(Peter Hvizdak – New Haven Register)
Sabrina LeMere of North Branford H.S., right, and her softball team celebrates their 5-4 8th-inning walk-off win over East Haven High School at Totoket Park in North Branford Monday afternoon April 18, 2016.
Sabrina LeMere hit a game-tying solo homer in the bottom of the 6th, and then No. 9 North Branford won it in the eighth in a 5-4 non-conference victory over No. 2 East Haven.
Both teams entered unbeaten.
Olivia Hemstock went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Danielle Ramada went 2-for-3 with a run for the host Thunderbirds (7-0).
Laura Anderson and Allie Luzzi both doubled and Anderson also drove in a run for the Easties (6-1). Jessica Stettinger hit a two-run homerun for East Haven.
AMITY 2, HAND 0
(at Madison)
Amity 000 200 0 — 2 6 1
Hand 000 000 0 — 0 3 0
Katie Koshes, Morgan Perry (5) and Teresa Marchitto; Abby Geshwind and Lilly Geshwind.
WP: Katie Koshes. LP: Abigail Geshwind. 2B: (AM) Nordyk 2, Marchitto; (HD) Buller. RBI: Marchitto, Perry (AM)
Team records: Amity 4-1; Hand 3-2.
CHESHIRE 4, LAURALTON HALL 2
(at Milford)
Cheshire 010 012 0 — 4 9 2
Lauralton Hall 110 000 0 — 2 4 3
Abby Abramson and Megan Hodgon; Ireland Miessau and Maura Keary.
WP: Abby Abramson (6-0). LP: Ireland Miessau (4-2). 3B: (CH) Sam Simione. RBI: Christiana Cottrell (LHA);
Team records: Cheshire 6-0; Lauralton Hall 4-2.
Comments: Christina Cottrell was 2-4 with an RBI for Lauralton Hall Maura Keary was 1-2 for Lauralton. Ireland Miessau had 7 strikeouts for Lauralton Hall. Abby Abramson had 17 strikeouts for Cheshire. Lexi Hemstock was 2-3 for Cheshire Mia Juodaitis was 2-3 for Cheshire.
FORAN 9, NORTH HAVEN 6
(at North Haven)
Foran 130 101 3 — 9 15 0
North Haven 000 010 5 — 6 14 4
MaKenna Prete and Kayla Gosselin; Ava Mattei, Lauren Card (6) and Rachel Card.
WP: Prete (). LP: Ava Mattei (2-3). 2B: (FO) Natalia Hart, Caitlyn Parisi, Amanda Mendillo; (NH) Rachel Card, Laurissa Amaker. Hr: Amanda Mendillo, Hannah DeSousa (FO)RBI: Mendillo (4), DeSousa (2) (FO); Rachel Card (2) (NH);
Team records: Foran 4-0; North Haven 3-3.
Comments: Hannah DeSousa 3 for 4, Amanda Mendillo 2 for 4, Kayla Gosselin 2 for 3, North Haven Peyton Davis 2 for 2,Rachel Card 2 for 4, Tone Barbiero 2 for 3.
GUILFORD 6, SACRED HEART ACADEMY 3
(at Sacred Heart Academy)
Guilford 002 000 4 — 6 8 2
Sacred Heart Academy 001 002 0 — 3 5 5
Amanda King and Megan Zampano; Bernadette Kingsbury and Brittany LaChance.
WP: Amanda King. LP: Bernadette Kingsbury (2-4). 2B: (GU) Amanda King, Lilly Young; (SHA) Velez, Brittany LaChance. 3B: (GU) Goldstein. RBI: Young, Kornguth, Torre, Goldstein (GU); Weiss (2), Brittany LaChance (SHA).
Team records: Sacred Heart Academy 2-4.
Comments: Amanda King strikes out 10 and goes 2 for 2 and Lilly Young goes 2 for 4 in the win for Guilford. Bernadette Kingsbury Strikes out 9 and Taylor Weiss went 1 for 3 with 2 RBI’s and Brittney LaChance went 1 for 4 with an RBI in the loss.
HADDAM-KILLINGWORTH 14, EAST HAMPTON 2
(at Higganum)
East Hampton 020 000 0 — 2 5 3
Haddam-Killingworth 801 005 X — 14 12 1
WP: Hannah Theriault. 2B: (EHamp) Rachel Victory 2; (HK) Ari Masotti. 3B: (HK) Faith Mauri. RBI: Ari Masotti (3), Faith Mauri (3) (HK);
Team records: East Hampton 3-3; Haddam-Killingworth 3-2.
HAMDEN 17, BASSICK 0
(at Hamden)
Bassick 000 000 0 — 0 0 0
Hamden 863 000 X — 17 12 0
WP: Greco. LP: Santiago. RBI: India Rivera (4) (HA);
Comments: India Rivera 3-3 4 RBI for Hamden.
HOLY CROSS 3, NAUGATUCK 0
(at Naugatuck)
Holy Cross 100 101 0 — 3 0 0
Naugatuck 000 000 0 — 0 0 0
WP: Sarah Lawton. LP: Jess Conover. 2B: (NA) Jackie Aronin. RBI: Lawton, Strielkauskas (2) (HC)
Team records: Holy Cross 6-0; Naugatuck 3-3.
HOPKINS 3, CHRISTIAN HERITAGE 0
(at Trumbull)
Hopkins 000 002 1 — 3 7 1
Christian Heritage 000 000 0 — 0 2 1
Sara Chung and Jessica D’Errico; Tiffany Dao and Emma Viera.
WP: Sara Chung (4-0). LP: Tiffany Dao (0-3). RBI: Potash, DErrico (HOP)
Team records: Hopkins 4-0; Christian Heritage 0-3.
Comments: Hop: Sara Chung struck out 7, Izzy Potash went 3 for 4 one run scored 1 RBI, Jessica D’Errico went 1 for 3 with a double, one run score, 1 RBI, Cece Giaimo went 2 for 3.
LYMAN HALL 6, WEST HAVEN 1
(at Wallingford)
West Haven 000 010 0 — 1 3 2
Lyman Hall 001 023 X — 6 8 4
2B: (WH) Alexandra Marron. RBI: Marron (WH); Morgan Shura, Madison Shura, Alysa McCann (LH).
NORTH BRANFORD 5, EAST HAVEN 4
(at North Branford)
East Haven 001 300 00 — 4 6 5
North Branford 000 031 01 — 5 8 1
(C) Jess Stettinger (P) Laura Anderson; (C) Sabrina Lemere (P) Lindsay Golia.
WP: Lindsay Golia (7-0). LP: Laura Anderson (6-1). 2B: (EH) Laura Anderson, Allie Luzzi. hr: Jessica Stettinger (EH); Sabrina Lemere (NOBFD); RBI: Stettinger (2), Anderson, Luzzi (EH); Lemere, Olivia Hemstock (2), Danielle Ramada, Julia Haeckel (NOBFD);
Team records: East Haven 6-1 (4-0 SCC); North Branford 7-0 (5-0 SLC).
Comments: Sabrina Lemere hit a game-tying solo homer in the bottom of the 6th. Olivia Hemstock went 2-4 with 2 RBI and Danielle Ramada went 2-3 with a run scored. Laura Anderson and Allie Luzzi both doubled with Anderson having an RBI. Jessica Stettinger hit a 2-run homerun for East Haven.
MERCY 8, SHEEHAN 0
(at Middletown)
Sheehan 000 000 0 — 0 2 3
Mercy 042 002 X — 8 10 2
Sam Iannone, Erin Dighello (6) and Mackenzie Wilson; Sarah Flanagan, Bri Sawicki (4) and Michelle Theilgard.
WP: Sarah Flanagan. LP: Samantha Iannone. RBI: Tiff Mangiameli, Blake Braman (2), Michelle Theilgard (ME);
Comments: Mercy: Tiff Mangiameli 2-4, 1 run, 1 rbi; Blake Braman 2-3, 2 runs, 2 rbi; Michelle Theilgard 2-4, 1 run, 1 rbi.
O’BRIEN TECH 31, TWO RIVERS 18
O’Brien Tech 273 1051 3 — 31 22 6
Two Rivers 250 531 2 — 18 8 7
Nicole Parker and Nadia Jackson; Kaissa Calero and Cianna Gonzales.
WP: Nicole Parker. LP: Kaissa Calero. 2B: (OB) Rachel Krystopowicz 2. 3B: (OB) Nadia Jackson.
Comments: Rachel Krystopowicz 4 hits including 2 doubles, Nicole Parker and Sarah Perregaux had 4 hits each. Nadia Jackson 3 hits including a triple and faith Cray had 3 hits.
SEYMOUR 18, WILBY 0
(at Waterbury)
Seymour 622 80 — 18 16 0
Wilby 000 00 — 0 1 3
Molly Adamo And Amanda Harkins, Isabella Calabro (3); Ashley Romaniello And Yasmine Casonova. WP: MOLLY ADAMO (1-0). LP: YASMINE CASONOVA. 2B: (SE) ADAMO, GINA FERRARA. 3B: (SE) MINALGA. hr: Cassie Rossetti, Chelsea Avila, Siera Cripps, Beca Findley (SE)RBI: Rossetti (2), Avila (2), Cripps (3), Findley (SE).
Team records: Seymour 5-0; Wilby 1-7.
Comments: MOLLY ADAMO 1 HITTER..7 K’S…TORI KELLOGG AND ADAMO HAD 2 HITS. Amanda Harkins recorded her 100th career hit.
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