Softball: Hand edges Mercy in 11 innings
MIDDLETOWN >> Hand of Madison scored a run in the top of the 11th inning and hung on to hand Mercy a frustrating 6-5 Southern Connecticut Conference softball defeat that capped an equally...
View ArticleSoftball: Cheshire rallies past East Haven, to school’s first perfect regular...
Cheshire celebrates Sam Simione’s walk-off home run which gave the rams the school’s first perfect regular season (Photo Dave Phillips) Photo Dave Phillips CHESHIRE – Sam Simione knew exactly what...
View ArticleSoftball: Thomaston clinches a share of the Berkshire League title in a win...
THOMASTON >> Thomaston’s softball team (17-2) clinched at least part of a third straight Berkshire League championship in a 7-4 win over a feisty young Nonnewaug team (14-5) Friday afternoon at...
View ArticleLitchfield County Roundup: Litchfield baseball is the latest hot Berkshire...
LITCHFIELD >> Litchfield beat Terryville 9-1 Friday afternoon in this year’s up-and-down world of Berkshire League baseball. The Cowboys (5-13) started the season 0-11, only to become another of...
View ArticleSaturday’s NH County Softball Roundup: Geffert perfect as Seymour edges...
Raeanne Geffert pitched a perfect game, struck out 13 and recorded her 1,000th career strikeout for Seymour in a 1-0 win over Woodland in the NVL tournament quarterfinals. SEYMOUR 1, WOODLAND 0 (at...
View ArticleLitchfield County Roundup: Torrington softball faces Holy Cross in Monday’s...
TORRINGTON >> Torrington’s softball team beat Naugatuck 12-1 in the first round of the eight-team NVL softball tournament Saturday afternoon at Torrington High School. Ali Dubois threw a...
View ArticleBranford’s Minore Friday’s Star; VOTE for Saturday’s STAR!
Friday’s Star Marisa Minore, Branford softball: Went 3-for-4 with four RBIs to help Branford beat Sheehan 6-4. Take Our Poll The post Branford’s Minore Friday’s Star; VOTE for Saturday’s STAR! appeared...
View ArticlePooch’s Top 10 Softball Ballot
Here’s how I voted in the Top 10 Softball Poll for the week beginning May 22. The poll will run later today on GameTimeCT, and it will appear in Monday’s New Haven Register. Made some corrections....
View ArticleSoftball: This Week’s Diamond Gems
HIT PARADE • Dina DiBlasio, Norwalk: Went 6-for-6, including a double and a triple, scored four times and drove in five in a 21-3 win over McMahon. • Adriana Gambino, Westhill: Had four hits (two...
View ArticleSoftball Notebook: Seymour looking to reclaim NVL championship
Seymour’s Raeanne Geffert pitches vs. Oxford in last season’s NVL title game . (Catherine Avalone – New Haven Register) One win down, two more to go for Seymour in its attempt to reclaim the NVL...
View ArticleThe GameTimeCT / Register Top 10 Softball Poll: Fitch remains No. 1; Westhill...
Cheshire’s Abby Abramson takes a swing during her team’s 4-3 walk-off victory over East Haven (Photo Dave Phillips) Fitch remains No. 1 in the latest Top 10 poll. Westhill enters at No. 10. Team Record...
View ArticleSoftball: No. 6 North Branford tops Coginchaug
Coginchaug senior Gabby Diaz delivers a pitch against North Branford on Saturday at Totoket Park. (Jimmy Zanor – The Middletown Press) NORTH BRANFORD >> The sixth-ranked North Branford softball...
View ArticleSoftball: All-SCC Selections
All-SCC selections for softball: QUINNIPIAC DIVISION Madison Watts, West Haven Ally Marron, West Haven Bernadette Kingsbury, Sacred Heart Academy Emily Drezek, Sacred Heart Academy Ireland Miessau,...
View ArticleLitchfield County Roundup: Jonathan Miller wins his third straight Berkshire...
LITCHFIELD >> Housatonic’s Jonathan Miller proved his status as the Berkshire League’s best boys tennis player with his third straight Berkshire League singles championship Monday afternoon at...
View ArticleMonday’s Middletown region sports roundup
Baseball Xavier 4, Hand 3 >> At Madison, senior Scott Marks (4-3) tossed a complete game with five strikeouts to lift the Falcons into the Class LL state tournament on Monday. Tim Dickson, Austin...
View ArticleSoftball: Greenspan, Rocky Hill outduel Middletown
MIDDLETOWN >> Pitching and defense wins a lot of games. So it was Monday evening as Rocky Hill’s Jess Greenspan, with a big assist from her defense, outdueled Middletown’s Sam Pizzonia, 2-0, in a...
View ArticleSoftball: Holy Cross beats Torrington in a walk-off homer in NVL semifinals
NAUGATUCK >> Post-season softball often brings instant joy and instant sorrow. Great pitching is essential to successful high school teams. The opposition usually gets just a few chances to make...
View ArticleMonday’s NHCounty softball roundup: Raeanne Geffert leads Seymour over Oxford
BRANFORD 3, VALLEY REGIONAL 2 (at Branford) Valley Regional 001 100 0 — 2 5 0 Branford 300 000 X — 3 5 0 Hannah Clark and Rylee Dare; Sophia Araneo and Matilda Kreider. WP: Sophia Araneo. LP: Hannah...
View ArticleSeymour’s Raeanne Geffert is Saturday’s Star; VOTE for Monday’s Star of the Day
Saturday’s Star Raeanne Geffert, Seymour softball: Pitched a perfect game, struck out 13 and recorded her 1,000th career strikeout in a 1-0 win over Woodland in the NVL tournament quarterfinals. Vote...
View ArticleTuesday’s NH County Softball Roundup: Platt Tech falls in CSC semifinals
NORWICH TECH 15, PLATT TECH 5 (at Norwich) Platt Tech 101 000 3 — 5 8 7 Norwich Tech 103 074 X — 15 17 1 Jasmine Rivera and Autumn Lewandowski; Hannah Smith and Erin McBride. WP: Hannah Smith. LP:...
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