Monday, July 27, 2009

A look ahead to Tuesday

Montville and New London will battle one another to decide who remains in Bristol and who comes home.
That's the result of Montville's 4-3, 10-inning loss to Branford in the winner's bracket of the American Legion State Tournament earlier this morning.
The Norwich Bulletin will cover that game in Bristol this afternoon with John Shishmanian coming along to provide the photos.
Joe Perez will continue our coverage of Jewett City's quest for a Little League softball state championship. Jewett City faces a must win tonight at 6 p.m. when they play Milford at Waterford South Little League. Milford won the first game between the two, 4-3, in nine innings on Sunday.

Sunday, July 26, 2009

A look ahead

Jewett City's Little League softball All-Star team begins its quest for a state title tonight at 6 p.m. in Waterford as they open a best-of-three series against Milford at the Waterford South Little League complex.
The series is starting a day later than planned thanks to a rainout earlier in the week in the Section II finals. Jewett City coach Archie Drobiak was concerned that if the series had started yesterday, as originally planned, his pitching rotation would have been compromised. (Little League softball pitchers must have a day of rest between outings). Thus, the first game was pushed back to tonight, we do plan to have complete coverage for you in Monday's Norwich Bulletin.
The Connecticut Defenders are back at home and Joe Perez will be on hand to report on today's game.
Matt Stout also has a look back at yesterday's WNBA All-Star game especially the lady of the day, Most Valuable Player Swin Cash.

Friday, July 24, 2009

What tomorrow brings

You can call this a little preview of what to expect in Saturday's sports pages of the Norwich Bulletin.
Joe Perez will be in Rocky Hill tonight covering the Little League softball 11-12 year-old Section II championship. Jewett City takes on Vernon in the game slated to begin at 5:30 p.m. (You can check Thursday's sport section for directions to the park). A win for Jewett City sends them to the state championship against the Section I champion. That series is slated to begin Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Waterford South Little League complex. It's a best two-out-of three series for the state title.
Matt Stout and I have been working on a special preview for the WNBA All-Star game that takes place tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. at the Mohegan Sun Arena. We'll have a complete rundown of the members of both teams as well as several features.
We'll also have the results from Montville's rain-delayed American Legion play-in game (Montville trailed Stamford 5-1 in the fifth inning when it was suspended) and our weekly NASCAR page.
We hope you enjoy.