Girls’ Softball 

Softball 

programs

pile up

victories

By Ron P. Coderre

Every high school girls’ softball team made it to the Win column last week with the exception of Woodstock Academy.  Putnam, Ellis Tech and Tourtellotte enjoyed two-win weeks, while Killingly and Plainfield also managed one win each.

The warm weather appeared to warm up the aluminum bats as Killingly, Tourtellotte, Putnam and Ellis Tech won games in which the scores resembled the results from football or basketball games more so than softball.

Constitution State Conference 

Teams Playing Well

Putnam High School girls’ softball added two wins to the ledger just prior to prom night.  The Lady Clippers comfortably took the measure of Cheney Tech 15-1 and Classical Magnet 15-3 behind the serves of star hurler Mackenzie Livingston.  She limited the Lady Techsters to one hit and the “Magnet Chicks” to six bingles.

The Ellis Tech ladies also got very offensive last week, beating Grasso Tech 20-5 and Prince Tech 30-1 in five innings.  Ana Riddick raised her record in the circle to 4-1, pitching the Eagles to both victories.  Ellis Tech had a combined 41 hits in the two wins.

Tourtellotte, after dropping four straight games, took out its wrath on Windham Tech pasting the Lady Techsters 23-3 and 26-6 in a doubleheader sweep.  Crystal Daly was the winning pitcher in the opener and Julie Szamocki picked up the victory in the nightcap.  Daly had a pair of doubles as she aided her cause in the first game.  Overall the Lady Tigers amassed 30 hit in the twinbill.

Earlier in the week it took Montville eight innings before they bested the Lady Tigers and tough luck loser Halie Poirier 5-3.  Griswold behind the strong arm of Kristen Drobiak slapped the Lady Tigers 21-2, as Tourtellotte stands at 4-4 overall and 0-4 in the Eastern Connecticut Small Division.

Plainfield split a pair of games edging Wheeler 2-0 and losing to Bacon Academy 9-4.  Keri Lehtonen fanned 10 Wheeler batters on the way to feeding the Lions a big fat bagel.  Bacon then fried the Panthers as Plainfield could only garner four hits in the loss.  Chivon Burns had a home run in the loss, which dropped the Lady Panthers below the .500 mark on the season at 4-5.

Killingly picked up its second victory of the year with a 10-4 win over the Lyman Lady Bulldogs.  Mikayla Pasco and Karlee Miller with three hits apiece paced the 2-5 Redgal offense.  Woodstock was shutout by Bacon 5-0.  The loss dropped the Centaurs to 1-7 on the year and 0-3 in the ECC Large Division.

RPC’s Super Standings

Putnam 7-4; Ellis Tech 6-3; Marianapolis 5-1; Pomfret 4-1; Tourtellotte 4-4; Plainfield 4-5; Killingly 2-5; Woodstock Academy 1-7.