There is some rain in the area in Stratford and it's sprinkling in Middletown, but the CIAC state championship games are on as scheduled for this Saturday.
No. 6 Waterford is playing No. 4 Montville today for the Class M state baseball championship at Palmer Field in Middletown. Brian Girasoli is covering that game and we will be providing updates both on this blog and on Norwich Bulletin.com.
The Class S softball championship, like Montville-Waterford, is slated to start at noon time. The No. 1 seeded Kangaroos bring a 22-1 record to DeLuca Field in Stratford, No. 6 St. Bernard is 19-6.
It would only seem fitting that the Class L state title will be under the threat of rain, No. 6 Bristol Eastern and No. 1 Waterford were postoned until Sunday the last time they played a state title game in 2007.
Norwich Bulletin.com will also provide continous updates on the two softball state championship games throughout the afternoon.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
An All-ECC battle?
Montville is in, can Waterford be far behind?
The Indians qualified for the fourth state championship game in their baseball program's history Tuesday with a 9-2 win over North Branford in a Class M state semifinal game at Beehive Field in New Britain.
It seems whenever Montville makes it to a title tilt, it brings along one of its Eastern Connecticut Conference buddies. Montville beat Bacon Academy, 6-2, in its last state championship foray in 2006. It also lost to Waterford in 1998, 5-1. The only time the formula didn't hold true was in 2003 when the Indians lost to Notre Dame-Fairfield, 7-0, in 2003.
"Does this mean Waterford wins, I have no idea," Montville coach Phil Orbe said with a smile.
Would he rather play haddam-Killingworth than his old rival next door?
"I'm just happy for our kids, our fans and our community," Orbe said. "Our community gets beat up sometimes and I'm just glad we did something that will make our community proud."
Second-seeded Haddam-Killingworth and No. 6 Waterford are underway in the second game of the day at Beehive Field. The winner plays Montville either Friday night or Saturday.
The Indians qualified for the fourth state championship game in their baseball program's history Tuesday with a 9-2 win over North Branford in a Class M state semifinal game at Beehive Field in New Britain.
It seems whenever Montville makes it to a title tilt, it brings along one of its Eastern Connecticut Conference buddies. Montville beat Bacon Academy, 6-2, in its last state championship foray in 2006. It also lost to Waterford in 1998, 5-1. The only time the formula didn't hold true was in 2003 when the Indians lost to Notre Dame-Fairfield, 7-0, in 2003.
"Does this mean Waterford wins, I have no idea," Montville coach Phil Orbe said with a smile.
Would he rather play haddam-Killingworth than his old rival next door?
"I'm just happy for our kids, our fans and our community," Orbe said. "Our community gets beat up sometimes and I'm just glad we did something that will make our community proud."
Second-seeded Haddam-Killingworth and No. 6 Waterford are underway in the second game of the day at Beehive Field. The winner plays Montville either Friday night or Saturday.
Montville leads North Branford in Class M semi
Justin Brachas threw five innings on Saturday, the right-hander is back on the hill today. The Indians are hoping Brachas (8-0) can get them into a Class M state championship game this weekend and so far, he's done the job.
Montville scored two runs in the first inning and another in the third and now owns a 3-1 lead over North Branford through four innings.
Tyler Contillo drew a one-out walk and Brachas followed with a single. The two runners advanced on a balk and Kyle Holland brought home both with a single to center. The Indians added another run in the third when Contillo reached on an error, moved to second on Brachas' second single of the day and scored on a Holland base hit.
North Branford (14-9) scored its only run in the fourth on a single by pitcher Danny Esposito, a double by Sage Leonard and a sacrifice fly by Marc Notile.
The Montville-North Branford semifinal is just one of six semifinals that the Norwich Bulletin is covering today.
St. Bernard and Somers are also playing a Class S softball semifinal in West Haven. That game is scoreless through three innings.
Montville scored two runs in the first inning and another in the third and now owns a 3-1 lead over North Branford through four innings.
Tyler Contillo drew a one-out walk and Brachas followed with a single. The two runners advanced on a balk and Kyle Holland brought home both with a single to center. The Indians added another run in the third when Contillo reached on an error, moved to second on Brachas' second single of the day and scored on a Holland base hit.
North Branford (14-9) scored its only run in the fourth on a single by pitcher Danny Esposito, a double by Sage Leonard and a sacrifice fly by Marc Notile.
The Montville-North Branford semifinal is just one of six semifinals that the Norwich Bulletin is covering today.
St. Bernard and Somers are also playing a Class S softball semifinal in West Haven. That game is scoreless through three innings.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
ECC boys tennis: Rain wins at ECC championship
You can’t fault the effort put in by the coaches and volunteers to try and get the Eastern Connecticut Conference boys tennis championships in at Waterford High School on Monday, but the elements won out in the end.
The boys singles and doubles championship matches will be resumed today at 3 p.m. at Waterford. Top-seeded Brandon Roode of Griswold won the first set against No. 2 seed Andy King of East Lyme, 6-1, and was leading the second 2-1 when a second line of storms moved into the area. Stonington’s top-seeded doubles team of Dan Banker and Devin White were also enjoying a 6-4, 3-2 lead over the Waterford doubles team of John Stockman and Schuylar Whiting when play was called.
The two championship matches started two hours late thanks to a line of heavy thunderstorms that moved into Waterford area shortly before the scheduled start of 4 p.m.
Once the storms cleared, the Waterford coaching staff, players and volunteers manned the squeegees and even enlisted a leaf blower to clear the court of water and dry it.
Banker and White took a quick 3-0 lead in the doubles match which began prior to the singles competition. Stockman and Whiting, however, rallied to close within one game, 5-4, but the Bears duo was able to pick up the decisive sixth win.
Roode, the two-time defending ECC champion, won the first five games against King before the East Lyme player prevented the sweep in the first set. Roode came back to win the seventh game, but time was not on the players’ side as storm clouds began to gather.
Tournament director Chris Coderre stopped play when those clouds, which failed to produce any lightning, did let loose another torrent of rain that rendered the courts unplayable.
The boys singles and doubles championship matches will be resumed today at 3 p.m. at Waterford. Top-seeded Brandon Roode of Griswold won the first set against No. 2 seed Andy King of East Lyme, 6-1, and was leading the second 2-1 when a second line of storms moved into the area. Stonington’s top-seeded doubles team of Dan Banker and Devin White were also enjoying a 6-4, 3-2 lead over the Waterford doubles team of John Stockman and Schuylar Whiting when play was called.
The two championship matches started two hours late thanks to a line of heavy thunderstorms that moved into Waterford area shortly before the scheduled start of 4 p.m.
Once the storms cleared, the Waterford coaching staff, players and volunteers manned the squeegees and even enlisted a leaf blower to clear the court of water and dry it.
Banker and White took a quick 3-0 lead in the doubles match which began prior to the singles competition. Stockman and Whiting, however, rallied to close within one game, 5-4, but the Bears duo was able to pick up the decisive sixth win.
Roode, the two-time defending ECC champion, won the first five games against King before the East Lyme player prevented the sweep in the first set. Roode came back to win the seventh game, but time was not on the players’ side as storm clouds began to gather.
Tournament director Chris Coderre stopped play when those clouds, which failed to produce any lightning, did let loose another torrent of rain that rendered the courts unplayable.
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