 -- 7 11 1
M: Sophie Nelson and Natalie Labasi; F: Maddie Russell and Anna Rasmussen
Fairfield 7, Mystic 4
FAIRFIELD, July 14 – Fairfield took advantage of two errors and a walk, ripped four singles and scored 5 runs in the pivotal fourth inning in to pull away from Mystic, 7-4 in the opening game of the best-of-3 state championship series. Fairfield added two more runs in the sixth to extend its lead to 7-1 before Mystic added three runs in the bottom of the sixth.
In the fourth inning, Anna Rasmussen had a RBI double while Maddie Russell and Brittany Romero had RBI singles in the big Fairfield rally. Kayla Bivens had a two-RBI double. Mystic was led by Natalie Labasi with three hits. Sophie Nelson had a RBI double. Mystic had the tying run at the plate in the sixth.
Fairfield 000 502--7 8 2
Mystic
100 003--4 9 2
Brittany Romero and Anna Rasmussen; Jayden Delaporta and Natalie Labasi. WP: Romero; LP: Delaporta; 2B: Rasmussen (F), Sophie Nelson (M)
Section II Tournament
At Waterford South, East Lyme
Thursday, July 5
Middletown (D9) 18, Columbia SFC (D11) 17
Mystic (D10) 15, Vernon (D8) 0
Torrington (D6) 2, Rocky Hill (D7) 0
Friday, July 6
Vernon 6, Torrington 5
Rocky Hill 11, Columbia SFC 1
Mystic 9, Middletown 5
Saturday, July 7
Middletown 13, Vernon 3
Mystic 10, Rocky Hill 0
Torrington 7, Columbia SFC 0
Monday, July 9
Middletown 16, Rocky Hill 7
Vernon 7, Columbia SFC 3
Mystic 8, Torrington 2
Tuesday, July 10
Mystic 13, Columbia SFC 0
Middletown 13, Torrington 3
Rocky Hill 13, Vernon 7
Thursday, July 12
Sectional final: Mystic 3, Middletown 1
Section I Tournament
At Bob Lang Field, Seymour
At Kudej Complex, Shelton
Thursday, July 5
North Branford (D4) 12, Wallingford (D5) 5
Fairfield (D2) 2, Darien (D1) 0
Friday, July 6
Fairfield 16, North Branford 3
Seymour (D3) 10, Wallingford 0
Saturday, July 7
North Branford 2, Seymour 0
Darien 15, Wallingford 1
Sunday, July 8
North Branford 6, Darien 5
Fairfield 6, Seymour 1
Monday, July 9
Fairfield 11, Wallingford 0
Seymour 6, Darien 0
Wednesday, July 11
Sectional finals: Fairfield 3, No. Branford 1
Connecticut Junior Division
Softball (ages 13-14)
State championship (best-of-3)
At West Haven
Saturday, July 28
Game 1: Mystic 12, Fairfield 2
Sunday, July 29
Game 2: Mystic 8, Fairfield 2
Section II Tournament
At Moosup Little League
Saturday, July 21
Game 1: Mystic (D10) 12, Brooklyn/Killingly (D11) 0
Sunday, July 22
Game 2: Mystic 18, Newington (D7) 0
Monday, July 23
Game 3: Brooklyn/Killingly 13, Newington 3
Wednesday, July 25
Game 4: Final: Mystic 3, Brooklyn/Killingly 0
Section I Tournament
At McCabe Waters-Bristol
Tuesday, July 17
Fairfield (D2) 16, Bristol (D5) 0 (5)
Greenwich (D1) 8, Union City (D3) 7 (9)
Thursday, July 19
Fairfield (D2) 17, Greenwich (D1) 0
Union City 6, Bristol 1
Friday, July 20
Greenwich 12, Bristol 2 (5)
Fairfield 14, Union City 3
Monday, July 23
Final: Fairfield 8, Greenwich 3
Connecticut Senior League
Softball (ages 14-16)
State tournament
At Waterford (Lisa D field)
Monday, July 23
Game 1: Waterford South def. Black Rock
Tuesday, July 24
Game 2: Waterford South def. Black Rock
Wednesday, July 25
Game 3: Waterford South vs. Black Rock, 5:30 p.m., if necessary
Section II
At Waterford (Lisa D field)
Monday, July 16
Windsor Locks (D8) 8, Putnam/Woodstock (D11) 4
Tuesday, July 17
Waterford South (D10) 11, Windsor Locks 1
Wednesday, July 18
Windsor Locks 12, Putnam/Woodstock 10
Thursday, July 19
Windsor Locks 2, Waterford South 0
Friday, July 20
Final: Waterford South 13, Windsor Locks 9
Tuesday, July 17
Black Rock (D2) 7, Greenwich (D1) 1
Thursday, July 19
Greenwich 4, New Britain (D5) 3
Friday, July 20
Black Rock 12, New Britain 1 (4)
Saturday, July 21
Final: Black Rock 10, Greenwich 3
Connecticut Big League
Softball (ages 14-18)
District 5: Wallingford.
Team went 3-1 and finished second in Eastern Regionals.
Connecticut Minor Division
Softball (age 11)
State tournament
At Memorial Field, Newington
Thursday, July 19
Game 1: Trumbull (D2) 8, East Hartford (D7) 7
Saturday, July 21
Game 2: Darien (D1) 8, Enfield (D8) 7
Game 3: Trumbull 17, Wallingford (D5) 6
Sunday, July 22
Game 4: East Hartford 16, Enfield 4
Game 5: Trumbull 18, Darien 2
Monday, July 23
Game 6: East Hartford 11, Wallingford 6
Tuesday, July 24
Game 7: East Hartford 8, Darien 6
Wednesday, July 25
Game 8: Final: Trumbull 10, E. Hartford 1
Connecticut 9-10
Softball (ages 9-10)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Darien High (JV field)
Sunday, July 22
Game 1: MIlford International 9, Simsbury 0
Monday, July 23
Game 2: MIlford Internat'l 15, Simsbury 2
Section II Tournament
At East Hampton
Wednesday, July 11
Waterford South (D10) 5, Simsbury (D6) 0
Middletown (D9) 18, Rocky Hill (D7) 6
Preston/Norwich (D11) 3, Windsor (D8) 2
Friday, July 13
Middletown 12, Waterford South 10
Simsbury 4, Windsor 2
Preston/Norwich 11, Rocky Hill 0
Monday, July 16
Waterford South 25, Rocky Hill 1 (4)
Simsbury 4, Norwich/Preston 3
Windsor 9, Middletown 8
Tuesday, July 17
Waterford South 23, Windsor 8 (4)
Simsbury 22, Rocky Hill 0 (4)
Norwich Preston 8, Middletown 2
Wednesday, July 18
Norwich/Preston 10, Waterford South 0 (4)
Simsbury 11, Middletown 7
Windsor 6, Rocky Hill 0
Thursday, July 19
Final: Simsbury 10, Norwich/Preston 0
Section I Tournament
At Darien High (JV field)
At Westport (Meyer Field)
Wednesday, July 11
Redding/Easton (D1) 12, Fairfield (D2) 5
Milford International (D4) 11, Farmington (D5) 1
Thursday, July 12
Seymour 7, Farmington (D5) 0
Milford International 10, Fairfield 2
Saturday, July 14
Seymour 3, Milford International 0
Redding/Easton 12, Farmington 2
Sunday, July 15
Seymour 12, Fairfield 5
Monday, July 16
Farmington 3, Fairfield 2
Milford International 18, Redding/Easton 1
Tuesday, July 17
Redding/Easton 5, Seymour 2
Thursday, July 19
Final: Milford International 6, Redding/Easton 2
BASEBALL
Connecticut Major Division
Baseball (ages 11-12)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Annex LL, New Haven
Saturday, July 28
Fairfield American 9, Avon 0 (5), rain
Sunday, July 29
Fairfield American 10, Avon 0
Section II Tournament
At Mansfield. Games at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday July 18
Guilford (D9) 5, Waterford South (D10) 0
Glastonbury (D7) 7, Tolland (D8) 3
Avon (D6) 11, Norwich (D11) 7
Thursday, July 19
Avon 10, Guilford 7
Glastonbury 8, Norwich 5
Waterford South 8, Tolland 1
Friday, July 20
Avon 7, Tolland 2
Waterford South 10, Glastonbury 0 (4)
Norwich 8, Guilford 4
Saturday, July 21
Avon 5, Waterford South 2
Tolland 9, Norwich 6
Guilford 14, Glastonbury 8
Monday, July 23
Guilford 6, Tolland 5
Waterford South 2, Norwich 1
Avon 12, Glastonbury 9
Wednesday, July 25
Championship game: Avon 7, Guilford 5
Section I Tournament
At Recreation Park (Southington South)
Thursday, July 19
Fairfield American (D2) 13, Yalesville-Meriden (D5) 0
Seymour (D3) 9, Wilton (D1) 8
Friday, July 20
Fairfield American 9, Wilton 8 (7)
Annex-New Haven (D4) 3, Yalesville 2
Saturday, July 21
Yalesville-Meriden 13, Seymour 3 (4)
Annex-New Haven 7, Fairfield American 5
Sunday, July 22
Fairfield American 11, Seymour 4
Annex 8, Wilton 5
Monday, July 23
Seymour 6, Annex 3
Yalesville 12, WIlton 3
Wednesday, July 25
Final: Fairfield American 6, Annex 2
Connecticut Junior Division
Baseball (ages 13-14)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Orange
Sunday, July 29
Game 1: Tolland 6, Edgewood 5
Monday, July 30
Game 2, Edgewood 6, Tolland 5
Tuesday, July 31
Game 3, Tolland 9, Edgewood 8
Section II Tournament
At Burlington
Thursday, July 19
Portland (D9) 6, Burlington (D6) 3
Putnam (D11) 3, Tolland (D8) 2
Friday, July 20
G3: Tolland 12, Burlington 7
G4: Portland 14, Putnam 5
Saturday, July 21
G5: Tolland 16, Putnam 3
Sunday, July 22
Final: Tolland 4, Portland 3
Monday, July 23
Final: Tolland 12, Portland 1
Saturday, July 21
Edgewood (D5) 12, Stratford (D2) 9
Sunday, July 22
Stratford 6, Milford 2
Tuesday, July 24
Milford 7, Edgewood 6
Thursday, July 26
Final: Edgewood 7, Milford 4
Connecticut Big League
Baseball (ages 16-18)
State Tournament
At Recreation Park (Southington South)
Sunday, July 8
Game 1: Edgewood-Bristol (D5) 15, Somers (D8) 2
Monday, July 9
Game 2: Edgewood 15, Somers 5
Edgewood wins state title
SOUTHINGTON, July 9 -- Down by four runs, Edgewood’s Steve Julius hit a HR to spark Edgewood-Bristol to a 15-5 win over Somers and a sweep of the best-of-3 championship series. “We just weren’t playing with any confidence early. But that home run really gave us the lift we needed,” Edgewood manager Matt Arburr told the Bristol Press. “Hitting is definitely contagious and that really got us going. It gave us some confidence.” Edgewood sent 15 hitters to the plate in the fourth inning and scored nine runs to seize command of the game. Andrew Martin and Justin Jakubiak each had a 2-RBI double in the fourth. Edgewood qualified to participate in the Eastern Regionals in Delaware on July 14-18.
Connecticut Senior Division
Baseball (ages 14-16)
Saturday, July 21
Orange (D4) 3, Edgewood (D5) 2
Sunday, July 22
Somers (D8) 7, Edgewood 1
Tuesday, July 24
Orange 7, Somers 0, forfeit
Best of 3 finals
Wednesday, July 25
Game 1: Orange 9, Somers 1
Friday, July 27
Game 2: Orange 6, Somers 4
Connecticut Minor Division
Baseball (age 11)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Manchester
Saturday, July 28
Gm 1: Fairfield National 11. Coginchaug 5
Sunday, July 29
Gm 2: Fairfield National 14, Coginchaug 2 (5)
Section II Tournament
At District 7
Wednesday, July 18
Friday, July 20
Mystic (D10) 4, Coginchaug (D9) 2
Newington (D7) 5, SFC (D11) 4
Avon (D6) 11, Ellington (D8) 4
Saturday, July 21
Coginchaug 6, Newington 1
Ellington 20, SFC 2 (5)
Mystic 11, Avon 5
Sunday, July 22
Coginchaug 5, Avon 3
Mystic 12, SFC 2
Newington 7, Ellington 3
Monday, July 23
Coginchaug 13, SFC 1 (4)
Mystic 3, Ellington 2
Avon 13, Newington 2
Tuesday, July 24
Coginchaug 11, Ellington 0 (4)
Avon 11, SFC 0
Newington 14, Mystic 6
Wednesday, July 25
Finals: Coginchaug 6, Mystic 1
Section I Tournament
At Naugatuck
Thursday, July 19
Fairfield National (D2) 13, Berlin (D5) 3
Darien American (D1) 17, Shelton American (D3) 4
Friday, July 20
Berlin 6, Branford (D4) 1
Darien American 7, Fairfield National 6
Saturday, July 21
Berlin 13, Shelton American 4
Fairfield National 7, Branford 4
Sunday, July 22
Fairfield National 10, Shelton American 0
Branford 7, Darien American 2
Monday, July 23
Darien American 7, Berlin 6
Branford 9, Shelton American 6
Wednesday, July 25
Final: Fairfield National 11, Darien American 5
Connecticut 9-10
Baseball (ages 9-10)
State championship (best-of-3)
At Waterford South
Saturday, July 21
Game 1: Torrington 5, North Stamford 2
Sunday, July 22
Game 2: North Stamford 8, Torrington 5
Tuesday, July 24
Game 3: North Stamford 8, Torrington 3
Game 1: Torrington 5, North Stamford 2
WATERFORD, July 21 – P Adam Vanotti went the distance as Torrington won its 13th straight game with a win in game 1 of the state championship series. Casey Navin had a pair of RBI singles while Ryan Marconi and C.J. Root each had doubles.
Section II Tournament
At Cromwell and Guilford
Wednesday, July 11
Torrington (D6) 6, Waterford South (D10) 1
South Windsor (D8) 12, Killingly (D11) 1
Rocky Hill (D7) 7,Clinton (D9) 2
Friday, July 13
Waterford South 6, Clinton 4
Rocky Hill 9, Killingly 3
Torrington 14, South Windsor 10
Saturday, July 14
Rocky Hill 5, Waterford South 2
Torrington 10, Killingly 2
South Windsor 19, Clinton 0 (4)
Sunday, July 15
Waterford South 9, South Windsor 6
Killingly 6, Clinton 5
Torrington 10, Rocky Hill 8
Tuesday, July 17
Torrington 3, Clinton 1
Rocky Hill 8, South Windsor 7
Waterford South 9, Killingly 6
Thursday, July 19
Final: Torrington 3, Rocky Hill 2
Section I Tournament
At Milford
Wednesday, July 11
Fairfield National (D2) 15, Berlin (D5) 11
North Stamford (D1) 14, Prospect (D3) 0
Thursday, July 12
North Stamford 18, Fairfield National 2 (5)
Berlin 11, North Haven (D2) 1 (4)
Saturday, July 14
Fairfield National 10, North Haven 0
Berlin 14, Prospect 0 (4)
Sunday, July 15
Fairfield National 12, Prospect 0 (4)
North Stamford 13, North Haven 3 (5)
Monday, July 16
North Stamford 10, Berlin 6
Prospect vs North Haven
Wednesday, July 18
Championship game: North Stamford 5, Milford 4
