It's nice to have a team with ability, it's even nicer when that team is blessed with a little character as well.
The Waterford High Lancers baseball team certainly have ability and also plenty of confidence as they've already shown in several games this season.
They just held off a hungry Killingly squad 3-2 early this season and just this past week, won two close games. The Lancers nipped Ledyard 1-0 in 11 innings on Thursday, came back to beat NFA on Friday and then rallied for a 5-4 win over the number three team in the state, Fitch, on Saturday afternoon.
"Great character," Waterford's senior catcher Rob Bono said after the encounter with Fitch. "Our play is just showing it. If we get down, we're not letting it affect us. We're fighting right till the end and we're coming out on top."
The Lancers did hurt themselves a bit on Saturday as they committed six errors.
"I don't think we've had six errors all year," Waterford coach Jack O'Keefe said. "They were simple plays but we just started to bleed there and couldn't stop it."
The Lancers did give away a 3-0 lead as Fitch took a 4-3 lead by the fifth but Waterford was able to rally to win in the seventh.
Maybe not a perfect game but probably a typical one for these two ECC Large Division rivals who will meet again.