By Ron P. Coderre

As the softball season quietly slips past the halfway point for most teams, there isn’t anyone exactly lighting up the sports wires.  Plainfield and Putnam each picked up a pair of wins while Killingly, Tourtellotte and Ellis Tech all hit the win column once.

The Preps, Marianapolis and Pomfret School had successful weeks, both posting victories.

Lady Clippers Qualify for State Tournament

Putnam became the first local softball team to qualify for the State tournament with a pair of wins last week that raised their record to 8-5.  Mackenzie Livingston is the horse that the Lady Clippers are riding to the finish line.  When she’s in the circle, the team frequently seems to make it to the winner’s circle.

The Lady Clippers open with an 8-0 victory over Bullard Havens  and then avenged an early season loss to Ellis Tech by taking the measure of the Eagles 10-6 in a game played in Danielson.  Caitlyn Verrette and Jada Thomas with doubles lifted Livingston and Putnam to the win.

Ellis Tech split its other two contests, losing to Bullard Havens 12-11 and beating Whitney Tech 19-10.  The Lady Techsters pounded Whitney pitching for 25 hits in raising their record to 7-5, just one win shy of qualifying for the State Tournament.

Plainfield is also near the qualifying point as it raised its record to 6-7 with two wins.  They are 2-4 in the ECC Medium Division.  

The Lady Panthers shutout Windham 15-0 and rolled over New London 17-2.  Keri Lethenon picked up both victories for Plainfield.  In shutting out Windham she received offensive support from Sydney Meyers and Katarina Devolve who each had three baggers in the mercy rule contest.  

The Lady Panthers were dropped by Waterford in a tough luck contest 4-2 and defeated by archrival Griswold 13-3 as Kristen Drobiak pitched and hit the Wolverines to victory.  She had a double, triple and homerun in the contest. 

Killingly’s only win of the week was a 15-0 shutout of New London behind the tosses of winning hurler Hannah Guari.  In their other games, the Redgals were beaten by Griswold (7-0), Waterford (15-1) and Stonington (6-4).  Killingly is 3-9 overall and 1-5 in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Medium Division.

Tourtellotte, which is 5-7 on the season and 1-6 in the ECC Small Division, picked up a 12-10 victory over Lyman as Crystal Daly managed to hang on for the win.  Carinne Sosnowski had a round-tripper for the Lady Tigers.  Early in the week Tourtellotte lost a heartbreaker to Windham 5-4, and was beaten by Montville 6-1 and St. Bernard 3-1.  Woodstock Academy suffered through a 0-3 week, losing to Griswold (8-1), Ledyard (7-0) and East Lyme (18-1).  The Lady Centaurs are 2-11 and 0-6 in the ECC Large Division.

Marianapolis, led by Jill Bodreau who was 3-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored shutout Hamden Hall 12-0 to raise its record to 8-1.  Pomfret School got by Cheshire Academy 6-3 behind winning pitcher Gena LaBeef (3-4).  McKenna Newkirk had a double and a home run in the win, while Mary Redmond contributed a triple to the winning cause.

RPC’s Super Standings: Marianapolis 8-1; Putnam 8-5; Ellis Tech 7-5; Plainfield 6-7; Pomfret 5-1; Tourtellotte 5-7; Killingly 3-9; Woodstock Academy 2-11.

 

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