Wednesday, June 13, 2012

LEGION SCHEDULE: Middletown, RCP, East Haddam

June 26
Middletown at Meriden, 8 p.m.
Guilford at East Haddam, 5:30 p.m.
June 27
Meriden at Middletown, 5:45 p.m.
Hebron at RCP, 5:45 p.m.
June 28
Middletown at Meriden, 5:45 p.m.
RCP at Hebron, 5:45 p.m.
East Haddam at Guilford, 5:30 p.m.
June 29
Hebron at RCP, 5:45 p.m.
June 30
Middletown at Westbrook (DH), 6 p.m.
July 1
Westbrook at Middletown, 6 p.m.
RCP at Plainville (DH), 5 p.m.
July 2
Plainville at RCP, 5:45 p.m.
July 3
Middletown at Berlin, 8 p.m.
July 4
Berlin at Middletown, 11 a.m.
July 5
Middletown at Berlin, 8 p.m.
Cheshire at East Haddam, 6 p.m.
July 7
Guilford at Middletown (DH), 5 p.m.
East Haddam at Berlin, 4 p.m.
July 8
Middletown at Guilford, 3 p.m.
RCP at Newington (DH), 11 a.m.
Berlin at East Haddam (DH), 2 p.m.
July 9
Newington at RCP, 5:30 p.m.
July 10
Madison at East Haddam, 5:30 p.m.
July 11
Westbrook at Middletown, 8 p.m.
RCP at New Britain, 5:30 p.m.
Madison at East Haddam, 5:30 p.m.
July 12
New Britain at RCP, 5:30 p.m.
East Haddam at Madison, 5:30 p.m.
July 13
Middletown at Meriden, 5:45 p.m.
New Britain at RCP, 5:30 p.m.
July 14
RCP at Middletown, 7 p.m.
East Haddam at Cheshire (DH), 1 p.m.
July 15
Hartford at Middletown (DH), 4:30 p.m.
Cheshire at East Haddam, 1 p.m.
July 16
Middletown at Berlin, 8 p.m.
July 17
Westbrook at East Haddam, 6 p.m.
July 18
Hebron at Middletown, 8 p.m.


Middletown home games at Palmer Field; RCP home games at Cromwell High School; East Haddam home games at Legion Field.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Remaining baseball/softball teams: A quick history


BASEBALL

Haddam-Killingworth

This year: H-K thumped Wolcott in the second round, 17-3, but they’ll have a tall task in the quarters Saturday at No. 1 Montville. H-K relied on pitching depth to finish the regular season 14-6. The Cougars lost to Cromwell in the Shoreline semifinals.
State titles: 0 (played in Class S title game in 1981, 1982, 1986)
Recent finishes:
2011 — Lost in Class M first round to Seymour, 3-2
2010 — Lost in Class M semifinal to Waterford, 1-0
2009 — Lost in Class M second round to eventual champion New London, 5-0 
2008 — Lost in Class M second round to Montville, 4-3
2007 — Lost in Class S quarterfinal to Trinity Catholic, 3-1
2006 — Lost in Class S quarterfinal to Old Lyme, 3-2


Cromwell

This year: A comeback win against East Hampton gave the Panthers (15-5) a Shoreline title. Cromwell defeated Wamogo and Windsor Locks en route to the quarterfinals, and will host St. Paul Catholic Saturday. Looming in a possible semifinal matchup is top-seeded Northwest Catholic. 
State titles: 1966, 1967 (played in 7 title games since 1968)
Recent finishes:
2011 — Lost in Class S quarterfinal to East Catholic, 7-1
2010 — Lost in Class S final to Northwest Catholic, 4-2
2009 — Lost in Class S quarterfinal to Notre Dame-Fairfield, 4-3
2008 — Lost in Class S quarterfinal to St. Bernard, 2-1
2007 — Lost in Class S second round to Northwest Catholic, 11-5
2006 — Lost in Class S first round to Northwest Catholic, 4-3


SOFTBALL

Coginchaug

This year: Coginchaug (16-4) won the Shoreline title this year with a wild nine-inning win against H-K. After a first-round bye, the No. 2-seeded Blue Devils polished off Holy Family in a five-inning win, 15-0. Coginchaug will host Lyman Memorial today — a team they played in the Class S finals in 2007 and 2008 (Lyman won in 2007, Coginchaug in 2008).
State titles: 1983, 1994,  1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008 (all Class S)
Recent finishes:
2011 — Lost in Class S quarterfinal to eventual champion Hale-Ray, 7-6 (9 innings)
2010 — Lost in Class S semifinal to eventual champion Terryville, 2-0
2009 — Lost in Class S final to champion Canton, 4-2
2008 — Won Class S title; defeated Lyman Memorial in final, 1-0
2007 — Lost in Class S final to Lyman Memorial, 3-2 (10 innings)
2006 — Won Class S title; defeated Hale-Ray in final, 1-0


MERCY

This year: Mercy won the SCC’s Quinnipiac Division and finished up the regular season at 15-5, dispatching Newington and Greenwich on their way to the Class LL quarterfinals. The Tigers will play at Westhill today, hoping to reach their first semifinal since 2009.
State titles: 1994, 2006 (all Class LL)
Recent finishes:
2011 — Lost in Class LL first round to West Haven, 3-2
2010 — Lost in Class LL second round to Southington, 2-0
2009 — Lost in Class LL semifinal to eventual champion Fitch, 1-0
2008 — Lost in Class L semifinal to eventual champion North Haven, 4-0
2007 — Lost in Class LL semifinal to eventual champion Masuk, 2-0
2006 — Won Class LL title; defeated Amity in final, 4-1


LACROSSE

Xavier

This year: Xavier was 11-6 this year, but the young squad couldn’t battle with the cream of the crop in the SCC. They have a tough quarterfinal at top-seeded Simsbury (15-1) Saturday. 
State titles: 0 (played in Division II title game in 1998)
Recent finishes:
2011 — Lost in Class L first round to Conard, 11-7
2010 — Lost in Class L second round to Glastonbury, 12-5
2009 — Lost in Class L second round to Glastonbury, 11-4
2008 — Lost in Class L first round to Glastonbury, 14-8
2007 — Did not qualify for state tournament
2006 — Lost in Class L first round to South Windsor, 9-7


H-K girls

This year: H-K went undefeated in the Shoreline Conference this year, but lost to Northwest Catholic, Wilton and Stamford. Will the Cougars reach the title game after falling in the semis the last two years? It just might come down to a semifinal matchup with Northwest Catholic. The Cougars will host Ellington in the quarters Monday.
State titles: 0 (never appeared in final)
Recent finishes:
2011 — Lost in Class S semifinal to eventual champion Weston, 12-9
2010 — Lost in Class S semifinal to Fairfield Ludlowe, 18-7
2009 — Lost in Class S quarterfinal to Immaculate, 14-11
2008 — Did not qualify for state tournament; first year of program
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GOLF: Individual scores by team from Shoreline Championships

Individual scores by team
Old Saybrook: Jack Ayers 74, Andy Heckler 80, Matt Cummins 85, JT Giegerich 85
H-K: Nick Segaline 80, John Abbott 88, Matt Bosco 90, Dan Day 91
Old Lyme: Travis Russell 83, Matti Fuller 84, George Logan 95, Nick Berry 95
Portland: Jon Sajdak 77, Mike Tammaro 82, Jack Kelley 83, Carl Thorell 104
Coginchaug: Liz DiVincentis 81, Evan Sliker 84, Adam Twombly 91, Scott Smith 92
Morgan: Frank Rivas 78, Max Bugg 81, Frank Romano 84, Gabe Van Ness 87
Cromwell: Brett Sadinsky 86, Tanner Begen 90, Liam Kenney 96, Sadmir Beskovic 101
North Branford: AJ Cooney 85, Brendan Appi 87, Zac Augur 112, Donny Finkle 114
Hale-Ray: Shane Fiala 81, Tom LeClerc 91, Alex Lorentson 93, Justin Fiala 96
East Hampton: Josh  Basil 92, Ken Steer 93, Matt Mardirosian 97, Jordan Goodman 101
Valley Regional: Clinton Mosher 86, Geoff Vincelette 90, Luke Gagnon 92, Keegan Bauman 97
Westbrook: Scott Nicoll  82

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Who's still kicking? Wednesday results and upcoming schedule

WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS
OUTDOOR TRACK

Class LL meet


BOYS LACROSSE

Class L
No. 9 Xavier def. No. 8 Shelton, 8-6

SOFTBALL
Class S
No. 2 Coginchaug def. No. 18 Holy Family, 15-0 (5 inn.)
No. 10 Lyman Memorial def. No. 26 East Hampton,
Class LL
No. 7 Mercy def. No. 23 Greenwich, 10-1

BASEBALL
Class LL
No. 7 Amity def. No. 10 Xavier, 4-3
Class M
No. 9 H-K def. No. 8 Wolcott,17-3
Class S
No. 13 St. Paul Catholic def. No. 4 East Hampton, 4-1.
No. 1 Northwest Catholic def. No. 16 Hale-Ray, 3-0
No. 5 Cromwell def. No. 12 Windsor Locks, 10-3

THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE
GIRLS LACROSSE
Class S, first round
No. 16 Lewis Mills at No. 1 H-K, 5 p.m.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Class L, quarterfinal
No. 11 Xavier at No. 3 Ridgefield, 7 p.m.

FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE
SOFTBALL
Class S, quarterfinal
No. 10 Lyman Memorial at No. 2 Coginchaug, 4 p.m.
Class LL, quarterfinal
No. 7 Mercy at No. 2 Westhill, 4 p.m.

SOFTBALL: Handley gets abbreviated perfect game, Coginchaug advances

No. 2 Coginchaug 15, No. 18 Holy Family 0 (5 inn.): Mari Handley was perfect in five innings as the Blue Devils mercy-ruled Academy of the Holy Family in the second round of the Class S tournament Wednesday, 15-0.
Handley struck out 13 of the 15 batters she faced in the abbreviated perfect game. She didn’t walk a batter and Coginchaug was errorless on defense.
Offensively, the Shoreline champions scratched out 17 hits and scored seven runs in the third inning. Lauren Esposito was 3-for-5 with four RBIs, three runs and two stolen bases. Marissa Puchalski added three hits and three RBIs.
Coginchaug will host No. 10 Lyman Memorial in the quarterfinals Friday. The Blue Devils defeated Lyman on April 7, 4-2.

BASEBALL: Cromwell to Class S quarters

No. 5 Cromwell 10, No. 12 Windsor Locks 3: The Panthers tacked on nine runs in the third inning, landing a spot in the Class S quarterfinals with a 10-3 win against Windsor Locks Wednesday in Cromwell.
Starter Doug Davenport scattered three hits and struck out six in a complete-game effort, and Cromwell bounced back from a 2-1 deficit with nine runs in the third.
Cromwell had five hits in that inning (including a two-run double by Alex Ramirez) and took advantage of three consecutive Windsor Locks errors.
Steven Radziewicz was 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. Ramirez and Logan Lessard had two hits apiece.
Cromwell will play No. 13 St. Paul Catholic in the quarterfinals Saturday (location to be announced). St. Paul upset defending champion East Hampton in the second round, 4-1.