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Monday, April 26, 2010

Notre Dame-West Haven's Keniry Has All The Tools


Check out the story on Keniry here.

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Friday, April 16, 2010

Friday's Highlights

Sal Coppola earned his 300th career win and Nick Baviello had two hits, including a triple, as Amity beat West Haven 9-2.

Brian Salzillo had three hits, including two doubles, to lead North Haven to a 13-5 win over Guilford.

Christian Malave had three hits and two RBIs in Foran’s 8-4 win over Branford. Tyler Olt and two hits and three RBIs for Branford.

Jesse Castaldi had three hits, including a pair of doubles, and two RBIs as North Branford edged Haddam-Killingworth 4-2.

Conor Keniry went 2-for-4 and hit a game-winning home run in the Green Knights 4-3 win over Shelton.

Derek Allen had three hits and three RBIs in Sheehan’s 6-4 victory over Hamden. Mike Dwyer had two hits, including a home run, for the Green Dragons.

Dan Manke had two hits and three RBIs for Cheshire, in the Rams 5-0 win over Xavier. Connor David also homered for the Rams.

Dave Wheeler homered and had three RBIs in Coginchaug’s 14-2 win over Hyde.

Hand beat Wilbur Cross 13-4 behind Matt Maghini, who went 3-for-4 with two triples and three RBIs.

Chris Peloso had a double and two RBIs in Law’s 10-3 victory over East Haven.

Nick DePalermo tossed a shutout and allowed just two hits as Old Saybrook blanked East Hampton 7-0.

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Thursday, April 15, 2010

Notre Dame-West Haven Off To Hot Start

Went down to the North Haven-Notre Dame-West Haven game yesterday for a story about shortstop Conor Keniry I'm working on and the Green Knights looked strong.

Notre Dame improved to 4-0 with a 9-0 win over the Indians.

Complemented by a stingy infield, ace David Beisler looked solid and only allowed two hits in his complete-game shutout. Notre Dame can obviously score some runs, too.

Look at the Green Knight's first four games...

Notre Dame 9, Branford 3
Notre Dame 7, Guilford 3
Notre Dame 24, Career 7
Notre Dame 9, North Haven 0

The Green Knights are still searching for some reliable pitching to pair up with Beisler and they haven't really been tested yet either.

Notre Dame has a good chance to start 8-0 before meeting up with Amity on April 26.

"We know we could score some runs, but you can't count on that," Notre Dame coach Lou Kessler said. "We need to find that No. 2 and No. 3 pitcher. There's still a long way to go."

He's right. But Kessler can't ask for a better start to the season.

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Kessler on Keniry

Already a strong hitter, Notre Dame-West Haven shortstop Conor Keniry has really progressed as a fielder.

Keniry was no slouch in the field last season, but Green Knights coach Lou Kessler said he has seen improvements in Keniry's glove and foot speed in the field early this preseason.

Notre Dame is likely to be a major factor in the SCC this season and Keniry will certainly be a major role in that.

Also worth noting, Keniry will play baseball at Wake Forest next season and was the Register's All-Area Football MVP as a wide receiver in the fall.

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