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.