By Ryan Rumrill

Town Crier Sportswriter

Putnam Clippers 

The Putnam Clippers look to start up the new season with some returning seniors and the core of the team has played together throughout their youth days from the Little League through middle school and now transition to the Murphy Park diamond. The Clippers will be coached by Christopher Hehir for another season, and the team will open up with a non-conference game against Killingly April 1 at Murphy Park. Then they travel down the highway to play Killingly again at Owen Bell Park on April 4, and then Woodstock Academy at Bentley Complex. 

Woodstock Academy 

Woodstock Academy opens their campaign against New London in a non-conference game up at Bentley Complex at 4 p.m. April 3. Their second game of the year is their first division game where they take on Fitch Falcons at home on April 5, and then take on the St. Bernard Saints on the road to wrap up the first week of the season April 8. 

Tourtellotte Tigers

The Thompson Tigers will take the field for the first time against the Norwich Tech Warriors on the 8th of April for their game of the season. From there, they will travel to Murphy Park in Putnam to take on the Clippers April 15. Their third game on the schedule they will travel to Danielson and take on the Ellis Tech Eagles on May 4 before opening division play against Lyman Memorial May 8. 

Killingly Redmen

Killingly Redmen will start up their season by traveling up to Putnam to take on the Clippers at Murphy Park at 3:30 April 1, and then play at home against the Clippers again, before they start up their Conference games. They take on New London on April 5 at home. To end the first week of the season, they travel to Waterford to take on the Lancers April 8. 

Marianapolis

Marianapolis Prep waits until the 7th of April to start up their campaign when the Golden Knights will take on Bancroft School at 4 p.m. at home. Their next game they travel to take on Kingswood Oxford School on April 13 and then take on Providence Country Day School on the 20.  After that they travel up to Pomfret where they will take on Pomfret Prep on April 24. 

 

Girls' Previews

Putnam Clippers 

The Putnam Lady Clippers will start up their season on April 3 where they face off against the Redgals of Killingly at 4 p.m. at the ballfield at Killingly High School. Their second game of the season they travel April 6 to Grasso Tech to start their division games at home at Murphy Park. Then they are on the road to Stafford High to play a non-conference game. Then they travel to Plainfield to take on the Panthers on April 13 in a double header. The first pitch is at noon then 3. 

Woodstock Academy 

Woodstock Academy Lady Centaurs will start off their season by getting their first game against Lyman Memorial on April 3 and will be traveling to Lebanon, and first pitch will be at 4:15. April 4 will be their second game when they start up ECC play when they match up against the Fitch Falcons where they will play at home at Bentley Complex at 4. Their third game they travel to St. Bernard to play the Saints on April 7 in Uncasville. The first pitch is at 4. From there they have two road games where they travel to Dudley to face Shepherd Hill Regional High School at 4 on April 10; then to Bacon Academy in Colchester at 11 a.m. to play a division game against Bacon. 

Killingly Redgals 

The Killingly Redgals will start their season by squaring off against Putnam where they will play the Lady Clippers at 4 p.m.April 3 at home. April 4, they will start up conference games where they play the New London Whalers at home at 4 p.m.  Their third game of the season will be their first road game. They travel to Griswold where they will take of the Wolverines The first pitch will be at 11 a.m.  JV game, and 4 p.m.varsity game at Griswold field April 8.  

Tourtellotte Tigers 

The Thompson Tourtellotte Tigers will kick off their season when they take on the St. Bernard Saints at 4 p.m. April 4 in Uncasville and then on April 6 they travel again to square off against Windham Tech to face the Mighty Tigers. The first pitch is at 3:45 p.m.  April 7 will be their first home game when the Tigers will face the Lady Eagles of Ellis Tech— first pitch is at 3:45. April 11 the Tigers will host another home game where the Plainfield Panthers will travel to Thompson and the first pitch will be at 4. Then they will host another home game against Lyman Memorial on April 13. The game gets underway at 4 at Tourtellotte Memorial softball diamond. 

Marianapolis 

Marianapolis Golden Knights will take the softball diamond for the first time on April 5 where they travel to Loomis Chaffee. The first pitch will be tossed at 3. There next game will beat 4:30 April 7 when they travel to face off against Hamden Hall. Their first home game will be  April 10, where they square off against Worcester Academy on the Marianapolis campus. 

 

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