Vincent likes Dodd Stadium site

Eastern Connecticut Conference baseball chairman Pete Vincent said the crowd could have been a bit more robust, but he's been pleased with how everything has gone in tonight's ECC baseball championship at Dodd Stadium.
"Dodd Stadium has been great offering up the facility," Vincent, the Ledyard High athletic director, said. "The kids got on the field for batting practice before the game, the field is in great shape and, hopefully, we can continue this for years to come."
The Defenders did chip in and help create the atmosphere. Connecticut General manager Charlie Dowd was even out in the parking lot prior to the game helping to direct traffic.
"It's a family crowd, a high school kid crowd, two good rivals (Montville and NFA), the only thing that could have been better was that the sun could have been shining a bit more," Dowd said.

Nice crowd at Dodd

They're adorned in Norwich Free Academy red down the third base line and Montville orange on the first base side.
A good crowd has come out for the Eastern Connecticut Conference baseball championship being played at Dodd Stadium in Norwich between the Wildcats and Indians on this gloomy Thursday night.
The Indians' fans have had more to cheer about thus far as Montville shortstop Jesse Sutherland led off with a double and scored on a base hit by Alec Brown in the bottom of the first inning for the early lead.
Tyler Contillo added a triple for Montville in the first, but a base-running miscue was followed by a pair of strikeouts which prevented any further damage by the Indians.

Montville owns 1-0 lead over Fitch in ECC Semifinal

Halfway through the Eastern Connecticut Conference baseball semifinal between No. 1 Montville and No. 4 Fitch at East Lyme High, the Indians hold a 1-0 lead over the Falcons in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Ray Ingram scored the only run of the game thus far in the second inning when he reached on an error, stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. Montville catcher Kyle Holland then stroked a single to left to give the Indians the lead.
Montville also had runners on second and third in the first inning and first and second in the third. The Indians have five hits off Fitch starter Kevin Wallace, the Falcons have mustered just three off Montville pitcher Dave MacCracken.
Over on the football field, East Lyme scored two goals in the first 23 seconds but things have tightened up considerably since in its ECC semifinal match up with NFA. The Wildcats trail just 4-3 with five minutes left in the first half.

Weather holds up for ECC semifinals

It's not exactly warm, but it's dry and that was a big concern coming into the Eastern Connecticut Conference semifinals at East Lyme High School tonight.
The match-up is certainly a good one with two of the top 10 teams in the state, top-seeded Montville, playing No. 4 seed Fitch.
The Indians advanced in typical fashion with a 6-0 win over Killingly earlier this afternoon at East Lyme High. Jesse Sutherland had his 10th home run of the season in the first at-bat for Montville in the bottom of the first.
Killingly coach Dan Vogt wasn't going to take chances in the fourth inning when Sutherland came up with runners on second and third. Vogt intentionally walked Sutherland for the second time in the game which brought a smattering of boos down upon the the Killingly coach and apparently fired up Alec Brown. The Montville third baseman took Killingly starter Anthoney Tetreault yard for a grand slam and Montville never looked back as senior pitcher Derek Wilcox won his sixth straight game, he hasn't lost since his sophomore year.
The Falcons played just down the road in Waterford and gained a little revenge on Woodstock. The Centaurs beat the Falcons last week to claim a share of the ECC Large Division title, but couldn't repeat the magic.
Joey Gingerella (6-2) spun a three-hitter and the Falcons backed him up with three first inning runs.
Kevin Wallace doubled home two of those as he finished with a pair of hits on the day. John Leese also had two hits for the Falcons who finished with seven against Woodstock losing pitcher, Jim Sullivan.
It's a busy night here at East Lyme.
In addition to the baseball game, the NFA Wildcats are playing East Lyme in an ECC lacrosse semifinal on the football field.
An earlier girls semifinal saw the host Vikings, the top seed in the ECC tournament, advance with a win over No. 4 seed Waterford, 10-6. The Vikings face the winner of tonight's NFA at St. Bernard game in the ECC Championship Friday night at 7 p.m. here at East Lyme.