Softball Wrap-up

Heading to

Disney World

By Ron P. Coderre

Although the Woodstock Academy softball team is headed to Disney World during the school spring break, the team remained focused during a week in which it played four games.  The team posted a 3-1 week against a variety of competition.

The team and coaches Jay Gerum and Brad Favreau have worked hard to 

raise the $20,000 necessary to make the trip to Orlando, Fla.  While in the Sunshine State the team will play Piqua, Ohio and Chariho, Rhode Island high schools before taking in the sights and sounds of Disney and vicinity.

Two teams that are surprising in the early season are Ellis Tech and Killingly High School each posted 2-1 marks last week.  The two are enjoying unaccustomed success.  Putnam had a 1-1 week, while Tourtellotte was 1-2 and Plainfield 2-1.  Marianapolis suffered through winless week.

Lady Centaurs Proving 

They’re for Real

When Woodstock softball coaches Jay Gerum and Brad Favreau took over the reins of the team they promised to build a competitive program.  That promise is becoming a reality as the team is 4-2 overall and 1-2 in the Eastern Connecticut Conference – Large Division prior to departing for a Florida spring trip.  

The Acads opened the week with a 9-3 victory over a competitive Killingly team.  Rylee Hehir, headed to NCAA Division II Seton Hill in September, led the way to the win with her bat and arm.  She pitched a complete game and had two hits and scored two runs, while Jordyn Staveski also had a pair of hits.

Behind the complete game tosses of Angela Caponi the Lady Centaurs shutout Ledyard 9-0.  She struck out 11 Colonels in the win.  Courtney Trahan was 2-for-4 with two RBI to pace the offense.  

Later in the week, Hehir pitched Woodstock to a 4-2 hard earned victory over Tourtellotte.  She allowed only one hit while striking out 14 Lady Tigers.  In the only game the Centaurs lost, they were edged by ECC – Large Division leader Norwich Free Academy 3-0.

Killingly turned things around after being beaten by Woodstock, picking up a pair of victories.  The Redgals took nine innings to get by Montville 4-3 in a big win.  Ashley Viellette scored the winning run after opening up the bottom of the ninth with a booming triple.  Viellette was also the winning pitcher, going all nine innings.  

After going nine innings against Montville, Killingly took the measure of Windham 19-4 in a game called after five innings by the “mercy rule.”  Madison Weaver was the hitting star for Killingly, which is 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the ECC – Medium.

Ellis Tech pulled off a rarity, beating Putnam 10-6 behind Sydney Tetreault who had three hits and three RBI for the Golden Eagles.   Kristin Light was the complete game winner.  Ellis Tech then took a surprising 13-12 loss at the hands of Grasso Tech.  In a five inning contest shortened by the “mercy rule” the Golden Eagles flew past Prince Tech 22-3, raising their record 2-1 overall and 1-1 in the CSC-East.

Following its loss to Ellis Tech, Putnam rebounded with a “mercy rule” 17-0 win over Academy of the Holy Family.  Mackenzie Livingston was the hero, tossing a no-hitter at Holy Family.  Along the way she had the unusual distinction of striking out all 15 Holy Name batters.  She was a one-person show, driving in six runs with the bat.  Julia Loomis and Rebecca Lopez got into the fun with three hits apiece.  Putnam is 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the CSC-East.

Plainfield had an up and down week.  The Lady Panthers beat New London 19-5 as Madison Kelley was 4-for-5 and three RBI.  Kat Devolve chipped in three hits and Kayla Rojas added a pair of doubles for the winners.  Later Plainfield was crushed by Norwich Free Academy 18-0 in a five-inning “mercy rule” game.  The Lady Panthers took out their revenge on St. Bernard, shutting down the Saints’ bats 17-0 in a “mercy rule” game as freshman Kacee Hirst tossed a no-hitter.  The young hurler also went 4-for-4 at the bat to pace the offense.  Plainfield is 3-2 on the season.

Tourtellotte, after losing a close game to Woodstock was demolished by Montville 17-2.  Against East Windsor the Lady Tigers found their bats, producing a 14-3 win.  The Lady Tigers, who are 2-2 on the season, scored 14 straight runs to start the game.  The hitting stars for Tourtellotte were Carinne Sosnowski, Crystal Daly, Lauren Ramos and Olivia Padula.  

Marianapolis dropped to 0-2 on the year when it was edged by Kingswood-Oxford School 12-11.